The term “Baby Boom” generally refers to the dramatic increase in birthrate between 1945 and 1964 in which more than 77 babies were born. In May 1951, Sylvia Porter, a columnist for the New York Post, used the term “boom” to refer to the phenomenon of increased births in post-war America. She wrote:
“Take the 3,548,000 babies born in 1950. Bundle them into a batch, bounce them all over the bountiful land that is America. What do you get? Boom. The biggest, boomiest boom ever known in history.”