baby bust


baby bust

n. A sudden decline in the birthrate, especially the one in the United States and Canada from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.
ba′by-bust′ adj.

ba′by bust`


n. a period of sharp decrease in the birthrate, as that in the United States after 1965. [1970–75, Amer.] ba′by bust`er, n.