The baby boom period is debatable but the years that most agree on is 1946-1964. At this time there was a huge increase in births. In the 1930's about 24 million babies were born while in the 1940's 32 million babies were born. At the very start of the baby boom in January 1946, there were approximately 223,00 births while in October of 1946 there were 340,000 births. This is a huge difference for only 10 months.
But why did this huge boom happen? One reason is that returning veterans of World War II now had confidence in the economy and wanted to make up for lost time during the Great Depression when it was extremely difficult to afford a child. I have more info written down just not typed up yet so I will do that tomorrow!
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