baby buster
Noun: A person born during a period of significant decline in birth rates, specifically in the generation following the post-World War II baby boom. This term primarily refers to individuals born in the United States and some other Western countries from approximately the mid-1960s to the late 1970s.
The term is used to describe a demographic cohort based on their birth years and population size relative to the larger generations before and after them. * As a demographic label: He is a typical baby buster, skeptical of large institutions. * For statistical or social analysis: Marketing strategies often overlook the baby buster generation.
- The term is often used in contrast to "baby boomer" (the preceding larger generation) and "millennial" or "Gen X" (the subsequent generations). In many contexts, "Generation X" is synonymous with or overlaps significantly with the baby buster cohort.
- It can carry connotations of being a smaller, sometimes overlooked, generation caught between two larger demographic groups.
- Generation X (Gen X): A commonly used synonym for the baby buster generation, though definitions of its start and end years can vary slightly.
- Baby Boom: The period of high birth rates (post-WWII to mid-1960s) preceding the bust.
- Baby Boomer: A person born during the baby boom.
- Bust: (in this context) The sharp decline in birth rates.
- Generation Xer
- Gen X member
This term is specifically demographic and sociological. It does not describe personality traits but rather identifies a group based on birth year and population trends. Its usage is more formal or analytical than colloquial.
- a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically