How common is a August 1 birthday?
August 1 is a common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 38th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,824 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 6% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 38th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,824
- Zodiac sign
- ♌ Leo
- Likely conceived around
- November 8
Where August 1 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on August 1
- Sam Mendes(1965)
- Herman Melville(1819)
- Melvyn I Weiss(1935)
- Jerry Garcia(1942)
- Meir Kahane(1932)
- Lawrence S Eagleburger(1930)
- James Gleick(1954)
- Charles F C Ruff(1939)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data