How common is a August 18 birthday?

August 18 is a fairly common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 57th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,719 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 5% more than a typical day.

Rank: 57th of 366
Births on an average day: 11,719
Zodiac sign: ♌ Leo
Likely conceived around: November 25

Where August 18 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on August 18

Timothy F Geithner(1961)
Felipe Calderon(1962)
Roman Polanski(1933)
Jeremy Shockey(1980)
Robert Redford(1936)
Denis Leary(1957)
Christian Slater(1969)
Meriwether Lewis(1774)

Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data