How common is a August 2 birthday?
August 2 is a fairly common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 74th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,629 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 4% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 74th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,629
- Zodiac sign
- ♌ Leo
- Likely conceived around
- November 9
Where August 2 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on August 2
- John W Snow(1939)
- Shimon Peres(1923)
- Roger Cohen(1955)
- Tim Wakefield(1966)
- Mary-Louise Parker(1964)
- Kevin Smith(1970)
- Wes Craven(1939)
- Isabel Allende(1942)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data