How common is a August 5 birthday?
August 5 is a fairly common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 66th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,650 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 4% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 66th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,650
- Zodiac sign
- ♌ Leo
- Likely conceived around
- November 12
Where August 5 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on August 5
- Patrick Ewing(1962)
- Hun Sen(1952)
- Shigeru Ban(1957)
- John Huston(1906)
- John Olerud(1968)
- Herb Brooks(1937)
- Gil Garcetti(1941)
- Stephanie Flanders(1968)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data