How common is a December 16 birthday?

December 16 is a fairly common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 111th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,395 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% more than a typical day.

Rank: 111th of 366
Births on an average day: 11,395
Zodiac sign: ♐ Sagittarius
Likely conceived around: March 25

Where December 16 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on December 16

Ludwig van Beethoven(1770)
Jane Austen(1775)
Noel Coward(1899)
Jerramiah T Healy(1950)
Philip K Dick(1928)
Steven Bochco(1943)
Carol M Browner(1955)
Judith Nathan(1954)

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