How common is a December 17 birthday?
December 17 is a fairly common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 93rd out of 366 days, with an average of 11,539 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 3% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 93rd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,539
- Zodiac sign
- ♐ Sagittarius
- Likely conceived around
- March 26
Where December 17 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on December 17
- William Safire(1929)
- Paula Radcliffe(1973)
- Rocco Mediate(1962)
- Bill Pullman(1953)
- Chris Matthews(1945)
- Paul Tracy(1968)
- Penelope Fitzgerald(1916)
- Jeffrey Wigand(1942)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data