How common is a December 21 birthday?
December 21 is a fairly common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 53rd out of 366 days, with an average of 11,727 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 5% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 53rd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,727
- Zodiac sign
- ♐ Sagittarius
- Likely conceived around
- March 30
Where December 21 falls in the year
Least common Most common
Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
Click any day to see its page. Compare December 21 with a friend's birthday →
Put December 21 on the wall
A 10 × 8 print of this chart with December 21 highlighted. Instant PDF download, ready to frame. A good gift for anyone born on this day.
Famous people born on December 21
- Hu Jintao(1942)
- Mikheil Saakashvili(1967)
- Joe Paterno(1926)
- Samuel L Jackson(1948)
- Jane Fonda(1937)
- Kiefer Sutherland(1966)
- Michael Tilson Thomas(1944)
- Jeffrey Katzenberg(1950)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data