How common is a December 26 birthday?

December 26 is a quite rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 361st out of 366 days, with an average of 9,599 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 14% fewer than a typical day.

Rank
361st of 366
Births on an average day
9,599
Zodiac sign
♑ Capricorn
Likely conceived around
April 4

Where December 26 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on December 26

  • Mao Zedong(1893)
  • Evan Bayh(1955)
  • Phil Spector(1939)
  • David Sedaris(1956)
  • Thomas Krens(1946)
  • Gray Davis(1942)
  • Carlton Fisk(1947)
  • Chris Chambliss(1948)

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