How common is a December 31 birthday?
December 31 is a rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 349th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,433 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 7% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 349th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,433
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Likely conceived around
- April 9
Where December 31 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on December 31
- Diane von Furstenberg(1946)
- Henri Matisse(1869)
- Bebe Neuwirth(1958)
- Ben Kingsley(1943)
- Anthony Hopkins(1937)
- John Allen Muhammad(1960)
- Jule Styne(1905)
- John Denver(1943)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data