How common is a February 1 birthday?

February 1 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 249th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,970 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.

Rank
249th of 366
Births on an average day
10,970
Zodiac sign
♒ Aquarius
Likely conceived around
May 11

Where February 1 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on February 1

  • Joshua Redman(1969)
  • Muriel Spark(1918)
  • Langston Hughes(1902)
  • Tom Lantos(1928)
  • Reynolds Price(1933)

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