How common is a February 8 birthday?

February 8 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 196th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,104 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 1% fewer than a typical day.

Rank
196th of 366
Births on an average day
11,104
Zodiac sign
♒ Aquarius
Likely conceived around
May 18

Where February 8 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on February 8

  • Alonzo Mourning(1970)
  • John Grisham(1955)
  • Ted Koppel(1940)
  • James Dean(1931)
  • John Williams(1932)
  • Nick Nolte(1941)
  • Jack Lemmon(1925)
  • Mary Steenburgen(1953)

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