How common is a January 16 birthday?
January 16 is a rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 340th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,669 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 5% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 340th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,669
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Likely conceived around
- April 25
Where January 16 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 16
- Sam Shepard(1979)
- Susan Sontag(1933)
- Ruth Reichl(1948)
- Norman Podhoretz(1930)
- Marilyn Horne(1934)
- Sara Jane Olson(1947)
- Johannes Rau(1931)
- Robert Lipsyte(1938)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data