How common is a January 17 birthday?
January 17 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 258th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,954 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 258th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,954
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Likely conceived around
- April 26
Where January 17 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 17
- Michelle Obama(1964)
- Muhammad Ali(1942)
- Benjamin Franklin(1706)
- Rene Preval(1943)
- Jim Carrey(1962)
- Eartha Kitt(1927)
- James Earl Jones(1931)
- Don Zimmer(1931)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data