How common is a January 18 birthday?

January 18 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 278th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,927 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.

Rank
278th of 366
Births on an average day
10,927
Zodiac sign
♑ Capricorn
Likely conceived around
April 27

Where January 18 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on January 18

  • Bill Keller(1949)
  • Seung-Hui Cho(1984)
  • Philippe Starck(1949)
  • Mark Messier(1961)
  • Kiki Smith(1954)
  • Kevin Costner(1955)
  • A A Milne(1882)
  • Kirk Varnedoe(1946)

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