How common is a January 2 birthday?
January 2 is a quite rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 362nd out of 366 days, with an average of 9,356 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 16% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 362nd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 9,356
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Likely conceived around
- April 11
Where January 2 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 2
- J Dennis Hastert(1942)
- Gretchen Morgenson(1956)
- Christopher Durang(1949)
- Todd Haynes(1961)
- John Hope Franklin(1915)
- Joyce Wadler(1948)
- Albert C Barnes(1872)
- David Cone(1963)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data