How common is a January 20 birthday?
January 20 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 303rd out of 366 days, with an average of 10,864 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 3% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 303rd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,864
- Zodiac sign
- ♒ Aquarius
- Likely conceived around
- April 29
Where January 20 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 20
- David Lynch(1946)
- Bill Maher(1956)
- Fareed Zakaria(1964)
- Natan Sharansky(1948)
- Federico Fellini(1920)
- George Burns(1896)
- Edward Hirsch(1950)
- Rae Carruth(1974)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data