How common is a January 23 birthday?

January 23 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 283rd out of 366 days, with an average of 10,913 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.

Rank: 283rd of 366
Births on an average day: 10,913
Zodiac sign: ♒ Aquarius
Likely conceived around: May 2

Where January 23 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on January 23

Frank R Lautenberg(1924)
Antonio Villaraigosa(1953)
Bruce Ratner(1945)
Chita Rivera(1933)
Derek Walcott(1930)
Edouard Manet(1832)
Megawati Sukarnoputri(1947)
Thomas R Carper(1947)

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