How common is a January 28 birthday?

January 28 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 297th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,875 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 3% fewer than a typical day.

Rank: 297th of 366
Births on an average day: 10,875
Zodiac sign: ♒ Aquarius
Likely conceived around: May 7

Where January 28 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on January 28

Nicolas Sarkozy(1955)
Jackson Pollock(1912)
Carlos Slim Helu(1940)
Rick Warren(1954)
Alan Alda(1936)
Richard Danielpour(1956)
Jeanne Shaheen(1947)
Nick Price(1957)

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