How common is a January 29 birthday?

January 29 is a rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 345th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,611 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 5% fewer than a typical day.

Rank
345th of 366
Births on an average day
10,611
Zodiac sign
♒ Aquarius
Likely conceived around
May 8

Where January 29 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on January 29

  • Oprah Winfrey(1954)
  • Anton Chekhov(1860)
  • James K Galbraith(1952)
  • Edward Burns(1968)
  • Greg Louganis(1960)
  • Tom Selleck(1945)
  • Dominik Hasek(1965)

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