How common is a January 3 birthday?
January 3 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 301st out of 366 days, with an average of 10,869 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 3% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 301st of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,869
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Likely conceived around
- April 12
Where January 3 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 3
- Eli Manning(1981)
- Ned Lamont(1954)
- Mel Gibson(1956)
- J R R Tolkien(1892)
- Luis Sojo(1966)
- Victor Borge(1909)
- James T McHugh(1932)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data