How common is a January 5 birthday?
January 5 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 241st out of 366 days, with an average of 10,992 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 241st of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,992
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Likely conceived around
- April 14
Where January 5 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 5
- George J Tenet(1953)
- Edward G Rendell(1944)
- Mike DeWine(1947)
- Robert Duvall(1931)
- Alvin Ailey(1931)
- Alfred Brendel(1931)
- Maurizio Pollini(1942)
- Diane Keaton(1946)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data