How common is a January 8 birthday?
January 8 is a rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 343rd out of 366 days, with an average of 10,656 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 5% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 343rd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,656
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Likely conceived around
- April 17
Where January 8 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 8
- Jason Giambi(1971)
- Junichiro Koizumi(1942)
- Elvis Presley(1935)
- John C Liu(1967)
- Mike Cameron(1973)
- Stephen W Hawking(1942)
- David Bowie(1947)
- Vladimir Feltsman(1952)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data