How common is a July 17 birthday?
July 17 is a common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 48th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,770 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 5% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 48th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,770
- Zodiac sign
- ♋ Cancer
- Likely conceived around
- October 24
Where July 17 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on July 17
- Angela Merkel(1954)
- Mark Burnett(1960)
- Dawn Upshaw(1960)
- Eric Asimov(1957)
- Wong Kar-Wai(1958)
- Donald Sutherland(1935)
- Juan Antonio Samaranch(1920)
- Peter Schickele(1935)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data