How common is a July 4 birthday?
July 4 is a quite rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 363rd out of 366 days, with an average of 8,825 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 21% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 363rd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 8,825
- Zodiac sign
- ♋ Cancer
- Likely conceived around
- October 11
Where July 4 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on July 4
- Alvaro Uribe(1952)
- Tracy Letts(1965)
- Neil Simon(1927)
- George Vecsey(1939)
- Louis Armstrong(1900)
- Leona Helmsley(1920)
- Ute Lemper(1963)
- Michael R Milken(1946)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data