How common is a May 1 birthday?

May 1 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 220th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,046 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 1% fewer than a typical day.

Rank: 220th of 366
Births on an average day: 11,046
Zodiac sign: ♉ Taurus
Likely conceived around: August 8

Where May 1 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on May 1

Curtis Martin(1973)
Yasmina Reza(1959)
Wes Anderson(1969)
Judy Collins(1939)
Stuart Appleby(1971)
Bobbie Ann Mason(1940)
Ramzi bin al-Shibh(1972)
Abraham H Foxman(1940)

Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data