How common is a May 12 birthday?
May 12 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 219th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,047 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 1% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 219th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,047
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Likely conceived around
- August 19
Where May 12 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 12
- Jim Furyk(1970)
- Daniel Libeskind(1946)
- Yogi Berra(1925)
- Katharine Hepburn(1907)
- George Carlin(1937)
- Gabriel Byrne(1950)
- Mike Weir(1970)
- George Karl(1951)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data