How common is a May 16 birthday?
May 16 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 125th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,330 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 1% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 125th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,330
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Likely conceived around
- August 23
Where May 16 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 16
- Philippe de Montebello(1936)
- Janet Jackson(1966)
- Christian Lacroix(1951)
- John Jr Conyers(1929)
- Pierce Brosnan(1953)
- Studs Terkel(1912)
- Harry C Stonecipher(1936)
- Richard N Gottfried(1947)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data