How common is a May 18 birthday?
May 18 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 276th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,929 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 276th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,929
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Likely conceived around
- August 25
Where May 18 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 18
- John Paul II(1920)
- Tina Fey(1970)
- Reggie Jackson(1946)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis(1994)
- Czar of Russia Nicholas II(1868)
- John Bruton(1947)
- Steve Phillips(1963)
- Nizar Hamdoon(1944)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data