How common is a May 2 birthday?
May 2 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 180th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,160 births a day from 1994 to 2014, about the same as a typical day.
- Rank
- 180th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,160
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Likely conceived around
- August 9
Where May 2 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 2
- David Beckham(1975)
- Valery Gergiev(1953)
- Jacques Rogge(1942)
- Stephen Daldry(1960)
- Christine Baranski(1952)
- Sarah Hughes(1985)
- Martha Grimes(1931)
- Benjamin Spock(1903)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data