How common is a May 21 birthday?

May 21 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 132nd out of 366 days, with an average of 11,298 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 1% more than a typical day.

Rank
132nd of 366
Births on an average day
11,298
Zodiac sign
♊ Gemini
Likely conceived around
August 28

Where May 21 falls in the year

Least common Most common

Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on May 21

  • Al Franken(1951)
  • Stewart Cink(1973)
  • Ricky Williams(1977)
  • Dave Wannstedt(1952)
  • Mary Robinson(1944)

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