How common is a May 3 birthday?
May 3 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 262nd out of 366 days, with an average of 10,944 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 262nd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,944
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Likely conceived around
- August 10
Where May 3 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 3
- James Brown(1933)
- Omar Abdel Rahman(1938)
- Pete Seeger(1919)
- David Vitter(1961)
- Betty Comden(1917)
- Ron Wyden(1949)
- Bing Crosby(1903)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data