How common is a May 31 birthday?
May 31 is a rare birthday in the U.S. It ranks 326th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,757 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 4% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 326th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,757
- Zodiac sign
- ♊ Gemini
- Likely conceived around
- September 7
Where May 31 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 31
- Clint Eastwood(1930)
- Colin Farrell(1976)
- Joe Namath(1943)
- Walt Whitman(1819)
- Duncan Hunter(1948)
- Ellsworth Kelly(1923)
- Laurent Gbagbo(1945)
- Brooke Shields(1965)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data