How common is a May 6 birthday?

May 6 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 243rd out of 366 days, with an average of 10,985 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.

Rank: 243rd of 366
Births on an average day: 10,985
Zodiac sign: ♉ Taurus
Likely conceived around: August 13

Where May 6 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on May 6

Tony Blair(1953)
George Clooney(1961)
Martin Brodeur(1972)
Sigmund Freud(1856)
Orson Welles(1915)
Richard C Shelby(1934)
Willie Mays(1931)
Ariel Dorfman(1942)

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