How common is a May 7 birthday?

May 7 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 244th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,983 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.

Rank: 244th of 366
Births on an average day: 10,983
Zodiac sign: ♉ Taurus
Likely conceived around: August 14

Where May 7 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on May 7

Tim Russert(1950)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky(1840)
Pete V Domenici(1932)
Nicholas Hytner(1956)
Robert Spano(1961)
Ruud Lubbers(1939)
Johannes Brahms(1833)
Herbert J Gans(1927)

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