How common is a May 8 birthday?
May 8 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 236th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,002 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 236th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,002
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Likely conceived around
- August 15
Where May 8 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 8
- Bill de Blasio(1961)
- Harry S Truman(1884)
- Bill Cowher(1957)
- Keith Jarrett(1945)
- Bill Lockyer(1941)
- John C Bogle(1929)
- Theodore C Sorensen(1928)
- Beth Henley(1952)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data