How common is a May 9 birthday?
May 9 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 203rd out of 366 days, with an average of 11,083 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 1% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 203rd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,083
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Likely conceived around
- August 16
Where May 9 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on May 9
- John Ashcroft(1942)
- Alan Bennett(1934)
- Billy Joel(1949)
- Tony Gwynn(1960)
- Anne Sofie von Otter(1955)
- Charles Simic(1938)
- Candice Bergen(1946)
- James P Hoffa(1941)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data