How common is a September 5 birthday?

September 5 is a fairly common birthday in the U.S. It ranks 101st out of 366 days, with an average of 11,489 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 3% more than a typical day.

Rank: 101st of 366
Births on an average day: 11,489
Zodiac sign: ♍ Virgo
Likely conceived around: December 13

Where September 5 falls in the year

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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014

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Famous people born on September 5

Paul A Volcker(1927)
Werner Herzog(1942)
John Cage(1912)
Karita Mattila(1960)
Jack Valenti(1921)
John C Danforth(1936)
Victor Davis Hanson(1953)
Ward Just(1935)

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