Is your birthday one of America’s rarest? 👀🎂 We’re counting down from 30 to 1 — and adding the zodiac sign for every date!
February 29 takes the top spot because leap day usually comes only once every four years. Among dates that happen every year, December 25 had the fewest births in the records used for this list.
These rankings reflect total recorded U.S. births from 1994–2014, so they’re a historical snapshot. Zodiac signs follow the standard Western date ranges. January 16 and April 6 had equal birth totals.
The Countdown: 30–21
- March 13 — Pisces
- April 27 — Taurus
- January 9 — Capricorn
- April 6 — Aries
- January 16 — Capricorn
- January 13 — Capricorn
- January 8 — Capricorn
- February 13 — Aquarius
- January 29 — Aquarius
- January 15 — Capricorn
The Countdown: 20–11
- July 5 — Cancer
- December 31 — Capricorn
- May 26 — Gemini
- April 13 — Aries
- December 23 — Capricorn
- April 1 — Aries
- November 28 — Sagittarius
- November 26 — Sagittarius
- November 24 — Sagittarius
- October 31 — Scorpio
The Final 10
- November 25 — Sagittarius
- November 23 — Sagittarius
- November 27 — Sagittarius
- December 26 — Capricorn
- January 2 — Capricorn
- July 4 — Cancer
- December 24 — Capricorn
- January 1 — Capricorn
- December 25 — Capricorn
- February 29 — Pisces
Did you make the list? Drop your birthday in the comments — and tag somebody whose birthday deserves a little extra celebration! ♓♑♐
Inspiration credit: @blackmillionaires_ for the birthday post that sparked our version. We checked the list, created our own graphics, and added zodiac signs.
Data: CDC/NCHS and Social Security Administration records compiled by FiveThirtyEight, with rankings from Birthday Odds.
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