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Your birthday is extra special if you were born on one of these rare dates.
By Chelsea Bengier
October 22, 2020
ByChelsea Bengier
October 22, 2020
Birthdays always seem to fall on random days, which makes for a great excuse to celebrate during an otherwise slow time of the year. However, a select few people are born on rather rare dates. In fact, according to Zippia, a career research company that created a birthday heat map using the most recent decade-long data from the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s National Center for Health Statistics, the least common birthdays are on or around popular holidays, including Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more. Read on and discover which birthdays are the rarest as well as how many babies, on average, are born on the same day. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, This Is the Most Common Birthday in the U.S.
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February 29
Average number of births per year: 10,462
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July 5
Average number of births per year: 10,404
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May 26
Average number of births per year: 10,401
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December 31
Average number of births per year: 10,394
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April 13
Average number of births per year: 10,389
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December 23
Average number of births per year: 10,338
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April 1
Average number of births per year: 10,300
13
November 28
Average number of births per year: 10,096
12
November 26
Average number of births per year: 10,044
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November 24
Average number of births per year: 10,015
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October 31
Average number of births per year: 9,978
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November 25
Average number of births per year: 9,954
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November 23
Average number of births per year: 9,883
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November 27
Average number of births per year: 9,718
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December 26
Average number of births per year: 9,543
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January 2
Average number of births per year: 9,307
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July 4
Average number of births per year: 8,796
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December 24
Average number of births per year: 8,069
2
January 1
Average number of births per year: 7,792
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December 25
Average number of births per year: 6,574
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