How common is a May 5 birthday?
May 5 ranks 194th out of 366 days, averaging 11,108U.S. births per day between 1994 and 2014 — that's 47.1% more common than the rest of the calendar. Fewer babies arrive on your day than on a typical day of the year.
- Rank
- 194th / 366
- Avg. daily births
- 11,108
- More common than
- 47.1% of days
- Zodiac
- Taurus
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May 5 ranks 194th out of 366 days, with an average of 11,108 births per day. Fewer babies arrive on your day than on a typical day of the year.
Based on a typical 40-week pregnancy, you were likely conceived around July 30.
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Famous people born on May 5
- Karl Marx · b. 1818philosopher
- Adele · b. 1988singer
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More about May 5
- Roughly 233,268 people across the U.S. share this exact birthday, based on 21 years of records.
- Babies born on this date were most likely conceived around July 30.
- This is day 126 of the year — 194th out of 366 for birth frequency.
- The sign is Taurus, one of the twelve zodiac signs tracked across the full calendar.