Cool little infographic via NPR showing how common each day of the year is for births (data is from 1973-1999). September 16th is the most common, and February 29th is the least (obviously).
http://nprfreshair.tumblr.com/post/23161548487/how-common-is-your-birthday-via-stiles
If you want to see the data table itself to see where your birthday ranks, it's from NYT here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/business/20leonhardt-table.html
So where does your birthday rank? Or LOs?
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@highwire: NO WAY! my bday is Aug 11 (#56) ... so our bdays are a week apart and our LOs could potentially be a week apart! 
coconut / 8299 posts
Mine is ranked in the 300 range so not very common. I didn't realize that September birthdays were so common!!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
@mrsjyw: Ha that is crazy! On the Today show the other day, there was a set of twins that were due one to give birth week apart.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
@banana: Yeah that is weird. I don't know a whole lot of September birthdays among my friends or family. On my high school's drill team, I was one of the 5 officers. And 4/5 had August birthdays, and two of us had the exact same birthday, along with our drill team director and one other teammate!
grapefruit / 4400 posts
267/365... not that common! Looks like most births happen in the summer... which means our parents were keeping warm by getting busy!
squash / 13764 posts
I'm Dec. 31st which is 220th! Not that common, but I was surprised to see the day before mine is 26th.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
@banana: @highwire: The article says that the September birthdays are probably due to increased "hookups" around the holiday season, haha!
pomelo / 5628 posts
I have a summer b-day, July 31st, so pretty common.
But I also share it with Juliet (of Romeo and Juliet) and Harry Potter...which I think is cool : )
clementine / 861 posts
I have a December birthday (#266). the hubs has a September birthday & his brother was born 10 years & 1 day before him. New Years' babies.
clementine / 750 posts
Neat. My husband on January 1st is 364 and mine August 3rd is number 66. I knew August was popular. In college at freshman orientation, we had a get to know you exercise and the most popular birth month was August. My Grandma was September 16th birthday. Also on one side there are four cousins and three of out birthdays are July 31, Aug 2, and Aug 3.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@kayakgirl73: Oh wow! I'm January 1st too! Your husband and I are birthday twins! 
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
interesting! #252 - oct 30. i always thought it was pretty common because i've had several friends with the same birthday.
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
@Mrs Green Grass: You share it with my husband too : )
I'm July 15th which was the 25th most popular day.. pretty high!! All the days around LO's due date were in the 350s so very uncommon. I like that : )
pineapple / 12793 posts
It's interesting how the numbers dip at holidays. Christmas, New Years, July 4th, and Thanksgiving are all low.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
@Mrs. Bee: This is an interesting read/math problem explaining why people within groups often share birthdays: http://mkcohen.com/saturday-puzzle-5-the-birthday-problem
I mean, I still don't get it myself, but... LOL.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
348 for my birthday(April 1st) I have only met one other person with my birthday and it was the guy dropping off a rental car for me and he needed my license and said we had the same birthday.
305 for LO. Which is funny because he shares a birthday with one of my closest friends
pomelo / 5321 posts
My birthday is 275 and DS's birthday is 92!
I only know two other people with my birthday and I didn't meet them until high school. DS shares his birthday with a friend of mine.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Interesting - 147. I never thought my birthday was all that popular.
clementine / 994 posts
I'm #295. Surprising since I have a few relatives with the same birthday.
pineapple / 12053 posts
my birthday is #343, but i know 4 other people (including justin timberlake) that have the same birthday! i'm not surprised by the popularity of september because i know a TON of people with mid-september birthdays.
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