It’s intriguing that the most and least frequent birthdays coincide with real birth statistics, indicating that despite holidays being a popular time to conceive, they aren’t often the season when numerous babies are born. Knowing your due date involves a comprehensive understanding of aspects beyond the expected date of delivery. It will impact various factors, such as the details of your labor and the month when your child will commemorate their birthday.
If you’ve been curious about whether your upcoming bundle of joy will share a birthday with many of their peers during the most crowded birth month or if they’ll be born on the rarest day of the year for newborns to arrive, you can now find out. Thanks to a popular blog post by Matt Stiles, which has gone viral, you can easily figure that out.
The Facts
One of the most appealing aspects of Stile’s widely shared blog is the use of a colorful heat map, which makes it much simpler to interpret the statistics. The eye-catching display clearly illustrates that September is a very popular month for births.
Although it’s fun to discover how uncommon one’s birthday might be, the method has a small flaw, as the busiest birth days are not significantly busier than the least busy days. According to Stile’s analysis, the busiest days witness the birth of 12,000 babies, while the slowest days see around 6,500 births, with 11,000 being the average.
Nevertheless, it remains an enjoyable exercise. Are you eager to find out when your child is likely to be born? Here are the most frequently occurring birth dates in the United States:
The Most Common Month of Birth
By utilizing authentic birth information obtained by FiveThirtyEight from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Social Security Administration over two decades, Stile observed that September is the most favored month for delivering babies in the United States. In reality, nine out of the top ten highest birth days occur between September 9 and September 20.
Why?
According to Whitney Casares, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P. and author of “The New Baby Blueprint: Caring for You and Your Baby,” numerous couples opt to conceive in December and around the holiday season. It is logical to assume that they are more likely to become pregnant during these festive periods.
A study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests that couples might have a better chance of conceiving during the winter season due to higher sperm quality compared to the summer. Dr. Casares explains that the researchers also suggested that changes in daylight duration could make the ovum’s environment more conducive to sperm. However, additional research is necessary to fully comprehend this intriguing phenomenon.
Most Common Birthdays
According to Experian, September 9 is the most common birth date in the United States and is celebrated by a plethora of famous personalities, including comedian Adam Sandler, actor Hugh Grant, jazz musician Michael Bublé, literary great Leo Tolstoy from Russia, and KFC inventor Colonel Sanders. The following most popular birth dates are September 19, September 12, September 17 and September 10, with July 7 being the first non-September date on the list.
Top Ten Most Common Birthdays
- September 9 (9/9)
- September 19 (9/19)
- September 12 (9/12)
- September 17 (9/13)
- September 10 (9/10)
- July 7 (7/7)
- September 20 (9/20)
- September 15 (9/15)
- September 16 (9/16)
- September 18 (9/18
Uncommon birthday
Interestingly, the least common birth dates in the United States are concentrated around significant holidays. The rarest birth date is December 25 (Christmas Day), closely followed by January 1 (New Year’s Day). December 24 (Christmas Eve) is the third rarest birth date, while July 4 (Independence Day) is the fourth least common birthday.
Other infrequent birth dates also converge around Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday of November and can fall anywhere from November 22 to November 28. October 31 (Halloween) is the tenth rarest birth date.
Top Ten Uncommon Birthdays
- December 25 (12/25)
- January 1 (January 1)
- December 24 (12/24)
- July 4 (7/4)
- February 2 (half)
- December 26 (12/26)
- November 27 (11/27)
- November 23 (11/23)
- November 25 (11/25)
- October 31(10/31
Conclusion
So, if you happen to conceive during the holiday season, chances are your child won’t face much competition for celebratory attention as they grow up. However, if you gave birth during the holidays, get ready for plenty of cupcakes and “Happy Birthday” renditions in September due to the high number of September birthdays.