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September 16 is the Most Common Birthday: How Popular is Your Birth Date?

Hint: September is a super popular month for birthdays. Check to see how popular your birth date is.

“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” Dr. Seuss

September 16 is the most popular day to have a birthday, according to a study by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University

The birthday table shows every day of the year, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, along with a ranking based on how many babies were born in the United States on that date between 1973 and 1999, according to the New York Times.

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Sept. 16 was most common. Feb. 29* was least common. This heatmap was published by The Daily Viz is an effort to visualize the trends, with darker shades representing more births:

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