According to birth data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Social Security Administration, here are some birthday stats:
– The most common birthday is Sept. 9. In second and third place are Sept. 19 and 12. If you do the math, you can figure that it has something to do with the fact that many people have free time on vacation days they take around Christmas and New Year’s.
– In fact, the entire Top 10 Most Common Birthdays are between Sept. 9 and 20.
– But, August is actually the most common birth month. In order of most common to least common: August, July, September, October, May, December, March, June, January, November, April, February.
– The rarest birthday, not counting leap day February 29, is Christmas day, Dec. 25, followed by Jan. 1 and Dec. 24.
* I’ve always been amazed how so many famous people were born on holidays. Abe Lincoln on Lincoln’s birthday, George Washington on Washington’s birthday, Martin Luther King on MLK Day, St. Patrick on St Patrick’s Day…
* It’s not very nice that the topic of people being born is handled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
* The takeaway from this is, you’d better order your birthday cake early.
* And maybe put some condoms in the Christmas stockings.