Becky
Is today your birthday? Probably not.
by Becky - May 22, 2007 - 6:39 PM

oijOk, so yes, I was loitering on Birthdays by Rexanne today, trying to find out the bottom line on Survivor-themed parties (don’t ask). And I couldn’t help noticing that today, May 22nd, is the least common birthday in the U.S. This is all according to a 2001 survey conducted by (now defunct) anybirthday.com. Apparently, October 5th is the most common…Which, sure, I get: New Year’s, pressure, bubbles; but what’s wrong with August 22nd? I can’t think of any real reason, other than on that date in 565 the first Loch Ness monster was reported. In any case, those who are drifting after anybirthday’s demise and need to fulfill that midday I’m-a-PI urge can compute themselves senseless at birthdatabase.com

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Comments (14)

  1. It’s my fiance’s birthday today! I’ll be sure to tell him he’s extra-special. -er than usual.

    posted by Sara on 5-22-2007 at 7:11 pm

  2. Todays my Grandmas Birthday.
    Its also the 80th anniversary of Lindbergh’s landing in Paris.

    posted by Jeannie on 5-22-2007 at 9:44 pm

  3. What’s wrong with August? You obviously don’t live in the south.

    posted by Kate on 5-22-2007 at 11:44 pm

  4. dude today is my stepmom’s birthday…

    posted by m on 5-23-2007 at 2:14 am

  5. Around 22nd August the Christmas babies are born. Not perhaps a date to start another project right away?

    posted by scriveyn on 5-23-2007 at 4:53 am

  6. I guess they didn’t bother counting February 29th.

    posted by Erak on 5-23-2007 at 8:47 am

  7. It was my birthday! I feel special. =)

    posted by Courtney on 5-23-2007 at 8:52 am

  8. It was my birthday, too! And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday is May 22nd as well.

    posted by Michelle on 5-23-2007 at 10:51 am

  9. The rule of thumb for determining conception is “add three months then subtract a week”. That would make a May 22nd baby’s conception date August 15–dead in the middle of the hottest month. It’s no surprise, then, that this is the date the fewest babies were conceived.
    BTW, an earlier post states that Christmas babies are born on August 22 and that’s just plain bad math. Babies born on this date would be conceived mid November.

    posted by Alice on 5-23-2007 at 11:25 am

  10. nope… but May 26th is MY B-DAY which is fairly close

    posted by Korin on 5-23-2007 at 11:52 am

  11. It’s both mine and my wife’s birthday!

    posted by Robert on 5-23-2007 at 1:44 pm

  12. My birthday is May 22. Ew, my dad’s birthday is August 15- thanks Alice.

    posted by Christi on 5-23-2007 at 8:56 pm

  13. It’s funny, because I was born in June 7th, and I know lots and lots of other Spaniards who were born on this very same day. I was so intrigued by it that I started calculating what happened nine months earlier, which is more or less it’s around August 31… which is when the last day of the summer holidays around here. I suppose a lot of people get carried away by the warm weather, the sense of impeding work around the corner… when they have already packed their contraception in a suitcase!

    posted by Mar on 5-24-2007 at 12:47 pm

  14. World….today, 23 years ago, I made a great contribution to you….June 12 th is my son’s birthday!!

    posted by Lauren on 6-12-2007 at 1:20 pm

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