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January 25 Birthday: Zodiac Sign, Birthstone & How Rare It Is

Born on January 25? You are an Aquarius ♒, your birthstone is garnet, and January 25 is about average (#238 of 366).

🎂 The next January 25 is Monday, January 25, 2027 — 77 days from today.

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Zodiac sign

Aquarius January 20 – February 18 · the Water-bearer

Element
Air
Quality
Fixed
Ruler
Uranus and Saturn

Said to be independent, inventive and idealistic.

How rare is January 25?

#238 of 366

About average

About 10,995 babies were born in the US on January 25 each year from 1994 to 2014 — 2% fewer than on an average day (11,175).

Birthstone & birth flower

💎 Garnet

🌸 Carnation, Snowdrop

The modern birthstone and traditional birth flowers for January.

In the calendar

Day of the year
25
Season
Winter in the north, summer in the south
Half birthday
July 25

Born on January 25 — year by year

The weekday, Chinese zodiac and generation for each year. January 25 falls close to Lunar New Year, so in some years the animal is the previous year’s.

Year Weekday Chinese zodiac Age in 2026
2027 Monday Fire Horse (before Lunar New Year) —
2026 Sunday Wood Snake (before Lunar New Year) 0
2025 Saturday Wood Dragon (before Lunar New Year) 1
2024 Thursday Water Rabbit (before Lunar New Year) 2
2023 Wednesday Water Rabbit 3
2022 Tuesday Metal Ox (before Lunar New Year) 4
2021 Monday Metal Rat (before Lunar New Year) 5
2020 Saturday Metal Rat 6
2019 Friday Earth Dog (before Lunar New Year) 7
2018 Thursday Fire Rooster (before Lunar New Year) 8
2017 Wednesday Fire Monkey (before Lunar New Year) 9
2016 Monday Wood Goat (before Lunar New Year) 10
2015 Sunday Wood Horse (before Lunar New Year) 11
2014 Saturday Water Snake (before Lunar New Year) 12
2013 Friday Water Dragon (before Lunar New Year) 13
2012 Wednesday Water Dragon 14
2011 Tuesday Metal Tiger (before Lunar New Year) 15
2010 Monday Earth Ox (before Lunar New Year) 16
2009 Sunday Earth Rat (before Lunar New Year) 17
2008 Friday Fire Pig (before Lunar New Year) 18
2007 Thursday Fire Dog (before Lunar New Year) 19
2006 Wednesday Wood Rooster (before Lunar New Year) 20
2005 Tuesday Wood Monkey (before Lunar New Year) 21
2004 Sunday Wood Monkey 22
2003 Saturday Water Horse (before Lunar New Year) 23
2002 Friday Metal Snake (before Lunar New Year) 24
2001 Thursday Metal Snake 25
2000 Tuesday Earth Rabbit (before Lunar New Year) 26
1999 Monday Earth Tiger (before Lunar New Year) 27
1998 Sunday Fire Ox (before Lunar New Year) 28
1997 Saturday Fire Rat (before Lunar New Year) 29
1996 Thursday Wood Pig (before Lunar New Year) 30
1995 Wednesday Wood Dog (before Lunar New Year) 31
1994 Tuesday Water Rooster (before Lunar New Year) 32
1993 Monday Water Rooster 33
1992 Saturday Metal Goat (before Lunar New Year) 34
1991 Friday Metal Horse (before Lunar New Year) 35
1990 Thursday Earth Snake (before Lunar New Year) 36
1989 Wednesday Earth Dragon (before Lunar New Year) 37
1988 Monday Fire Rabbit (before Lunar New Year) 38
1987 Sunday Fire Tiger (before Lunar New Year) 39
1986 Saturday Wood Ox (before Lunar New Year) 40
1985 Friday Wood Rat (before Lunar New Year) 41
1984 Wednesday Water Pig (before Lunar New Year) 42
1983 Tuesday Water Dog (before Lunar New Year) 43
1982 Monday Water Dog 44
1981 Sunday Metal Monkey (before Lunar New Year) 45
1980 Friday Earth Goat (before Lunar New Year) 46
1979 Thursday Earth Horse (before Lunar New Year) 47
1978 Wednesday Fire Snake (before Lunar New Year) 48
1977 Tuesday Fire Dragon (before Lunar New Year) 49
1976 Sunday Wood Rabbit (before Lunar New Year) 50
1975 Saturday Wood Tiger (before Lunar New Year) 51
1974 Friday Wood Tiger 52
1973 Thursday Water Rat (before Lunar New Year) 53
1972 Tuesday Metal Pig (before Lunar New Year) 54
1971 Monday Metal Dog (before Lunar New Year) 55
1970 Sunday Earth Rooster (before Lunar New Year) 56
1969 Saturday Earth Monkey (before Lunar New Year) 57
1968 Thursday Fire Goat (before Lunar New Year) 58
1967 Wednesday Fire Horse (before Lunar New Year) 59
1966 Tuesday Fire Horse 60
1965 Monday Wood Dragon (before Lunar New Year) 61
1964 Saturday Water Rabbit (before Lunar New Year) 62
1963 Friday Water Rabbit 63
1962 Thursday Metal Ox (before Lunar New Year) 64
1961 Wednesday Metal Rat (before Lunar New Year) 65
1960 Monday Earth Pig (before Lunar New Year) 66
1959 Sunday Earth Dog (before Lunar New Year) 67
1958 Saturday Fire Rooster (before Lunar New Year) 68
1957 Friday Fire Monkey (before Lunar New Year) 69
1956 Wednesday Wood Goat (before Lunar New Year) 70
1955 Tuesday Wood Goat 71
1954 Monday Water Snake (before Lunar New Year) 72
1953 Sunday Water Dragon (before Lunar New Year) 73
1952 Friday Metal Rabbit (before Lunar New Year) 74
1951 Thursday Metal Tiger (before Lunar New Year) 75
1950 Wednesday Earth Ox (before Lunar New Year) 76
1949 Tuesday Earth Rat (before Lunar New Year) 77
1948 Sunday Fire Pig (before Lunar New Year) 78
1947 Saturday Fire Pig 79
1946 Friday Wood Rooster (before Lunar New Year) 80
1945 Thursday Wood Monkey (before Lunar New Year) 81
1944 Tuesday Wood Monkey 82
1943 Monday Water Horse (before Lunar New Year) 83
1942 Sunday Metal Snake (before Lunar New Year) 84
1941 Saturday Metal Dragon (before Lunar New Year) 85
1940 Thursday Earth Rabbit (before Lunar New Year) 86

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Most common 10% Common Average Less common Rarest 10%

Births data: US births per day 1994–2014 from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics and the Social Security Administration, compiled by FiveThirtyEight (CC BY 4.0). Ranks compare the average births on each date. Zodiac dates are the usual tropical ranges; Chinese zodiac years start at the Lunar New Year date for each year. Zodiac traits and life path numbers are for fun.

About the Birthday Report

Birthday Report puts everything about a birthday on one page. Enter a date of birth to see your zodiac sign (and whether you were born on a cusp), your Chinese zodiac animal and element — worked out from the actual Lunar New Year date, so January and February birthdays get the right animal — your birthstone and birth flower, your generation, the weekday you were born, your exact age, your life path number and when your next birthday falls. It also shows how common your birthday is, ranked from 1 to 366 using 21 years of real US birth records from the CDC and the Social Security Administration, and how many babies were born in the US on the very day you were born, for dates from 1994 to 2014.

How to use it

  1. 1 Pick the month and day of the birthday, and add the year for a personal report.
  2. 2 Read the zodiac sign, Chinese zodiac, birthstone, flower and generation.
  3. 3 See how rare the birthday is, and how many babies shared the exact day.
  4. 4 Open any date in the calendar to compare it with other birthdays.

Frequently asked questions

What zodiac sign is January 25?

January 25 falls under Aquarius ♒, the Air sign that runs from January 20 to February 18.

Is January 25 a rare birthday?

January 25 ranks #238 of 366, so it is about average. From 1994 to 2014 an average of 10,995 babies were born in the US on January 25, against 11,175 on an average day.

What is the birthstone for January 25?

The birthstone for January 25 is Garnet, the stone for January. The birth flowers are carnation and snowdrop.

What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 25?

It depends on the year — and for January 25 also on when Lunar New Year fell that year, because the Chinese zodiac year starts in late January or February, not on 1 January. The table above shows the right animal for every year.

What is the most common birthday?

In the US, 9 September is the most common birthday, closely followed by other mid-September dates such as the 19th, 12th and 17th — about nine months after the end-of-year holidays. The data is the CDC and Social Security Administration count of every US birth from 1994 to 2014.

What is the rarest birthday?

29 February, since it only comes round in leap years. Among the dates every year has, 25 December is the rarest, followed by 1 January, 24 December, 4 July and 2 January: far fewer births are scheduled (inductions and planned caesareans) on holidays.

Why does my Chinese zodiac sign differ from the year I was born?

The Chinese zodiac year starts at Lunar New Year, which falls between 21 January and 20 February, not on 1 January. If you were born in January or early February before that year’s Lunar New Year, your animal is the one for the year before. This report checks the actual Lunar New Year date for your birth year.

What is a zodiac cusp?

A cusp is the day or two when the Sun moves from one sign into the next. The exact day shifts from year to year, so someone born on a cusp date can be either sign depending on their birth year and time. A full birth chart with your time and place of birth settles it.

How are generations defined?

This report uses the Pew Research Center ranges: Silent Generation 1928–1945, Baby Boomers 1946–1964, Generation X 1965–1980, Millennials 1981–1996 and Generation Z 1997–2012. For Generation Alpha (2013–2024) and Generation Beta (2025–2039) it uses the commonly cited ranges, since Pew has not set them. Other sources draw the lines a year or two differently.

Is my date of birth stored?

No. The report is worked out when the page loads and nothing is saved. A report link contains the date, so only share it with people you are happy to tell your birthday.