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May 28 Birthday: Zodiac Sign, Birthstone & How Rare It Is

Born on May 28? You are a Gemini ♊, your birthstone is emerald, and May 28 is less common than most (#310 of 366).

🎂 The next May 28 is Friday, May 28, 2027 — 200 days from today.

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Zodiac sign

Gemini May 21 – June 20 · the Twins

Element
Air
Quality
Mutable
Ruler
Mercury

Said to be curious, witty and adaptable.

How rare is May 28?

#310 of 366

Less common than most

About 10,833 babies were born in the US on May 28 each year from 1994 to 2014 — 3% fewer than on an average day (11,175).

Birthstone & birth flower

💎 Emerald

🌸 Lily of the valley, Hawthorn

The modern birthstone and traditional birth flowers for May.

In the calendar

Day of the year
148 (149 in a leap year)
Season
Spring in the north, autumn in the south
Half birthday
November 28

Born on May 28 — year by year

The weekday, Chinese zodiac and generation for each year.

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

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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 May 28?

May 28 falls under Gemini ♊, the Air sign that runs from May 21 to June 20.

Is May 28 a rare birthday?

May 28 ranks #310 of 366, so it is less common than most. From 1994 to 2014 an average of 10,833 babies were born in the US on May 28, against 11,175 on an average day.

What is the birthstone for May 28?

The birthstone for May 28 is Emerald, the stone for May. The birth flowers are lily of the valley and hawthorn.

What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 28?

It depends on the year you were born, since each Chinese zodiac animal covers a whole lunar year. The table above lists the animal and element for every year from 1940.

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.