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Birthday Report

Everything about a birthday on one page: zodiac sign and cusp, Chinese zodiac, birthstone, birth flower, generation, the weekday you were born — and how rare your birthday really is, from 21 years of US birth records.

Add the year for your age, Chinese zodiac, generation and how many babies were born that day. Nothing is saved.

Born Monday, 15 May 2000

You are 26 years, 5 months and 25 days old — 9,674 days. You turn 27 on Saturday, 15 May 2027, in 187 days.

Age milestones →

Chinese zodiac

Dragon

Yang Metal Dragon · ambitious, energetic, lucky

Year of the Dragon: 5 Feb 2000 – 23 Jan 2001

Generation

Generation Z

Born 1997–2012

Life path number

4

The digits of your birth date added up. For fun, from numerology.

👶 11,587 babies were born in the US on 15 May 2000, the day you were born — busier than an average day.

Zodiac sign

Taurus April 20 – May 20 · the Bull

Element
Earth
Quality
Fixed
Ruler
Venus

Said to be steady, patient and loyal.

How rare is May 15?

#159 of 366

About average

About 11,203 babies were born in the US on May 15 each year from 1994 to 2014 — the same as an average day.

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
135 (136 in a leap year)
Season
Spring in the north, autumn in the south
Half birthday
November 15

Everything about May 15 birthdays, year by year →

How common is each birthday?

Every date ranked by the average number of US births on it from 1994 to 2014. Tap a day for its zodiac sign, birthstone and more.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Most common 10% Common Average Less common Rarest 10%

Zodiac sign dates

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 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.