December 31 Birthday Statistics
People born on December 31 have a Capricorn birthday, the Turquoise, zircon, and tanzanite birthstone, and the Narcissus, paperwhite, and holly birth flower. This date is day 366 of a leap-year calendar and has a U.S. birthday rank of #348 out of 366 (2000–2014 births).
December 31 Birthday Overview
A December 31 birthday falls in winter and carries the traditional symbols of December: Turquoise, zircon, and tanzanite as the birthstone and Narcissus, paperwhite, and holly as the birth flower. The zodiac sign is Capricorn, a Earth sign represented by the Sea goat.
The U.S. rank compares this date with all 366 calendar birthdays using recorded birth counts from 2000–2014. The counts and calculation method appear below.
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- New Year’s Eve is observed on December 31.
- The date closes the calendar year with countdowns and celebrations.
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How Common Is December 31?
December 31 ranks #348 of 366 by total births in this U.S. dataset. The file records 158,230 births on this month and day across 2000–2014, or 0.254% of its 62,187,024 recorded births.
- Average when this date occurred
- 10,548.7 births across 15 occurrences
- Lowest recorded count for this date
- 7,569 in 2006
- Highest recorded count for this date
- 12,906 in 2008
These are historical counts for the United States, not a worldwide ranking or a forecast. Weekdays, holidays and year-to-year changes can affect the counts; this comparison does not establish their causes.
Source: U.S. births, 2000–2014, from the Social Security Administration dataset published by FiveThirtyEight. BirthdayStatistics.com aggregates the recorded counts by month and day. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Method and limitations.