February 17 Birthday Statistics
People born on February 17 have a Aquarius birthday, the Amethyst birthstone, and the Violet, iris, and primrose birth flower. This date is day 48 of a leap-year calendar and has a U.S. birthday rank of #319 out of 366 (2000–2014 births).
February 17 Birthday Overview
A February 17 birthday falls in winter and carries the traditional symbols of February: Amethyst as the birthstone and Violet, iris, and primrose as the birth flower. The zodiac sign is Aquarius, a Air sign represented by the Water bearer.
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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How Common Is February 17?
February 17 ranks #319 of 366 by total births in this U.S. dataset. The file records 163,089 births on this month and day across 2000–2014, or 0.262% of its 62,187,024 recorded births.
- Average when this date occurred
- 10,872.6 births across 15 occurrences
- Lowest recorded count for this date
- 7,044 in 2013
- Highest recorded count for this date
- 13,218 in 2006
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.