July 17 Birthday: Rarity, Zodiac & Fun Facts
Is July 17 a rare birthday? July 17 ranks #42 of 366 by recorded U.S. births from 2000–2014. July 17 is a Cancer birthday with ruby as the July birthstone and larkspur and water lily as the traditional birth flowers.
July 17 Birthday Overview
A July 17 birthday falls in summer and carries the traditional symbols of July: Ruby as the birthstone and Larkspur and water lily as the birth flower. The zodiac sign is Cancer, a Water sign represented by the Crab.
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 July 17?
July 17 ranks #42 of 366 by total births in this U.S. dataset. The file records 180,276 births on this month and day across 2000–2014, or 0.290% of its 62,187,024 recorded births.
- Average when this date occurred
- 12,018.4 births across 15 occurrences
- Lowest recorded count for this date
- 7,637 in 2011
- Highest recorded count for this date
- 14,828 in 2007
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.