July 4 Birthday Statistics
People born on July 4 have a Cancer birthday, the Ruby birthstone, and the Larkspur and water lily birth flower. This date is day 186 of a leap-year calendar and has a U.S. birthday rank of #362 out of 366 (2000–2014 births).
July 4 Birthday Overview
A July 4 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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- The United States celebrates Independence Day on July 4.
- The date is associated with fireworks, parades, and the Declaration of Independence.
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How Common Is July 4?
July 4 ranks #362 of 366 by total births in this U.S. dataset. The file records 132,229 births on this month and day across 2000–2014, or 0.213% of its 62,187,024 recorded births.
- Average when this date occurred
- 8,815.3 births across 15 occurrences
- Lowest recorded count for this date
- 7,279 in 2010
- Highest recorded count for this date
- 9,746 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.