re: most common birthdays in the US

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So people frick a lot in Dec/Jan

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Baby it’s cold outside.

<-- New years baby, 2nd least likely bday!

Fun fact: when I was a youngin, my mom used to tell me that all of the fireworks were celebrating my birthday. It made my birthday feel more special than most other kids', which I really appreciated.

Needless to say, when I hit my early 30's and figured out that it was a lie, I became very distrustful of my mother. It's probably why I get off on cutting myself, female drifters, and prostitutes. Still, that doesn't take away from those fairy tale birthdays.

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So people frick a lot in Dec/Jan

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You gotta frick so your baby is born around February. If you do that it won’t mess with hunting in December or January. You miss a turkey season but you’ll be ready to get out of the house come September for dove season.

I think that people avoiding a 9/11 birth for their kids is probably the most interesting thing on the table. It's my brother's birthday and he hates what it is known for now.

More births in the summer is interesting too.

My sister is July 4th. My brother in law is December 25th.

Why the spike starting in June?

Because schools start back in September. Lots of fricking in October-December.

Look at the most popular birthdays and go back 9 months.

Most babies are made in the winter months

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So people frick a lot in Dec/Jan

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Your most popular birthdays tend to come clustered about dates falling 9 months after major holidays, ESPECIALLY holidays that tend to be more associated with a drink or two. The fall is littered with those kinds of holidays, parties, football games, etc. Lots of opportunities to slip one past the goalie. Look at that spike the week before Christmas. Guess what date is about 9 months before that spike. March 17th. No, it's not a Christmas miracle. You were just a whore on St. Patrick's Day.

Major holidays have fewer births than the days surrounding them (though they still exhibit the general trend driven by events where more people drink and whore it up) because doctors schedule c-sections to avoid working them. From year to year, doctors avoid babies on weekends in general by scheduling c-sections for the Friday before. In years when the major holidays fall on weekends, the effect is compounded and the days around the holidays see fewer births, though not as profoundly as the holiday itself which sees fewer births EVERY year.

The end.

All that banging going on during the Fall/Winter holidays.