In the United States, the most popular birth date is Oct. 5, say online reports by a host of websites such as the factsite.com, 1800flowers.com, Wikipedia and even this report by a Washington NBC television affiliate. All are based on a single source, anybirthday.com, which claims to have searched a database of more than 135 million birth records.
In fact, says anybirthday.com, each year, an average of more than 12,500 babies are born on Oct. 5. As of 2001, they say, nearly a million Americans shared Oct. 5 as their birthday.
You might be thinking by now, "Ho Hum! So what?"
Well, it just so happens, that our very own Amy was born on the most popular birthdate in America. Amy's been having birthdays for 14 years now and I just learned this amazing bit of information.
Amy over the years
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| 3 years |
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| 5 years |
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| 6 years |
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| 7 years |
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| 9 years |
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| Age 10 - She broke her wrist rollerblading |
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| Age 13 at Andrew's wedding |
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| 14 years - At Horse Camp this past spring |
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| Today, Oct 5 - A big 15 years old |
She chose Fruit Loops (yuck!!!) for her birthday cereal and Keith took her out to lunch at an Italian restaurant. Christina baked her a Lemon Poppyseed Cake to take to Youth Group tonight. She's been chomping at the bit to get a Facebook account for the last two years which we let her do today. She's been on FB for eight hours and already has 50 friends.
Happy Birthday Amy
Hope you have a good 15th year.
P.S. The yahoo article said that nine out of 10 websites claimed Oct. 5 was the most popular birthdate.
It also said this: "The study credited to Armitabh Chandra of Harvard, shows that not only is the most popular birth date in September, but the ten most popular birth dates are all in the month of September, with Sept. 16 being the actual most popular birthday in the U.S. based on a review of all births in the country between 1973 and 1999. According to the NYT report of Chandra's research, Oct. 5 ranks a paltry 79th in terms of most popular birthdays."
Choose what you want to believe. I'm voting for the 5th.
Happy Birthday Amy! I have heard that about Octber 5th, my boss says it every year, its his birthday too.
ReplyDeleteKim (Pair Slices)
Yeah, my comment was accepted! I have been trying to leave comments for ahwile and it kept coming up with an error message. I didn't want to think I was ignoring you.
ReplyDeleteWell. Happy birthday to Amy.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have a reason why October 5th is so 'popular'. It's because January 12th is really cold! (conception).
LOL! I have to agree with Pam. January and February are often so cold...people have to do something to keep warm! :)
ReplyDeleteHope she had a great Birthday and I'm sure she will surpass us all in friends by midnight tonight...that's just who she is.:)
Happy Birthday Amy,
ReplyDeleteI will take a family vote, and get back to you tonight regarding the State Park. :-)
Hello Angie,
ReplyDeleteThe vote is in. Perrot State Park was the winner. We camped at Perrot for 4 days last summer. It was great. The hiking is amazing. The view from the bluffs looking down at the Mighty Mississippi and Trempealeau river is great.
Enjoy...let us know how it goes.
You could also visit Merrick State Park. We have not visited this State Park, let us know what it is like if you go.
Have fun.
Happy Birthday to your precious Amy....
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Fruit Loops!