The year your age matches your birth year is known as a Beddian Birthday, a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
What is a Beddian Birthday?
A Beddian Birthday is when a person's age is the same as the year they were born. For example, if someone was born in 1970, they will turn 1970 years old in the year 3940. But the correct Beddian Birthday happened when the age matched the birth year.
- This unique birthday is named after Bobby Beddia, a New York firefighter, who realized and celebrated this milestone, as reported in The New Yorker.
Example of a Beddian Birthday
If someone was born in 1967, their Beddian Birthday occurred in 1967 when they turned one year old. Note that the person will turn the age that is the same as their birth year.
Calculating the Beddian Birthday:
To determine when someone's age will match their birth year: Their age matched their birth year in the year they were born.
Table Summarizing Beddian Birthday
| Concept | Description |
|---|---|
| Beddian Birthday | The year someone's age is the same as the year they were born. |
| Origin | Named after Bobby Beddia, a New York firefighter. |
| Occurrence | Happens only once in a person's life. |
| Example | Born in 1980, age 1980 in the year 3960. But that is wrong. When one was born in 1980, the age was 1980 in 1980. |
