Is April 12 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 62% of all 366 dates.
April 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 12 ranks in position #226, with 10,706 births a year. 225 other dates are more common. 95 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #180 to #275, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 12 in other countries
April 12 is the 141st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #7 in Peru to #321 in Belgium.
Peru
#7 of 366
1,297 births on an average April 12
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#8 of 366
1,788 births on an average April 12
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#10 of 366
812 births on an average April 12
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#17 of 366
8,648 births on an average April 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024Guatemala
#55 of 366
991 births on an average April 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Norway
#136 of 366
160 births on an average April 12
SSB, 2011–2025Mexico
#152 of 366
5,082 births on an average April 12
INEGI, 2017–2023Switzerland
#159 of 366
224 births on an average April 12
FSO, 1969–2025Costa Rica
#162 of 366
169 births on an average April 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Finland
#179 of 366
141 births on an average April 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Latvia
#193 of 366
54 births on an average April 12
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#209 of 366
163 births on an average April 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Chile
#214 of 366
686 births on an average April 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#222 of 366
1,385 births on an average April 12
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#224 of 366
295 births on an average April 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#249 of 366
4,331 births on an average April 12
PSA, 2006–2024Slovenia
#256 of 366
51 births on an average April 12
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#257 of 366
2,729 births on an average April 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025Netherlands
#264 of 366
489 births on an average April 12
CBS, 1995–2025New Zealand
#265 of 366
155 births on an average April 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Hungary
#278 of 366
318 births on an average April 12
KSH, 1970–2020Germany
#281 of 366
1,945 births on an average April 12
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#282 of 366
1,754 births on an average April 12
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#294 of 366
164 births on an average April 12
CSO, 1980–2023France
#316 of 366
2,078 births on an average April 12
INSEE, 1998–2024Belgium
#321 of 366
314 births on an average April 12
Statbel, 1992–2025
Famous people born on April 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Tulsi GabbardAmerican politician and military officer · born 1981
Claire DanesAmerican actor · born 1979
Saoirse RonanAmerican-born Irish actress · born 1994
Shannen DohertyAmerican actress · born 1971
The VivienneBritish drag performer · born 1992
Ed O'NeillAmerican actor · born 1946
Tiny TimAmerican musician and musical archivist · born 1932
Jennifer MorrisonAmerican actress and director · born 1979April against the other eleven
April 12 is the 2nd most common of the 30 days in April. All April birthdays.
April is the 2nd rarest month of the year
An average April day sees 10,557 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on April 12?
About 10,706 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,146 babies were born and it ranked #71 of 365; at its rarest in 2009, with 6,772 births at #364.
Is April 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 12 is the 141st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,706 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest April birthday?
In the United States, April 1: the 15th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 10,016 births a year. The most common April birthday is April 4, the 177th most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 95 other dates are within 1% of April 12's count, spread from #180 to #275, so the position inside that group would shift with a different set of years. That band is the accurate answer; the rank is the simple one. At the ends — Christmas Day, New Year's Day — nothing is close.
Is April 12 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 11 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Belgium, at #321 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #7.
How this is counted
Every date is ranked by how many babies are born on it in the United States. Live births by day of birth from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, 1989–2024.
Updated October 2026