Is April 14 a rare birthday? Uncommon

Rarer than 82% of all 366 dates.

April 14 #301
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for April 14: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

April 14 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 10,536in the United States — about 904,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium133 peopleof 50,000 were born on April 14
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on April 14 somewhere in the United States
Star signAriesrarer than 24 of the 30 Aries birthdays
Half-birthdayOctober 14six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJuly 22A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where April 14 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, April 14 ranks in position #301, with 10,536 births a year. 300 other dates are more common. 76 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #253 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.

56 years of records

April 14 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Monday: rank #251 of 365, 9,566 births1970, Tuesday: rank #210 of 365, 10,100 births1971, Wednesday: rank #172 of 365, 9,944 births1972, Friday: rank #159 of 366, 9,192 births1973, Saturday: rank #333 of 365, 7,445 births1974, Sunday: rank #360 of 365, 7,032 births1975, Monday: rank #251 of 365, 8,450 births1976, Wednesday: rank #192 of 366, 8,694 births1977, Thursday: rank #236 of 365, 9,101 births1978, Friday: rank #233 of 365, 9,028 births1979, Saturday: rank #337 of 365, 8,207 births1980, Monday: rank #231 of 366, 9,821 births1981, Tuesday: rank #148 of 365, 10,277 births1982, Wednesday: rank #206 of 365, 10,233 births1983, Thursday: rank #218 of 365, 10,196 births1984, Saturday: rank #305 of 366, 8,577 births1985, Sunday: rank #352 of 365, 8,390 births1986, Monday: rank #178 of 365, 10,658 births1987, Tuesday: rank #83 of 365, 11,417 births1988, Thursday: rank #221 of 366, 10,877 births1989, Friday: rank #153 of 365, 11,625 births1990, Saturday: rank #301 of 365, 9,555 births1991, Sunday: rank #351 of 365, 8,707 births1992, Tuesday: rank #47 of 366, 12,467 births1993, Wednesday: rank #118 of 365, 11,905 births1994, Thursday: rank #145 of 365, 11,709 births1995, Friday: rank #234 of 365, 10,687 births1996, Sunday: rank #356 of 366, 7,687 births1997, Monday: rank #240 of 365, 10,620 births1998, Tuesday: rank #87 of 365, 12,207 births1999, Wednesday: rank #188 of 365, 11,669 births2000, Friday: rank #202 of 366, 11,829 births2001, Saturday: rank #310 of 365, 8,102 births2002, Sunday: rank #337 of 365, 7,482 births2003, Monday: rank #235 of 365, 11,599 births2004, Wednesday: rank #171 of 366, 12,448 births2005, Thursday: rank #141 of 365, 12,761 births2006, Friday: rank #234 of 365, 12,056 births2007, Saturday: rank #312 of 365, 8,169 births2008, Monday: rank #233 of 366, 12,228 births2009, Tuesday: rank #67 of 365, 13,230 births2010, Wednesday: rank #114 of 365, 12,497 births2011, Thursday: rank #141 of 365, 12,165 births2012, Saturday: rank #308 of 366, 7,649 births2013, Sunday: rank #357 of 365, 6,842 births2014, Monday: rank #197 of 365, 11,803 births2015, Tuesday: rank #104 of 365, 12,309 births2016, Thursday: rank #180 of 366, 11,813 births2017, Friday: rank #247 of 365, 10,763 births2018, Saturday: rank #285 of 365, 7,976 births2019, Sunday: rank #362 of 365, 6,518 births2020, Tuesday: rank #158 of 366, 10,890 births2021, Wednesday: rank #144 of 365, 11,064 births2022, Thursday: rank #160 of 365, 11,013 births2023, Friday: rank #169 of 365, 10,782 births2024, Sunday: rank #362 of 366, 6,475 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #333, from #177 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 29.4% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#227
Mon
#113
Tue
#163
Wed
#180
Thu
#204
Fri
#311
Sat
#355
Sun
Most common year
1992#47 of 366Tuesday · 12,467 births
Rarest year
2019#362 of 365Sunday · 6,518 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

April 14 in other countries

April 14 is the 66th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #32 in Brazil to #355 in Mexico.

  1. Brazil

    #32 of 366

    8,601 births on an average April 14

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
  2. Ireland

    #98 of 366

    171 births on an average April 14

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023
  3. Peru

    #103 of 366

    1,230 births on an average April 14

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025
  4. Ecuador

    #129 of 366

    776 births on an average April 14

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023
  5. Switzerland

    #132 of 366

    225 births on an average April 14

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025
  6. New Zealand

    #137 of 366

    158 births on an average April 14

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
  7. Hungary

    #180 of 366

    327 births on an average April 14

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020
  8. Argentina

    #185 of 366

    1,508 births on an average April 14

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
  9. Norway

    #187 of 366

    156 births on an average April 14

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
  10. Belgium

    #193 of 366

    326 births on an average April 14

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025
  11. Germany

    #215 of 366

    1,989 births on an average April 14

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025
  12. Malaysia

    #215 of 366

    1,387 births on an average April 14

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022
  13. Slovenia

    #245 of 366

    52 births on an average April 14

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025
  14. Finland

    #260 of 366

    137 births on an average April 14

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025
  15. Latvia

    #278 of 366

    51 births on an average April 14

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025
  16. Costa Rica

    #281 of 366

    162 births on an average April 14

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024
  17. France

    #287 of 366

    2,096 births on an average April 14

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
  18. Philippines

    #287 of 366

    4,272 births on an average April 14

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
  19. Netherlands

    #290 of 366

    485 births on an average April 14

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025
  20. Denmark

    #300 of 366

    158 births on an average April 14

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025
  21. Portugal

    #314 of 366

    285 births on an average April 14

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025
  22. Japan

    #324 of 366

    2,670 births on an average April 14

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
  23. Chile

    #343 of 366

    656 births on an average April 14

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
  24. England & Wales

    #343 of 366

    1,731 births on an average April 14

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
  25. Guatemala

    #353 of 366

    873 births on an average April 14

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024
  26. Mexico

    #355 of 366

    4,525 births on an average April 14

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023
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April against the other eleven

April 14 is the 11th rarest 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.

The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

April 14#301 of 36610,536 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on April 14?

About 10,536 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1992, when 12,467 babies were born and it ranked #47 of 366; at its rarest in 2019, with 6,518 births at #362.

Is April 14 a common birthday?

In the United States, April 14 is the 66th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,536 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.

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. 76 other dates are within 1% of April 14's count, spread from #253 to #329, 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 14 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 6 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Mexico, at #355 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #32.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026