Is April 15 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 85% of all 366 dates.
April 15 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 15 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 15 ranks in position #311, with 10,500 births a year. 310 other dates are more common. 61 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #273 to #334, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 15 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 15 in other countries
April 15 is the 56th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #16 in Brazil to #356 in Mexico.
Brazil
#16 of 366
8,667 births on an average April 15
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#20 of 366
807 births on an average April 15
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#43 of 366
1,262 births on an average April 15
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#91 of 366
146 births on an average April 15
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Latvia
#98 of 366
56 births on an average April 15
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#116 of 366
161 births on an average April 15
SSB, 2011–2025Ireland
#122 of 366
170 births on an average April 15
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#140 of 366
225 births on an average April 15
FSO, 1969–2025Argentina
#141 of 366
1,555 births on an average April 15
DEIS, 2018–2023Denmark
#160 of 366
166 births on an average April 15
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#185 of 366
53 births on an average April 15
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#205 of 366
325 births on an average April 15
Statbel, 1992–2025Japan
#214 of 366
2,760 births on an average April 15
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#237 of 366
1,973 births on an average April 15
Destatis, 2014–2025Malaysia
#241 of 366
1,381 births on an average April 15
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#248 of 366
155 births on an average April 15
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#253 of 366
2,114 births on an average April 15
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#278 of 366
920 births on an average April 15
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Chile
#280 of 366
678 births on an average April 15
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#282 of 366
4,282 births on an average April 15
PSA, 2006–2024Netherlands
#283 of 366
487 births on an average April 15
CBS, 1995–2025Hungary
#286 of 366
318 births on an average April 15
KSH, 1970–2020Portugal
#288 of 366
288 births on an average April 15
INE Portugal, 1980–2025England & Wales
#327 of 366
1,741 births on an average April 15
ONS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#345 of 366
156 births on an average April 15
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#356 of 366
4,520 births on an average April 15
INEGI, 2017–2023
Famous people born on April 15
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Emma WatsonEnglish actress · born 1990
Emma ThompsonEnglish actress and screenwriter · born 1959
Leonardo da VinciItalian polymath · born 1452
Seth RogenCanadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker · born 1982
Nikita KhrushchevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 · born 1894
Luke EvansWelsh actor and singer · born 1979
Maisie WilliamsBritish actress · born 1997
Kim Il SungLeader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 · born 1912April against the other eleven
April 15 is the 7th 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on April 15?
About 10,500 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 10,428 babies were born and it ranked #95 of 365; at its rarest in 1979, with 7,615 births at #364.
Is April 15 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 15 is the 56th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,500 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. 61 other dates are within 1% of April 15's count, spread from #273 to #334, 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 15 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 3 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Mexico, at #356 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #16.
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