Is April 16 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 82% of all 366 dates.
April 16 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 16 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 16 ranks in position #300, with 10,537 births a year. 299 other dates are more common. 77 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #252 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 16 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 16 in other countries
April 16 is the 67th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #10 in Brazil to #354 in Mexico.
Brazil
#10 of 366
8,694 births on an average April 16
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#20 of 366
1,280 births on an average April 16
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#56 of 366
1,663 births on an average April 16
DEIS, 2018–2023Norway
#84 of 366
164 births on an average April 16
SSB, 2011–2025Denmark
#126 of 366
169 births on an average April 16
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Ecuador
#157 of 366
770 births on an average April 16
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#170 of 366
54 births on an average April 16
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#174 of 366
224 births on an average April 16
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#212 of 366
139 births on an average April 16
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Costa Rica
#215 of 366
165 births on an average April 16
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Ireland
#229 of 366
166 births on an average April 16
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#236 of 366
491 births on an average April 16
CBS, 1995–2025Chile
#240 of 366
683 births on an average April 16
DEIS, 1990–2017Belgium
#247 of 366
322 births on an average April 16
Statbel, 1992–2025New Zealand
#262 of 366
155 births on an average April 16
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Japan
#263 of 366
2,725 births on an average April 16
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#264 of 366
1,955 births on an average April 16
Destatis, 2014–2025Hungary
#277 of 366
318 births on an average April 16
KSH, 1970–2020Malaysia
#281 of 366
1,370 births on an average April 16
DOSM, 2000–2022England & Wales
#285 of 366
1,754 births on an average April 16
ONS, 1995–2025Philippines
#291 of 366
4,268 births on an average April 16
PSA, 2006–2024France
#292 of 366
2,092 births on an average April 16
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#295 of 366
287 births on an average April 16
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Slovenia
#322 of 366
49 births on an average April 16
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#325 of 366
902 births on an average April 16
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#354 of 366
4,527 births on an average April 16
INEGI, 2017–2023
Famous people born on April 16
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Pope Benedict XVIHead of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 · born 1927
Anya Taylor-JoyActress · born 1996
Bill BelichickAmerican football coach · born 1952
SelenaAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1971
Sadie SinkAmerican actress · born 2002
Charlie ChaplinEnglish actor and filmmaker · born 1889
Kareem Abdul-JabbarAmerican basketball player · born 1947
Ellen BarkinAmerican actress · born 1954April against the other eleven
April 16 is the 12th 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 16?
About 10,537 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2002, when 12,586 babies were born and it ranked #76 of 365; at its rarest in 1978, with 7,201 births at #364.
Is April 16 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 16 is the 67th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,537 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. 77 other dates are within 1% of April 16's count, spread from #252 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 16 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 #354 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #10.
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