Is April 17 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 77% of all 366 dates.
April 17 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 17 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 17 ranks in position #281, with 10,578 births a year. 280 other dates are more common. 85 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #238 to #323, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 17 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 17 in other countries
April 17 is the 86th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #20 in Brazil to #352 in New Zealand.
Brazil
#20 of 366
8,629 births on an average April 17
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#64 of 366
1,253 births on an average April 17
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#70 of 366
1,634 births on an average April 17
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#106 of 366
783 births on an average April 17
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#131 of 366
55 births on an average April 17
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#169 of 366
224 births on an average April 17
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#197 of 366
155 births on an average April 17
SSB, 2011–2025Mexico
#219 of 366
4,935 births on an average April 17
INEGI, 2017–2023Finland
#248 of 366
138 births on an average April 17
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Costa Rica
#255 of 366
163 births on an average April 17
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#257 of 366
320 births on an average April 17
KSH, 1970–2020Japan
#258 of 366
2,729 births on an average April 17
e-Stat, 1996–2025Denmark
#261 of 366
160 births on an average April 17
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Chile
#263 of 366
680 births on an average April 17
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#269 of 366
4,304 births on an average April 17
PSA, 2006–2024Netherlands
#274 of 366
488 births on an average April 17
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#283 of 366
289 births on an average April 17
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Slovenia
#283 of 366
51 births on an average April 17
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#286 of 366
1,945 births on an average April 17
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#295 of 366
164 births on an average April 17
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#300 of 366
912 births on an average April 17
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#306 of 366
1,356 births on an average April 17
DOSM, 2000–2022England & Wales
#312 of 366
1,747 births on an average April 17
ONS, 1995–2025Belgium
#322 of 366
314 births on an average April 17
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#330 of 366
2,063 births on an average April 17
INSEE, 1998–2024New Zealand
#352 of 366
151 births on an average April 17
Stats NZ, 1980–2023
Famous people born on April 17
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jennifer GarnerAmerican actress · born 1972
Victoria BeckhamEnglish fashion designer and singer · born 1974
Sean BeanBritish actor · born 1959
Rooney MaraAmerican actress · born 1985
J. P. MorganAmerican financier, banker, and art collector · born 1837
Olivia HusseyBritish actress · born 1951
VikramIndian actor and playback singer · born 1966
Roddy PiperCanadian professional wrestler and actor · born 1954April against the other eleven
April 17 is the 15th 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 17?
About 10,578 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1990, when 12,584 babies were born and it ranked #72 of 365; at its rarest in 2022, with 6,197 births at #364.
Is April 17 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 17 is the 86th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,578 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. 85 other dates are within 1% of April 17's count, spread from #238 to #323, 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 17 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 10 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in New Zealand, at #352 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #20.
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