Is April 18 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 71% of all 366 dates.
April 18 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 18 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 18 ranks in position #261, with 10,628 births a year. 260 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #215 to #302, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 18 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 18 in other countries
April 18 is the 106th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #33 in Brazil to #351 in New Zealand.
Brazil
#33 of 366
8,597 births on an average April 18
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#97 of 366
785 births on an average April 18
INEC, 2013–2023Switzerland
#129 of 366
225 births on an average April 18
FSO, 1969–2025Peru
#138 of 366
1,217 births on an average April 18
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#151 of 366
1,541 births on an average April 18
DEIS, 2018–2023Norway
#155 of 366
159 births on an average April 18
SSB, 2011–2025Ireland
#175 of 366
168 births on an average April 18
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#179 of 366
496 births on an average April 18
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#189 of 366
54 births on an average April 18
CSB, 1996–2025Guatemala
#204 of 366
942 births on an average April 18
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Hungary
#204 of 366
326 births on an average April 18
KSH, 1970–2020Philippines
#212 of 366
4,397 births on an average April 18
PSA, 2006–2024Portugal
#237 of 366
293 births on an average April 18
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Slovenia
#237 of 366
52 births on an average April 18
SURS, 2000–2025Malaysia
#242 of 366
1,380 births on an average April 18
DOSM, 2000–2022Japan
#248 of 366
2,738 births on an average April 18
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#259 of 366
321 births on an average April 18
Statbel, 1992–2025Costa Rica
#270 of 366
163 births on an average April 18
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#274 of 366
4,838 births on an average April 18
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#299 of 366
2,089 births on an average April 18
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#300 of 366
1,749 births on an average April 18
ONS, 1995–2025Denmark
#304 of 366
157 births on an average April 18
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Finland
#315 of 366
134 births on an average April 18
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Germany
#331 of 366
1,905 births on an average April 18
Destatis, 2014–2025Chile
#338 of 366
659 births on an average April 18
DEIS, 1990–2017New Zealand
#351 of 366
152 births on an average April 18
Stats NZ, 1980–2023
Famous people born on April 18
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Vanessa KirbyBritish actress · born 1988
David TennantScottish actor · born 1971
Conan O'BrienAmerican television host and comedian · born 1963
James WoodsAmerican actor · born 1947
Kourtney KardashianAmerican media personality · born 1979
Rick MoranisCanadian comedian and actor · born 1953
Alia ShawkatAmerican actress · born 1989
America FerreraAmerican actress · born 1984April against the other eleven
April 18 is the 10th 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 18?
About 10,628 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2000, when 12,525 babies were born and it ranked #93 of 366; at its rarest in 1976, with 7,099 births at #361.
Is April 18 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 18 is the 106th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,628 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of April 18's count, spread from #215 to #302, 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 18 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 9 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in New Zealand, at #351 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #33.
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