Is April 20 a rare birthday? Ordinary

Rarer than 70% of all 366 dates.

April 20 #257
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for April 20: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

April 20 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,638in the United States — about 907,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium134 peopleof 50,000 were born on April 20
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on April 20 somewhere in the United States
Star signTaurusrarer than 19 of the 31 Taurus birthdays
Half-birthdayOctober 20six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJuly 28A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where April 20 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, April 20 ranks in position #257, with 10,638 births a year. 256 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #208 to #301, so the exact position is a close thing.

April 20#257 · 10,638 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

April 20 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Sunday: rank #365 of 365, 7,928 births1970, Monday: rank #282 of 365, 9,574 births1971, Tuesday: rank #114 of 365, 10,272 births1972, Thursday: rank #234 of 366, 8,828 births1973, Friday: rank #232 of 365, 8,540 births1974, Saturday: rank #330 of 365, 7,480 births1975, Sunday: rank #363 of 365, 7,029 births1976, Tuesday: rank #131 of 366, 9,036 births1977, Wednesday: rank #199 of 365, 9,267 births1978, Thursday: rank #271 of 365, 8,594 births1979, Friday: rank #199 of 365, 9,629 births1980, Sunday: rank #341 of 366, 8,460 births1981, Monday: rank #261 of 365, 9,558 births1982, Tuesday: rank #117 of 365, 10,603 births1983, Wednesday: rank #162 of 365, 10,371 births1984, Friday: rank #254 of 366, 9,689 births1985, Saturday: rank #315 of 365, 8,797 births1986, Sunday: rank #340 of 365, 8,382 births1987, Monday: rank #228 of 365, 10,594 births1988, Wednesday: rank #190 of 366, 11,020 births1989, Thursday: rank #167 of 365, 11,557 births1990, Friday: rank #182 of 365, 11,951 births1991, Saturday: rank #313 of 365, 9,235 births1992, Monday: rank #188 of 366, 11,714 births1993, Tuesday: rank #90 of 365, 12,100 births1994, Wednesday: rank #169 of 365, 11,585 births1995, Thursday: rank #149 of 365, 11,504 births1996, Saturday: rank #307 of 366, 8,451 births1997, Sunday: rank #343 of 365, 7,673 births1998, Monday: rank #238 of 365, 10,848 births1999, Tuesday: rank #110 of 365, 12,067 births2000, Thursday: rank #175 of 366, 12,055 births2001, Friday: rank #190 of 365, 12,047 births2002, Saturday: rank #307 of 365, 8,113 births2003, Sunday: rank #364 of 365, 7,057 births2004, Tuesday: rank #90 of 366, 12,893 births2005, Wednesday: rank #121 of 365, 12,890 births2006, Thursday: rank #161 of 365, 12,919 births2007, Friday: rank #211 of 365, 12,806 births2008, Sunday: rank #346 of 366, 7,416 births2009, Monday: rank #219 of 365, 12,128 births2010, Tuesday: rank #51 of 365, 12,835 births2011, Wednesday: rank #163 of 365, 12,024 births2012, Friday: rank #221 of 366, 11,490 births2013, Saturday: rank #311 of 365, 7,653 births2014, Sunday: rank #364 of 365, 6,787 births2015, Monday: rank #238 of 365, 11,513 births2016, Wednesday: rank #224 of 366, 11,505 births2017, Thursday: rank #182 of 365, 11,462 births2018, Friday: rank #239 of 365, 10,812 births2019, Saturday: rank #306 of 365, 7,616 births2020, Monday: rank #211 of 366, 10,618 births2021, Tuesday: rank #187 of 365, 10,808 births2022, Wednesday: rank #209 of 365, 10,697 births2023, Thursday: rank #212 of 365, 10,482 births2024, Saturday: rank #302 of 366, 7,656 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #332, from #187 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 28.7% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#233
Mon
#111
Tue
#180
Wed
#194
Thu
#216
Fri
#311
Sat
#353
Sun
Most common year
2010#51 of 365Tuesday · 12,835 births
Rarest year
1969#365 of 365Sunday · 7,928 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

April 20 in other countries

April 20 is the 110th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #3 in Brazil to #326 in England & Wales.

  1. Brazil

    #3 of 366

    8,786 births on an average April 20

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  2. Argentina

    #6 of 366

    1,794 births on an average April 20

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  3. Ecuador

    #33 of 366

    801 births on an average April 20

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  4. Switzerland

    #79 of 366

    228 births on an average April 20

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  5. Norway

    #85 of 366

    164 births on an average April 20

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  6. Peru

    #85 of 366

    1,239 births on an average April 20

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  7. Finland

    #123 of 366

    144 births on an average April 20

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  8. New Zealand

    #144 of 366

    158 births on an average April 20

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  9. Belgium

    #148 of 366

    329 births on an average April 20

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  10. Costa Rica

    #163 of 366

    168 births on an average April 20

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  11. Slovenia

    #165 of 366

    53 births on an average April 20

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  12. Ireland

    #168 of 366

    168 births on an average April 20

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  13. Chile

    #175 of 366

    689 births on an average April 20

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  14. Mexico

    #181 of 366

    5,027 births on an average April 20

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  15. Guatemala

    #189 of 366

    945 births on an average April 20

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  16. Netherlands

    #193 of 366

    495 births on an average April 20

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  17. Philippines

    #199 of 366

    4,410 births on an average April 20

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  18. Portugal

    #208 of 366

    296 births on an average April 20

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  19. Denmark

    #219 of 366

    163 births on an average April 20

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  20. Malaysia

    #236 of 366

    1,382 births on an average April 20

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  21. Hungary

    #239 of 366

    322 births on an average April 20

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  22. Latvia

    #241 of 366

    52 births on an average April 20

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  23. France

    #268 of 366

    2,102 births on an average April 20

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  24. Germany

    #287 of 366

    1,944 births on an average April 20

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  25. Japan

    #295 of 366

    2,706 births on an average April 20

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  26. England & Wales

    #326 of 366

    1,741 births on an average April 20

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
Birthday twins

Famous people born on April 20

Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.

Alexander ZverevAlexander ZverevGerman tennis player · born 1997Luther VandrossLuther VandrossAmerican singer · born 1951Napoleon IIINapoleon IIIEmperor of the French from 1852 to 1870 · born 1808Andy SerkisAndy SerkisEnglish actor · born 1964Felix BaumgartnerFelix BaumgartnerAustrian skydiver and extreme sportsman · born 1969Shemar MooreShemar MooreAmerican actor · born 1970Miranda KerrMiranda KerrAustralian model · born 1983Ryan O'NealRyan O'NealAmerican actor · born 1941
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April against the other eleven

April 20 is the 8th 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.

10,394
Jan
10,637
Feb
10,658
Mar
10,557
Apr
10,702
May
10,990
Jun
11,238
Jul
11,405
Aug
11,448
Sep
10,872
Oct
10,616
Nov
10,633
Dec
April 19
Births a year10,624
Rank#266
April 20
Births a year10,638
Rank#257
April 21
Births a year10,520
Rank#304

April 20 is the 3rd most common of the 15 days around it

#343
13
#301
14
#311
15
#300
16
#281
17
#261
18
#266
19
#257
20
#304
21
#302
22
#308
23
#274
24
#250
25
#239
26
#270
27
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 20#257 of 36610,638 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on April 20?

About 10,638 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2010, when 12,835 babies were born and it ranked #51 of 365; at its rarest in 1969, with 7,928 births at #365.

Is April 20 a common birthday?

In the United States, April 20 is the 110th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,638 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. 93 other dates are within 1% of April 20's count, spread from #208 to #301, 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 20 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 4 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in England & Wales, at #326 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #3.

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