Is April 22 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 82% of all 366 dates.
April 22 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 22 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 22 ranks in position #302, with 10,531 births a year. 301 other dates are more common. 72 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #258 to #330, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 22 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 22 in other countries
April 22 is the 65th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #19 in Ecuador to #342 in Chile.
Ecuador
#19 of 366
808 births on an average April 22
INEC, 2013–2023Switzerland
#26 of 366
232 births on an average April 22
FSO, 1969–2025Peru
#30 of 366
1,275 births on an average April 22
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#76 of 366
1,624 births on an average April 22
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#77 of 366
56 births on an average April 22
CSB, 1996–2025Ireland
#79 of 366
172 births on an average April 22
CSO, 1980–2023Brazil
#94 of 366
8,387 births on an average April 22
DATASUS, 1997–2024Belgium
#104 of 366
333 births on an average April 22
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#160 of 366
158 births on an average April 22
SSB, 2011–2025Japan
#167 of 366
2,788 births on an average April 22
e-Stat, 1996–2025Costa Rica
#174 of 366
168 births on an average April 22
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Slovenia
#204 of 366
52 births on an average April 22
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#205 of 366
494 births on an average April 22
CBS, 1995–2025Guatemala
#218 of 366
939 births on an average April 22
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Germany
#224 of 366
1,982 births on an average April 22
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#239 of 366
162 births on an average April 22
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Portugal
#240 of 366
292 births on an average April 22
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Hungary
#251 of 366
321 births on an average April 22
KSH, 1970–2020New Zealand
#274 of 366
154 births on an average April 22
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#274 of 366
4,293 births on an average April 22
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#275 of 366
1,372 births on an average April 22
DOSM, 2000–2022Finland
#302 of 366
135 births on an average April 22
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025France
#312 of 366
2,081 births on an average April 22
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#325 of 366
1,742 births on an average April 22
ONS, 1995–2025Mexico
#338 of 366
4,661 births on an average April 22
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#342 of 366
658 births on an average April 22
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on April 22
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist · born 1904
Jack NicholsonAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1937
Vladimir LeninLeader of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924 · born 1870
Amber HeardAmerican actress · born 1986
Jeffrey Dean MorganAmerican actor · born 1966
Immanuel KantGerman philosopher · born 1724
KakáBrazilian footballer · born 1982
Marshawn LynchAmerican football player and actor · born 1986April against the other eleven
April 22 is the 10th 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 22?
About 10,531 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1997, when 11,979 babies were born and it ranked #86 of 365; at its rarest in 1984, with 7,891 births at #364.
Is April 22 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 22 is the 65th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,531 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. 72 other dates are within 1% of April 22's count, spread from #258 to #330, 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 22 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 Chile, at #342 of 366, and at its most common in Ecuador, at #19.
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