Is April 26 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 65% of all 366 dates.
April 26 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 26 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 26 ranks in position #239, with 10,680 births a year. 238 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #191 to #284, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 26 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 26 in other countries
April 26 is the 128th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #14 in Slovenia to #357 in New Zealand.
Slovenia
#14 of 366
59 births on an average April 26
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#29 of 366
232 births on an average April 26
FSO, 1969–2025Argentina
#34 of 366
1,713 births on an average April 26
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#34 of 366
8,596 births on an average April 26
DATASUS, 1997–2024Norway
#34 of 366
170 births on an average April 26
SSB, 2011–2025Guatemala
#77 of 366
980 births on an average April 26
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ecuador
#83 of 366
789 births on an average April 26
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#94 of 366
334 births on an average April 26
Statbel, 1992–2025Japan
#99 of 366
2,852 births on an average April 26
e-Stat, 1996–2025Peru
#106 of 366
1,228 births on an average April 26
INEI, 2019–2025Costa Rica
#107 of 366
173 births on an average April 26
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Latvia
#114 of 366
55 births on an average April 26
CSB, 1996–2025Ireland
#141 of 366
169 births on an average April 26
CSO, 1980–2023Finland
#151 of 366
143 births on an average April 26
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Netherlands
#163 of 366
497 births on an average April 26
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#173 of 366
165 births on an average April 26
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025England & Wales
#202 of 366
1,777 births on an average April 26
ONS, 1995–2025France
#214 of 366
2,130 births on an average April 26
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#224 of 366
324 births on an average April 26
KSH, 1970–2020Chile
#236 of 366
683 births on an average April 26
DEIS, 1990–2017Germany
#239 of 366
1,969 births on an average April 26
Destatis, 2014–2025Mexico
#248 of 366
4,883 births on an average April 26
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#254 of 366
4,326 births on an average April 26
PSA, 2006–2024Portugal
#268 of 366
290 births on an average April 26
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#287 of 366
1,367 births on an average April 26
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#357 of 366
149 births on an average April 26
Stats NZ, 1980–2023
Famous people born on April 26
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Melania TrumpFirst Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025) · born 1970
Channing TatumAmerican actor · born 1980
Giancarlo EspositoAmerican actor · born 1958
Aaron JudgeAmerican baseball player · born 1992
Carol BurnettAmerican comedian and actress · born 1933
Kevin JamesAmerican comedian and actor · born 1965
Tom WellingAmerican actor, podcaster, director, and model · born 1977
Stana KaticCanadian and American actress · born 1978April against the other eleven
April 26 is the 4th 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 26?
About 10,680 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,236 babies were born and it ranked #54 of 365; at its rarest in 1981, with 7,756 births at #365.
Is April 26 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 26 is the 128th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,680 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 26's count, spread from #191 to #284, 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 26 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 5 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in New Zealand, at #357 of 366, and at its most common in Slovenia, at #14.
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