Is April 28 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 86% of all 366 dates.
April 28 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 28 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 28 ranks in position #316, with 10,492 births a year. 315 other dates are more common. 60 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #276 to #336, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 28 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 28 in other countries
April 28 is the 51st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #24 in Switzerland to #331 in Guatemala.
Switzerland
#24 of 366
232 births on an average April 28
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#28 of 366
175 births on an average April 28
CSO, 1980–2023Belgium
#39 of 366
341 births on an average April 28
Statbel, 1992–2025Japan
#43 of 366
2,931 births on an average April 28
e-Stat, 1996–2025Brazil
#54 of 366
8,553 births on an average April 28
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#58 of 366
794 births on an average April 28
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#102 of 366
1,230 births on an average April 28
INEI, 2019–2025Latvia
#107 of 366
55 births on an average April 28
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#108 of 366
162 births on an average April 28
SSB, 2011–2025Chile
#124 of 366
696 births on an average April 28
DEIS, 1990–2017Argentina
#164 of 366
1,530 births on an average April 28
DEIS, 2018–2023Philippines
#177 of 366
4,437 births on an average April 28
PSA, 2006–2024Netherlands
#182 of 366
496 births on an average April 28
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#186 of 366
297 births on an average April 28
INE Portugal, 1980–2025England & Wales
#188 of 366
1,781 births on an average April 28
ONS, 1995–2025Finland
#191 of 366
140 births on an average April 28
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Malaysia
#195 of 366
1,392 births on an average April 28
DOSM, 2000–2022France
#201 of 366
2,138 births on an average April 28
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#203 of 366
326 births on an average April 28
KSH, 1970–2020Germany
#207 of 366
1,994 births on an average April 28
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#240 of 366
162 births on an average April 28
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Costa Rica
#245 of 366
164 births on an average April 28
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Slovenia
#251 of 366
52 births on an average April 28
SURS, 2000–2025New Zealand
#253 of 366
155 births on an average April 28
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#280 of 366
4,830 births on an average April 28
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#331 of 366
900 births on an average April 28
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024
Famous people born on April 28
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jessica AlbaAmerican actress · born 1981
Penélope CruzSpanish actress · born 1974
Samantha Ruth PrabhuIndian actress · born 1987
John DalyAmerican professional golfer · born 1966
Ann-MargretAmerican actress · born 1941
Bridget MoynahanAmerican actress and former model · born 1971
Oskar SchindlerGerman industrialist and humanitarian · born 1908
Edward IVKing of England (1461–1470; 1471–1483) · born 1442April against the other eleven
April 28 is the 6th 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 28?
About 10,492 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1998, when 12,175 babies were born and it ranked #92 of 365; at its rarest in 1985, with 8,059 births at #364.
Is April 28 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 28 is the 51st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,492 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. 60 other dates are within 1% of April 28's count, spread from #276 to #336, 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 28 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 1 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Guatemala, at #331 of 366, and at its most common in Switzerland, at #24.
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