Is April 29 a rare birthday? Rare
Rarer than 91% of all 366 dates.
April 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 29 ranks in position #334, with 10,396 births a year. 333 other dates are more common. 37 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #312 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 29 in other countries
April 29 is the 33rd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #38 in Switzerland to #358 in Japan.
Switzerland
#38 of 366
232 births on an average April 29
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#41 of 366
174 births on an average April 29
CSO, 1980–2023Ecuador
#50 of 366
797 births on an average April 29
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#57 of 366
339 births on an average April 29
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#61 of 366
166 births on an average April 29
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#72 of 366
8,469 births on an average April 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#99 of 366
55 births on an average April 29
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#108 of 366
145 births on an average April 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#120 of 366
1,224 births on an average April 29
INEI, 2019–2025Netherlands
#140 of 366
502 births on an average April 29
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#155 of 366
55 births on an average April 29
CSB, 1996–2025Argentina
#173 of 366
1,521 births on an average April 29
DEIS, 2018–2023Portugal
#173 of 366
298 births on an average April 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Germany
#186 of 366
2,010 births on an average April 29
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#205 of 366
1,777 births on an average April 29
ONS, 1995–2025France
#211 of 366
2,131 births on an average April 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#222 of 366
324 births on an average April 29
KSH, 1970–2020Chile
#233 of 366
683 births on an average April 29
DEIS, 1990–2017Denmark
#233 of 366
162 births on an average April 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025New Zealand
#258 of 366
155 births on an average April 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#271 of 366
1,373 births on an average April 29
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#273 of 366
4,293 births on an average April 29
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#291 of 366
162 births on an average April 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#345 of 366
882 births on an average April 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#345 of 366
4,624 births on an average April 29
INEGI, 2017–2023Japan
#358 of 366
2,126 births on an average April 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025
Famous people born on April 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Candace OwensAmerican political commentator and conspiracy theorist · born 1989
Uma ThurmanAmerican actress · born 1970
Daniel Day-LewisEnglish actor · born 1957
Willie NelsonAmerican country musician · born 1933
Michelle PfeifferAmerican actress · born 1958
HirohitoEmperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 · born 1901
Andre AgassiAmerican tennis player · born 1970
Bernie MadoffAmerican financier and con artist · born 1938April against the other eleven
April 29 is the 3rd 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 29?
About 10,396 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1975, when 9,251 babies were born and it ranked #77 of 365; at its rarest in 1984, with 7,721 births at #366.
Is April 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 29 is the 33rd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,396 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. 37 other dates are within 1% of April 29's count, spread from #312 to #349, 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 29 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 3 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Japan, at #358 of 366, and at its most common in Switzerland, at #38.
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