Is April 4 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 52% of all 366 dates.
April 4 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 4 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 4 ranks in position #177, with 10,826 births a year. 189 other dates are rarer. 79 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #141 to #220, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 4 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 4 in other countries
April 4 is the 177th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #7 in Brazil to #351 in Hungary.
Brazil
#7 of 366
8,705 births on an average April 4
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#17 of 366
1,746 births on an average April 4
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#21 of 366
807 births on an average April 4
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#80 of 366
165 births on an average April 4
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#110 of 366
512 births on an average April 4
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#131 of 366
225 births on an average April 4
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#133 of 366
55 births on an average April 4
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#142 of 366
168 births on an average April 4
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Peru
#143 of 366
1,215 births on an average April 4
INEI, 2019–2025Guatemala
#147 of 366
955 births on an average April 4
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Germany
#148 of 366
2,045 births on an average April 4
Destatis, 2014–2025Belgium
#178 of 366
327 births on an average April 4
Statbel, 1992–2025New Zealand
#184 of 366
157 births on an average April 4
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#204 of 366
1,777 births on an average April 4
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#211 of 366
2,764 births on an average April 4
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#232 of 366
52 births on an average April 4
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#233 of 366
138 births on an average April 4
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Mexico
#236 of 366
4,912 births on an average April 4
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#246 of 366
682 births on an average April 4
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#251 of 366
163 births on an average April 4
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#267 of 366
290 births on an average April 4
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#272 of 366
4,299 births on an average April 4
PSA, 2006–2024Ireland
#290 of 366
164 births on an average April 4
CSO, 1980–2023Malaysia
#294 of 366
1,364 births on an average April 4
DOSM, 2000–2022France
#311 of 366
2,083 births on an average April 4
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#351 of 366
307 births on an average April 4
KSH, 1970–2020
Famous people born on April 4
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Heath LedgerAustralian actor · born 1979
Anthony PerkinsAmerican actor · born 1932
Natasha LyonneAmerican actress and executive · born 1979
Robert Downey Jr.American actor · born 1965
Trevor MooreAmerican comedian and actor · born 1980
Hugo WeavingActor · born 1960
Maya AngelouAmerican writer and activist · born 1928
David CrossAmerican stand-up comedian and actor · born 1964April against the other eleven
April 4 is the 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 4?
About 10,826 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2024, when 11,530 babies were born and it ranked #48 of 366; at its rarest in 1999, with 7,067 births at #364.
Is April 4 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 4 is the 177th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,826 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. 79 other dates are within 1% of April 4's count, spread from #141 to #220, 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 4 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Hungary, at #351 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #7.
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