Is April 5 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 63% of all 366 dates.
April 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 5 ranks in position #232, with 10,695 births a year. 231 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #183 to #276, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 5 in other countries
April 5 is the 135th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #3 in Argentina to #355 in Denmark.
Argentina
#3 of 366
1,824 births on an average April 5
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#25 of 366
8,624 births on an average April 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#74 of 366
1,247 births on an average April 5
INEI, 2019–2025Ecuador
#78 of 366
789 births on an average April 5
INEC, 2013–2023Guatemala
#109 of 366
967 births on an average April 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Latvia
#146 of 366
55 births on an average April 5
CSB, 1996–2025Chile
#159 of 366
691 births on an average April 5
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#170 of 366
2,786 births on an average April 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025Costa Rica
#173 of 366
168 births on an average April 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#177 of 366
5,036 births on an average April 5
INEGI, 2017–2023Switzerland
#213 of 366
222 births on an average April 5
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#223 of 366
153 births on an average April 5
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#269 of 366
137 births on an average April 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Malaysia
#274 of 366
1,372 births on an average April 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Ireland
#277 of 366
164 births on an average April 5
CSO, 1980–2023Hungary
#298 of 366
314 births on an average April 5
KSH, 1970–2020Philippines
#305 of 366
4,226 births on an average April 5
PSA, 2006–2024Slovenia
#315 of 366
50 births on an average April 5
SURS, 2000–2025Portugal
#317 of 366
285 births on an average April 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025New Zealand
#338 of 366
152 births on an average April 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Germany
#339 of 366
1,890 births on an average April 5
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#341 of 366
474 births on an average April 5
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#342 of 366
1,732 births on an average April 5
ONS, 1995–2025Belgium
#343 of 366
305 births on an average April 5
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#347 of 366
2,040 births on an average April 5
INSEE, 1998–2024Denmark
#355 of 366
150 births on an average April 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025
Famous people born on April 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Hayley AtwellBritish American actress · born 1982
Lily JamesEnglish actress · born 1989
Charlotte FlairAmerican professional wrestler · born 1986
Pharrell WilliamsAmerican musician and songwriter · born 1973
Gregory PeckAmerican actor · born 1916
Dominik MysterioAmerican professional wrestler · born 1997
Bette DavisAmerican actress · born 1908
Sterling K. BrownAmerican actor · born 1976April against the other eleven
April 5 is the 3rd 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 5?
About 10,695 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1983, when 10,759 babies were born and it ranked #76 of 365; at its rarest in 1987, with 8,012 births at #364.
Is April 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 5 is the 135th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,695 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 5's count, spread from #183 to #276, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Denmark, at #355 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #3.
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