Is April 6 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 72% of all 366 dates.
April 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 6 ranks in position #264, with 10,626 births a year. 263 other dates are more common. 88 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #216 to #304, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 6 in other countries
April 6 is the 103rd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 10 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #19 in Argentina to #356 in Denmark.
Argentina
#19 of 366
1,744 births on an average April 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#54 of 366
795 births on an average April 6
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#59 of 366
8,535 births on an average April 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Guatemala
#171 of 366
949 births on an average April 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ireland
#189 of 366
167 births on an average April 6
CSO, 1980–2023Peru
#191 of 366
1,198 births on an average April 6
INEI, 2019–2025Norway
#196 of 366
155 births on an average April 6
SSB, 2011–2025Mexico
#212 of 366
4,947 births on an average April 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Switzerland
#219 of 366
221 births on an average April 6
FSO, 1969–2025Costa Rica
#248 of 366
164 births on an average April 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#249 of 366
321 births on an average April 6
KSH, 1970–2020New Zealand
#268 of 366
155 births on an average April 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#279 of 366
1,370 births on an average April 6
DOSM, 2000–2022Japan
#290 of 366
2,709 births on an average April 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#306 of 366
316 births on an average April 6
Statbel, 1992–2025Finland
#306 of 366
135 births on an average April 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Chile
#317 of 366
671 births on an average April 6
DEIS, 1990–2017France
#320 of 366
2,074 births on an average April 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Philippines
#322 of 366
4,148 births on an average April 6
PSA, 2006–2024Germany
#325 of 366
1,915 births on an average April 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Portugal
#325 of 366
283 births on an average April 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Latvia
#339 of 366
48 births on an average April 6
CSB, 1996–2025Netherlands
#340 of 366
474 births on an average April 6
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#346 of 366
1,729 births on an average April 6
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#347 of 366
48 births on an average April 6
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#356 of 366
149 births on an average April 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025
Famous people born on April 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Oscar PiastriAustralian racing driver · born 2001
Paul RuddAmerican actor · born 1969
Tim WalzGovernor of Minnesota since 2019 · born 1964
Candace Cameron BureAmerican actress · born 1976
Zach BraffAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1975
Peyton ListAmerican actress · born 1998
Sterling SharpeAmerican football player · born 1965
John RatzenbergerAmerican actor · born 1947April against the other eleven
April 6 is the 11th 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 6?
About 10,626 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1993, when 12,292 babies were born and it ranked #65 of 365; at its rarest in 1997, with 7,207 births at #364.
Is April 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 6 is the 103rd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,626 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. 88 other dates are within 1% of April 6's count, spread from #216 to #304, 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 6 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 Denmark, at #356 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #19.
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