Is April 8 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 81% of all 366 dates.
April 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 8 ranks in position #297, with 10,542 births a year. 296 other dates are more common. 77 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #252 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 8 in other countries
April 8 is the 70th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #24 in Brazil to #317 in Mexico.
Brazil
#24 of 366
8,625 births on an average April 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#29 of 366
1,276 births on an average April 8
INEI, 2019–2025Costa Rica
#66 of 366
176 births on an average April 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Ecuador
#68 of 366
791 births on an average April 8
INEC, 2013–2023Switzerland
#68 of 366
229 births on an average April 8
FSO, 1969–2025Argentina
#97 of 366
1,601 births on an average April 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Finland
#135 of 366
144 births on an average April 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#139 of 366
169 births on an average April 8
CSO, 1980–2023Chile
#143 of 366
693 births on an average April 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Latvia
#181 of 366
54 births on an average April 8
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#185 of 366
164 births on an average April 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Japan
#186 of 366
2,778 births on an average April 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#188 of 366
2,008 births on an average April 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Belgium
#189 of 366
326 births on an average April 8
Statbel, 1992–2025Malaysia
#209 of 366
1,388 births on an average April 8
DOSM, 2000–2022Netherlands
#231 of 366
491 births on an average April 8
CBS, 1995–2025Philippines
#243 of 366
4,338 births on an average April 8
PSA, 2006–2024Norway
#250 of 366
151 births on an average April 8
SSB, 2011–2025Guatemala
#265 of 366
924 births on an average April 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Hungary
#274 of 366
319 births on an average April 8
KSH, 1970–2020England & Wales
#287 of 366
1,753 births on an average April 8
ONS, 1995–2025France
#291 of 366
2,092 births on an average April 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#299 of 366
287 births on an average April 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Slovenia
#307 of 366
50 births on an average April 8
SURS, 2000–2025New Zealand
#312 of 366
153 births on an average April 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#317 of 366
4,715 births on an average April 8
INEGI, 2017–2023
Famous people born on April 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Patricia ArquetteAmerican actress · born 1968
Robin WrightAmerican actress · born 1966
Chris KyleAmerican sniper · born 1974
Taylor KitschCanadian actor · born 1981
Matty HealyEnglish singer-songwriter · born 1989
Allu ArjunIndian actor · born 1982
Katee SackhoffAmerican actress · born 1980
Julian LennonEnglish musician, photographer, and philanthropist · born 1963April against the other eleven
April 8 is the 13th 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 8?
About 10,542 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1986, when 11,217 babies were born and it ranked #80 of 365; at its rarest in 2007, with 6,805 births at #364.
Is April 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 8 is the 70th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,542 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. 77 other dates are within 1% of April 8's count, spread from #252 to #329, 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 8 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 4 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Mexico, at #317 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, 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