Is April 9 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 90% of all 366 dates.
April 9 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where April 9 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, April 9 ranks in position #328, with 10,457 births a year. 327 other dates are more common. 55 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #288 to #343, so the exact position is a close thing.
April 9 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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April 9 in other countries
April 9 is the 39th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #69 in Brazil to #349 in Mexico.
Brazil
#69 of 366
8,497 births on an average April 9
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#149 of 366
1,213 births on an average April 9
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#162 of 366
1,532 births on an average April 9
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#164 of 366
769 births on an average April 9
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#169 of 366
54 births on an average April 9
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#192 of 366
156 births on an average April 9
SSB, 2011–2025Slovenia
#222 of 366
52 births on an average April 9
SURS, 2000–2025New Zealand
#225 of 366
156 births on an average April 9
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Switzerland
#225 of 366
221 births on an average April 9
FSO, 1969–2025Chile
#247 of 366
682 births on an average April 9
DEIS, 1990–2017Finland
#252 of 366
138 births on an average April 9
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Malaysia
#258 of 366
1,376 births on an average April 9
DOSM, 2000–2022Germany
#275 of 366
1,949 births on an average April 9
Destatis, 2014–2025Guatemala
#287 of 366
916 births on an average April 9
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Costa Rica
#289 of 366
162 births on an average April 9
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#289 of 366
317 births on an average April 9
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#291 of 366
318 births on an average April 9
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#300 of 366
483 births on an average April 9
CBS, 1995–2025Philippines
#316 of 366
4,167 births on an average April 9
PSA, 2006–2024Ireland
#317 of 366
163 births on an average April 9
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#323 of 366
284 births on an average April 9
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#326 of 366
2,665 births on an average April 9
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#329 of 366
1,739 births on an average April 9
ONS, 1995–2025Denmark
#331 of 366
154 births on an average April 9
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025France
#343 of 366
2,047 births on an average April 9
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#349 of 366
4,582 births on an average April 9
INEGI, 2017–2023
Famous people born on April 9
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Elle FanningAmerican actress · born 1998
Leighton MeesterAmerican actress · born 1986
Dennis QuaidAmerican actor · born 1954
Kristen StewartAmerican actress and director · born 1990
Leopold II of BelgiumKing of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 · born 1835
Cynthia NixonAmerican actress and politician · born 1966
Hugh HefnerAmerican magazine publisher · born 1926
Jenna JamesonAmerican pornographic actress · born 1974April against the other eleven
April 9 is the 5th 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 9?
About 10,457 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2009, when 13,114 babies were born and it ranked #83 of 365; at its rarest in 2023, with 6,043 births at #363.
Is April 9 a common birthday?
In the United States, April 9 is the 39th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,457 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. 55 other dates are within 1% of April 9's count, spread from #288 to #343, 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 9 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 #349 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #69.
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