Is February 9 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 62% of all 366 dates.
February 9 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 9 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 9 ranks in position #228, with 10,697 births a year. 227 other dates are more common. 92 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #183 to #275, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 9 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 9 in other countries
February 9 is the 139th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #101 in New Zealand to #353 in Costa Rica.
New Zealand
#101 of 366
160 births on an average February 9
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Argentina
#115 of 366
1,584 births on an average February 9
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#138 of 366
8,154 births on an average February 9
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#152 of 366
692 births on an average February 9
DEIS, 1990–2017Hungary
#160 of 366
328 births on an average February 9
KSH, 1970–2020France
#189 of 366
2,144 births on an average February 9
INSEE, 1998–2024Peru
#203 of 366
1,192 births on an average February 9
INEI, 2019–2025Latvia
#207 of 366
53 births on an average February 9
CSB, 1996–2025Slovenia
#216 of 366
52 births on an average February 9
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#226 of 366
2,752 births on an average February 9
e-Stat, 1996–2025Switzerland
#233 of 366
220 births on an average February 9
FSO, 1969–2025Netherlands
#237 of 366
491 births on an average February 9
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#238 of 366
138 births on an average February 9
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Germany
#250 of 366
1,961 births on an average February 9
Destatis, 2014–2025Mexico
#252 of 366
4,878 births on an average February 9
INEGI, 2017–2023Norway
#253 of 366
150 births on an average February 9
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#271 of 366
320 births on an average February 9
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#275 of 366
159 births on an average February 9
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Ireland
#280 of 366
164 births on an average February 9
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#286 of 366
917 births on an average February 9
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#305 of 366
1,748 births on an average February 9
ONS, 1995–2025Philippines
#317 of 366
4,158 births on an average February 9
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#339 of 366
1,322 births on an average February 9
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#341 of 366
282 births on an average February 9
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#352 of 366
698 births on an average February 9
INEC, 2013–2023Costa Rica
#353 of 366
155 births on an average February 9
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on February 9
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Michael B. JordanAmerican actor · born 1987
Saquon BarkleyAmerican football player · born 1997
Mia FarrowAmerican actress and activist · born 1945
Joe PesciAmerican actor · born 1943
Cooper DeJeanAmerican football player · born 2003
Tom HiddlestonEnglish actor · born 1981
Rose LeslieScottish actress · born 1987
William Henry HarrisonPresident of the United States in 1841 · born 1773February against the other eleven
February 9 is the 10th most common of the 29 days in February. All February birthdays.
February is the 5th rarest month of the year
An average February day sees 10,637 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on February 9?
About 10,697 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,778 babies were born and it ranked #32 of 365; at its rarest in 2014, with 6,989 births at #360.
Is February 9 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 9 is the 139th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,697 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest February birthday?
In the United States, February 29: the 14th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 9,906 births on each February 29. The most common February birthday is February 14, the 94th most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 92 other dates are within 1% of February 9's count, spread from #183 to #275, 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 February 9 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 16 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #353 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #101.
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