Is January 10 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 74% of all 366 dates.
January 10 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 10 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 10 ranks in position #272, with 10,606 births a year. 271 other dates are more common. 88 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #223 to #311, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 10 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
common
January 10 in other countries
January 10 is the 95th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #31 in Argentina and Guatemala to #323 in Malaysia.
Argentina
#31 of 366
1,719 births on an average January 10
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#31 of 366
1,015 births on an average January 10
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Chile
#45 of 366
717 births on an average January 10
DEIS, 1990–2017Portugal
#53 of 366
307 births on an average January 10
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#86 of 366
5,291 births on an average January 10
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#92 of 366
4,780 births on an average January 10
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#103 of 366
173 births on an average January 10
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#125 of 366
159 births on an average January 10
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Hungary
#128 of 366
330 births on an average January 10
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#153 of 366
8,115 births on an average January 10
DATASUS, 1997–2024Belgium
#159 of 366
328 births on an average January 10
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#183 of 366
53 births on an average January 10
SURS, 2000–2025Peru
#205 of 366
1,192 births on an average January 10
INEI, 2019–2025Germany
#206 of 366
1,995 births on an average January 10
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#211 of 366
53 births on an average January 10
CSB, 1996–2025Netherlands
#212 of 366
493 births on an average January 10
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#216 of 366
221 births on an average January 10
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#229 of 366
153 births on an average January 10
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#248 of 366
749 births on an average January 10
INEC, 2013–2023France
#265 of 366
2,105 births on an average January 10
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#266 of 366
1,757 births on an average January 10
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#277 of 366
2,717 births on an average January 10
e-Stat, 1996–2025Finland
#283 of 366
136 births on an average January 10
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#291 of 366
164 births on an average January 10
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#307 of 366
156 births on an average January 10
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Malaysia
#323 of 366
1,343 births on an average January 10
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 10
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
George ForemanAmerican boxer · born 1949
Rod StewartBritish singer-songwriter · born 1945
Marcus FreemanAmerican football player and coach · born 1986
Jared KushnerAmerican businessman · born 1981
Sarah ShahiAmerican actress · born 1980
Hrithik RoshanIndian actor and film producer · born 1974
Reneé RappAmerican singer-songwriter and actress · born 2000
Jim CroceAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1943January against the other eleven
January 10 is the 10th most common of the 31 days in January. All January birthdays.
January is the rarest month of the year
An average January day sees 10,394 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on January 10?
About 10,606 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2008, when 13,406 babies were born and it ranked #84 of 366; at its rarest in 2021, with 5,854 births at #363.
Is January 10 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 10 is the 95th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,606 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest January birthday?
In the United States, January 1: the 2nd rarest of all 366 dates, with about 7,731 births a year. The most common January birthday is January 4, the 179th 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 January 10's count, spread from #223 to #311, 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 January 10 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 5 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #323 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina and Guatemala, at #31.
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