Is January 11 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 58% of all 366 dates.
January 11 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 11 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 11 ranks in position #211, with 10,739 births a year. 210 other dates are more common. 88 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #170 to #258, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 11 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 11 in other countries
January 11 is the 156th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #40 in Argentina to #324 in Ecuador.
Argentina
#40 of 366
1,702 births on an average January 11
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#56 of 366
715 births on an average January 11
DEIS, 1990–2017Guatemala
#58 of 366
988 births on an average January 11
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#99 of 366
5,212 births on an average January 11
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#105 of 366
4,704 births on an average January 11
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#137 of 366
171 births on an average January 11
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#148 of 366
329 births on an average January 11
KSH, 1970–2020Peru
#148 of 366
1,213 births on an average January 11
INEI, 2019–2025Portugal
#151 of 366
299 births on an average January 11
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#153 of 366
2,800 births on an average January 11
e-Stat, 1996–2025New Zealand
#181 of 366
157 births on an average January 11
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#182 of 366
141 births on an average January 11
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Belgium
#216 of 366
324 births on an average January 11
Statbel, 1992–2025Brazil
#217 of 366
7,886 births on an average January 11
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#224 of 366
52 births on an average January 11
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#238 of 366
220 births on an average January 11
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#239 of 366
53 births on an average January 11
CSB, 1996–2025France
#241 of 366
2,119 births on an average January 11
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#259 of 366
1,759 births on an average January 11
ONS, 1995–2025Denmark
#260 of 366
161 births on an average January 11
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#261 of 366
1,956 births on an average January 11
Destatis, 2014–2025Malaysia
#286 of 366
1,368 births on an average January 11
DOSM, 2000–2022Norway
#291 of 366
145 births on an average January 11
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#302 of 366
483 births on an average January 11
CBS, 1995–2025Ireland
#308 of 366
163 births on an average January 11
CSO, 1980–2023Ecuador
#324 of 366
715 births on an average January 11
INEC, 2013–2023
Famous people born on January 11
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Alexander HamiltonAmerican Founding Father (1750s–1804) · born 1755
Paddy MayneBritish Army officer · born 1915
Jamie VardyEnglish footballer · born 1987
Carroll ShelbyAmerican racing driver and automotive designer · born 1923
Mary J. BligeAmerican singer and actress · born 1971
Naomi JuddAmerican country singer, songwriter, and actress · born 1946
Son Ye-jinSouth Korean actress · born 1982
Leroy SanéGerman footballer · born 1996January against the other eleven
January 11 is the 3rd 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 11?
About 10,739 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,824 babies were born and it ranked #24 of 365; at its rarest in 2004, with 7,178 births at #363.
Is January 11 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 11 is the 156th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,739 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 11's count, spread from #170 to #258, 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 11 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ecuador, at #324 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #40.
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