Is January 12 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 64% of all 366 dates.
January 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 12 ranks in position #236, with 10,685 births a year. 235 other dates are more common. 90 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #189 to #279, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 12 in other countries
January 12 is the 131st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #32 in Chile to #325 in Malaysia.
Chile
#32 of 366
722 births on an average January 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#99 of 366
4,739 births on an average January 12
PSA, 2006–2024Argentina
#129 of 366
1,572 births on an average January 12
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#133 of 366
959 births on an average January 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Belgium
#147 of 366
329 births on an average January 12
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#148 of 366
54 births on an average January 12
SURS, 2000–2025New Zealand
#152 of 366
158 births on an average January 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#156 of 366
5,075 births on an average January 12
INEGI, 2017–2023Brazil
#185 of 366
7,995 births on an average January 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024Portugal
#193 of 366
297 births on an average January 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#199 of 366
2,770 births on an average January 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025Netherlands
#199 of 366
494 births on an average January 12
CBS, 1995–2025France
#210 of 366
2,132 births on an average January 12
INSEE, 1998–2024Costa Rica
#222 of 366
165 births on an average January 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Switzerland
#234 of 366
220 births on an average January 12
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#235 of 366
138 births on an average January 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#236 of 366
1,179 births on an average January 12
INEI, 2019–2025Hungary
#258 of 366
320 births on an average January 12
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#260 of 366
165 births on an average January 12
CSO, 1980–2023Norway
#271 of 366
148 births on an average January 12
SSB, 2011–2025England & Wales
#279 of 366
1,755 births on an average January 12
ONS, 1995–2025Latvia
#294 of 366
51 births on an average January 12
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#314 of 366
1,923 births on an average January 12
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#318 of 366
156 births on an average January 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Ecuador
#321 of 366
718 births on an average January 12
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#325 of 366
1,340 births on an average January 12
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jeff BezosAmerican businessman · born 1964
Kirstie AlleyAmerican actress · born 1951
Zayn MalikEnglish singer · born 1993
Naya RiveraAmerican actress and singer · born 1987
Melanie CBritish pop singer · born 1974
Swami VivekanandaIndian monk and philosopher · born 1863
Howard SternAmerican radio and television personality · born 1954
Rob ZombieAmerican rock musician and filmmaker · born 1965January against the other eleven
January 12 is the 5th 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 12?
About 10,685 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 11,064 babies were born and it ranked #4 of 365; at its rarest in 2003, with 7,214 births at #360.
Is January 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 12 is the 131st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,685 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. 90 other dates are within 1% of January 12's count, spread from #189 to #279, 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 12 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 9 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #325 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #32.
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