Is January 16 a rare birthday? Rare
Rarer than 94% of all 366 dates.
January 16 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 16 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 16 ranks in position #344, with 10,345 births a year. 343 other dates are more common. 19 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #330 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 16 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 16 in other countries
January 16 is the 23rd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #81 in Japan to #338 in Malaysia.
Japan
#81 of 366
2,871 births on an average January 16
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#82 of 366
705 births on an average January 16
DEIS, 1990–2017Slovenia
#84 of 366
56 births on an average January 16
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#106 of 366
967 births on an average January 16
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Argentina
#118 of 366
1,582 births on an average January 16
DEIS, 2018–2023Philippines
#129 of 366
4,588 births on an average January 16
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#140 of 366
158 births on an average January 16
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#160 of 366
169 births on an average January 16
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#183 of 366
5,005 births on an average January 16
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#188 of 366
326 births on an average January 16
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#207 of 366
325 births on an average January 16
Statbel, 1992–2025Brazil
#207 of 366
7,915 births on an average January 16
DATASUS, 1997–2024Portugal
#217 of 366
295 births on an average January 16
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Latvia
#222 of 366
53 births on an average January 16
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#227 of 366
162 births on an average January 16
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Peru
#228 of 366
1,183 births on an average January 16
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#231 of 366
220 births on an average January 16
FSO, 1969–2025France
#245 of 366
2,117 births on an average January 16
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#245 of 366
1,964 births on an average January 16
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#246 of 366
490 births on an average January 16
CBS, 1995–2025Ireland
#265 of 366
165 births on an average January 16
CSO, 1980–2023England & Wales
#270 of 366
1,756 births on an average January 16
ONS, 1995–2025Finland
#282 of 366
136 births on an average January 16
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#282 of 366
146 births on an average January 16
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#320 of 366
718 births on an average January 16
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#338 of 366
1,322 births on an average January 16
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 16
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
JennieSouth Korean singer · born 1996
AaliyahAmerican singer · born 1979
Joe FlaccoAmerican football player · born 1985
Lin-Manuel MirandaAmerican songwriter, actor, filmmaker and librettist · born 1980
SadeBritish singer and songwriter · born 1959
FKA TwigsEnglish singer, songwriter, and dancer · born 1988
John CarpenterAmerican filmmaker · born 1948
Sidharth MalhotraIndian actor · born 1985January against the other eleven
January 16 is the 5th rarest 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 16?
About 10,345 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,349 babies were born and it ranked #52 of 365; at its rarest in 2000, with 7,499 births at #361.
Is January 16 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 16 is the 23rd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,345 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.
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. 19 other dates are within 1% of January 16's count, spread from #330 to #349, 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 16 rarer in other countries?
No. January 16 is more common in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for than it is in the United States. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #338 of 366, and at its most common in Japan, at #81.
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