Is January 19 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 85% of all 366 dates.
January 19 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 19 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 19 ranks in position #310, with 10,503 births a year. 309 other dates are more common. 61 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #272 to #333, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 19 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 19 in other countries
January 19 is the 57th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #58 in Chile to #354 in Ecuador.
Chile
#58 of 366
714 births on an average January 19
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#134 of 366
2,816 births on an average January 19
e-Stat, 1996–2025Philippines
#140 of 366
4,550 births on an average January 19
PSA, 2006–2024Argentina
#165 of 366
1,529 births on an average January 19
DEIS, 2018–2023France
#181 of 366
2,148 births on an average January 19
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#193 of 366
326 births on an average January 19
KSH, 1970–2020Finland
#200 of 366
140 births on an average January 19
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#206 of 366
52 births on an average January 19
SURS, 2000–2025Mexico
#211 of 366
4,950 births on an average January 19
INEGI, 2017–2023Brazil
#224 of 366
7,856 births on an average January 19
DATASUS, 1997–2024Belgium
#233 of 366
323 births on an average January 19
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#251 of 366
1,760 births on an average January 19
ONS, 1995–2025Peru
#251 of 366
1,170 births on an average January 19
INEI, 2019–2025Ireland
#255 of 366
165 births on an average January 19
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#259 of 366
926 births on an average January 19
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Latvia
#262 of 366
52 births on an average January 19
CSB, 1996–2025New Zealand
#264 of 366
155 births on an average January 19
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Netherlands
#277 of 366
487 births on an average January 19
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#281 of 366
159 births on an average January 19
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Switzerland
#283 of 366
216 births on an average January 19
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#298 of 366
144 births on an average January 19
SSB, 2011–2025Costa Rica
#317 of 366
160 births on an average January 19
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#324 of 366
283 births on an average January 19
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Germany
#327 of 366
1,914 births on an average January 19
Destatis, 2014–2025Malaysia
#332 of 366
1,334 births on an average January 19
DOSM, 2000–2022Ecuador
#354 of 366
692 births on an average January 19
INEC, 2013–2023
Famous people born on January 19
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Dolly PartonAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1946
Jack SchlossbergAmerican writer and political commentator · born 1993
Mac MillerAmerican rapper · born 1992
Pete ButtigiegAmerican politician · born 1982
Edgar Allan PoeAmerican writer and critic · born 1809
Janis JoplinAmerican singer · born 1943
Katey SagalAmerican actress · born 1954
Robert E. LeeConfederate States Army general · born 1807January against the other eleven
January 19 is the 15th 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 19?
About 10,503 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 11,020 babies were born and it ranked #6 of 365; at its rarest in 2014, with 6,912 births at #362.
Is January 19 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 19 is the 57th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,503 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. 61 other dates are within 1% of January 19's count, spread from #272 to #333, 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 19 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 Ecuador, at #354 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #58.
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