Is January 22 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 88% of all 366 dates.
January 22 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 22 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 22 ranks in position #324, with 10,463 births a year. 323 other dates are more common. 56 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #287 to #343, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 22 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 22 in other countries
January 22 is the 43rd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #68 in Japan to #345 in Malaysia.
Japan
#68 of 366
2,890 births on an average January 22
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#83 of 366
705 births on an average January 22
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#92 of 366
1,236 births on an average January 22
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#98 of 366
1,600 births on an average January 22
DEIS, 2018–2023Switzerland
#128 of 366
225 births on an average January 22
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#141 of 366
329 births on an average January 22
KSH, 1970–2020Philippines
#153 of 366
4,520 births on an average January 22
PSA, 2006–2024Slovenia
#153 of 366
54 births on an average January 22
SURS, 2000–2025Costa Rica
#161 of 366
169 births on an average January 22
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Netherlands
#187 of 366
495 births on an average January 22
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#198 of 366
164 births on an average January 22
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025France
#202 of 366
2,137 births on an average January 22
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#203 of 366
942 births on an average January 22
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Germany
#210 of 366
1,992 births on an average January 22
Destatis, 2014–2025Brazil
#212 of 366
7,901 births on an average January 22
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#217 of 366
156 births on an average January 22
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Belgium
#252 of 366
321 births on an average January 22
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#263 of 366
149 births on an average January 22
SSB, 2011–2025Portugal
#270 of 366
290 births on an average January 22
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Finland
#292 of 366
136 births on an average January 22
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#298 of 366
163 births on an average January 22
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#298 of 366
50 births on an average January 22
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#307 of 366
1,748 births on an average January 22
ONS, 1995–2025Mexico
#314 of 366
4,723 births on an average January 22
INEGI, 2017–2023Ecuador
#329 of 366
713 births on an average January 22
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#345 of 366
1,318 births on an average January 22
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 22
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Caitlin ClarkAmerican basketball player · born 2002
Diane LaneAmerican actress · born 1965
Gabriel MachtAmerican actor · born 1972
Michael HutchenceAustralian singer · born 1960
Steve PerryAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1949
Lord ByronBritish poet · born 1788
John HurtEnglish actor · born 1940
Sam CookeAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1931January against the other eleven
January 22 is the 13th 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 22?
About 10,463 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,730 babies were born and it ranked #37 of 365; at its rarest in 1984, with 8,072 births at #358.
Is January 22 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 22 is the 43rd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,463 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. 56 other dates are within 1% of January 22's count, spread from #287 to #343, 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 22 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 2 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #345 of 366, and at its most common in Japan, at #68.
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