Is January 24 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 68% of all 366 dates.
January 24 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 24 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 24 ranks in position #248, with 10,655 births a year. 247 other dates are more common. 91 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #202 to #293, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 24 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 24 in other countries
January 24 is the 119th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #53 in Argentina to #361 in Malaysia.
Argentina
#53 of 366
1,666 births on an average January 24
DEIS, 2018–2023Japan
#92 of 366
2,861 births on an average January 24
e-Stat, 1996–2025Guatemala
#94 of 366
971 births on an average January 24
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Peru
#104 of 366
1,229 births on an average January 24
INEI, 2019–2025Chile
#112 of 366
699 births on an average January 24
DEIS, 1990–2017Slovenia
#144 of 366
54 births on an average January 24
SURS, 2000–2025Hungary
#146 of 366
329 births on an average January 24
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#152 of 366
329 births on an average January 24
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#155 of 366
224 births on an average January 24
FSO, 1969–2025Philippines
#164 of 366
4,480 births on an average January 24
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#175 of 366
5,044 births on an average January 24
INEGI, 2017–2023Netherlands
#175 of 366
496 births on an average January 24
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#178 of 366
157 births on an average January 24
SSB, 2011–2025Germany
#221 of 366
1,984 births on an average January 24
Destatis, 2014–2025France
#239 of 366
2,119 births on an average January 24
INSEE, 1998–2024Denmark
#243 of 366
161 births on an average January 24
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Brazil
#253 of 366
7,750 births on an average January 24
DATASUS, 1997–2024Latvia
#254 of 366
52 births on an average January 24
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#262 of 366
1,758 births on an average January 24
ONS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#292 of 366
161 births on an average January 24
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Finland
#296 of 366
136 births on an average January 24
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#307 of 366
163 births on an average January 24
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#308 of 366
286 births on an average January 24
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#333 of 366
711 births on an average January 24
INEC, 2013–2023New Zealand
#348 of 366
152 births on an average January 24
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#361 of 366
1,285 births on an average January 24
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 24
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Carrie CoonAmerican actress · born 1981
Sharon TateAmerican actress and model · born 1943
Justin BaldoniAmerican actor and director · born 1984
John BelushiAmerican actor · born 1949
Neil DiamondAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1941
Luis SuárezUruguayan footballer · born 1987
Matthew LillardAmerican actor and director · born 1970
Nastassja KinskiGerman actress · born 1961January against the other eleven
January 24 is the 7th 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 24?
About 10,655 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1972, when 9,646 babies were born and it ranked #55 of 366; at its rarest in 2021, with 6,117 births at #361.
Is January 24 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 24 is the 119th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,655 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. 91 other dates are within 1% of January 24's count, spread from #202 to #293, 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 24 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 10 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #361 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #53.
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