Is January 25 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 58% of all 366 dates.
January 25 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 25 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 25 ranks in position #212, with 10,739 births a year. 211 other dates are more common. 88 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #170 to #258, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 25 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 25 in other countries
January 25 is the 155th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #27 in Argentina to #343 in Malaysia.
Argentina
#27 of 366
1,724 births on an average January 25
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#37 of 366
720 births on an average January 25
DEIS, 1990–2017Guatemala
#65 of 366
983 births on an average January 25
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#109 of 366
2,838 births on an average January 25
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#123 of 366
54 births on an average January 25
SURS, 2000–2025Mexico
#130 of 366
5,149 births on an average January 25
INEGI, 2017–2023Peru
#137 of 366
1,217 births on an average January 25
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#143 of 366
143 births on an average January 25
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Philippines
#151 of 366
4,524 births on an average January 25
PSA, 2006–2024Netherlands
#173 of 366
497 births on an average January 25
CBS, 1995–2025Brazil
#181 of 366
8,009 births on an average January 25
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#207 of 366
157 births on an average January 25
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Norway
#208 of 366
154 births on an average January 25
SSB, 2011–2025Switzerland
#226 of 366
221 births on an average January 25
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#243 of 366
52 births on an average January 25
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#246 of 366
161 births on an average January 25
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025France
#246 of 366
2,117 births on an average January 25
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#247 of 366
322 births on an average January 25
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#271 of 366
164 births on an average January 25
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#294 of 366
287 births on an average January 25
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#295 of 366
730 births on an average January 25
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#298 of 366
317 births on an average January 25
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#302 of 366
1,749 births on an average January 25
ONS, 1995–2025Germany
#302 of 366
1,929 births on an average January 25
Destatis, 2014–2025Costa Rica
#313 of 366
160 births on an average January 25
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#343 of 366
1,320 births on an average January 25
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 25
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Volodymyr ZelenskyyPresident of Ukraine since 2019 · born 1978
Alicia KeysAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1981
Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writer · born 1882
Ariana DeBoseAmerican actress · born 1991
XaviSpanish footballer and manager · born 1980
Michelle McCoolAmerican retired professional wrestler · born 1980
Etta JamesAmerican blues singer · born 1938
Lee Jun-hoSouth Korean singer and actor · born 1990January against the other eleven
January 25 is the 4th 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 25?
About 10,739 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1972, when 9,778 babies were born and it ranked #31 of 366; at its rarest in 1998, with 7,586 births at #359.
Is January 25 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 25 is the 155th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,739 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. 88 other dates are within 1% of January 25's count, spread from #170 to #258, 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 25 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 13 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #343 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #27.
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