Is January 26 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 73% of all 366 dates.
January 26 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 26 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 26 ranks in position #269, with 10,615 births a year. 268 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #220 to #307, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 26 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 26 in other countries
January 26 is the 98th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #42 in Chile to #358 in Malaysia.
Chile
#42 of 366
719 births on an average January 26
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#104 of 366
2,842 births on an average January 26
e-Stat, 1996–2025Costa Rica
#114 of 366
172 births on an average January 26
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Argentina
#142 of 366
1,554 births on an average January 26
DEIS, 2018–2023Netherlands
#147 of 366
500 births on an average January 26
CBS, 1995–2025Peru
#158 of 366
1,210 births on an average January 26
INEI, 2019–2025Belgium
#172 of 366
328 births on an average January 26
Statbel, 1992–2025Philippines
#181 of 366
4,426 births on an average January 26
PSA, 2006–2024Hungary
#202 of 366
326 births on an average January 26
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#203 of 366
7,932 births on an average January 26
DATASUS, 1997–2024France
#204 of 366
2,135 births on an average January 26
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#233 of 366
934 births on an average January 26
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Switzerland
#237 of 366
220 births on an average January 26
FSO, 1969–2025Mexico
#239 of 366
4,905 births on an average January 26
INEGI, 2017–2023Germany
#252 of 366
1,960 births on an average January 26
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#262 of 366
51 births on an average January 26
SURS, 2000–2025Ireland
#263 of 366
165 births on an average January 26
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#265 of 366
52 births on an average January 26
CSB, 1996–2025New Zealand
#280 of 366
154 births on an average January 26
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#293 of 366
136 births on an average January 26
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025England & Wales
#303 of 366
1,748 births on an average January 26
ONS, 1995–2025Norway
#311 of 366
141 births on an average January 26
SSB, 2011–2025Denmark
#315 of 366
156 births on an average January 26
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Portugal
#315 of 366
285 births on an average January 26
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#339 of 366
707 births on an average January 26
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#358 of 366
1,296 births on an average January 26
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 26
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Paul NewmanAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1925
Wayne GretzkyCanadian ice hockey player and coach · born 1961
José MourinhoPortuguese football manager · born 1963
Ellen DeGeneresAmerican comedian and television host · born 1958
Eddie Van HalenAmerican rock guitarist and songwriter · born 1955
Douglas MacArthurUnited States Army general · born 1880
Bob UeckerAmerican baseball player and broadcaster · born 1934
Mercedes MonéAmerican professional wrestler · born 1992January against the other eleven
January 26 is the 9th 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 26?
About 10,615 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,996 babies were born and it ranked #8 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 8,475 births at #357.
Is January 26 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 26 is the 98th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,615 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of January 26's count, spread from #220 to #307, 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 26 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 8 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #358 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #42.
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