Is January 28 a rare birthday? Rare
Rarer than 93% of all 366 dates.
January 28 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 28 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 28 ranks in position #339, with 10,380 births a year. 338 other dates are more common. 31 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #318 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 28 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 28 in other countries
January 28 is the 28th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #30 in Chile to #349 in Malaysia.
Chile
#30 of 366
724 births on an average January 28
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#79 of 366
1,243 births on an average January 28
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#127 of 366
144 births on an average January 28
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Japan
#133 of 366
2,816 births on an average January 28
e-Stat, 1996–2025Philippines
#145 of 366
4,537 births on an average January 28
PSA, 2006–2024Argentina
#147 of 366
1,548 births on an average January 28
DEIS, 2018–2023Hungary
#182 of 366
327 births on an average January 28
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#191 of 366
7,966 births on an average January 28
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#199 of 366
53 births on an average January 28
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#200 of 366
494 births on an average January 28
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#232 of 366
53 births on an average January 28
CSB, 1996–2025France
#237 of 366
2,121 births on an average January 28
INSEE, 1998–2024Belgium
#248 of 366
322 births on an average January 28
Statbel, 1992–2025New Zealand
#251 of 366
155 births on an average January 28
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Switzerland
#252 of 366
219 births on an average January 28
FSO, 1969–2025Ecuador
#265 of 366
741 births on an average January 28
INEC, 2013–2023Ireland
#267 of 366
165 births on an average January 28
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#270 of 366
160 births on an average January 28
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Mexico
#276 of 366
4,836 births on an average January 28
INEGI, 2017–2023Norway
#281 of 366
146 births on an average January 28
SSB, 2011–2025Germany
#293 of 366
1,936 births on an average January 28
Destatis, 2014–2025Costa Rica
#298 of 366
161 births on an average January 28
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#312 of 366
907 births on an average January 28
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#323 of 366
1,743 births on an average January 28
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#326 of 366
283 births on an average January 28
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#349 of 366
1,313 births on an average January 28
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 28
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Will PoulterEnglish actor · born 1993
Henry VII of EnglandKing of England from 1485 to 1509 · born 1457
Alan AldaAmerican actor · born 1936
Elijah WoodAmerican actor and producer · born 1981
Nicolas SarkozyPresident of France from 2007 to 2012 · born 1955
Gregg PopovichAmerican basketball executive and coach · born 1949
Nick CarterAmerican singer · born 1980
Ariel WinterAmerican actress · born 1998January against the other eleven
January 28 is the 7th 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 28?
About 10,380 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,392 babies were born and it ranked #88 of 365; at its rarest in 1996, with 7,533 births at #361.
Is January 28 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 28 is the 28th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,380 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. 31 other dates are within 1% of January 28's count, spread from #318 to #349, 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 28 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 1 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #349 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #30.
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