Is January 29 a rare birthday? Rare
Rarer than 92% of all 366 dates.
January 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 29 ranks in position #336, with 10,391 births a year. 335 other dates are more common. 35 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #314 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 29 in other countries
January 29 is the 31st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #88 in Chile to #356 in Malaysia.
Chile
#88 of 366
704 births on an average January 29
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#122 of 366
1,223 births on an average January 29
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#150 of 366
1,542 births on an average January 29
DEIS, 2018–2023Netherlands
#156 of 366
498 births on an average January 29
CBS, 1995–2025Japan
#160 of 366
2,793 births on an average January 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025Finland
#197 of 366
140 births on an average January 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Hungary
#214 of 366
325 births on an average January 29
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#218 of 366
221 births on an average January 29
FSO, 1969–2025Costa Rica
#219 of 366
165 births on an average January 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Denmark
#224 of 366
162 births on an average January 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Brazil
#233 of 366
7,834 births on an average January 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Philippines
#244 of 366
4,338 births on an average January 29
PSA, 2006–2024Ireland
#258 of 366
165 births on an average January 29
CSO, 1980–2023Norway
#267 of 366
149 births on an average January 29
SSB, 2011–2025Latvia
#268 of 366
51 births on an average January 29
CSB, 1996–2025France
#270 of 366
2,101 births on an average January 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#277 of 366
920 births on an average January 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#281 of 366
1,754 births on an average January 29
ONS, 1995–2025Germany
#283 of 366
1,945 births on an average January 29
Destatis, 2014–2025New Zealand
#287 of 366
154 births on an average January 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Slovenia
#288 of 366
50 births on an average January 29
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#309 of 366
316 births on an average January 29
Statbel, 1992–2025Mexico
#348 of 366
4,590 births on an average January 29
INEGI, 2017–2023Ecuador
#351 of 366
700 births on an average January 29
INEC, 2013–2023Portugal
#354 of 366
276 births on an average January 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#356 of 366
1,304 births on an average January 29
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
William McKinleyPresident of the United States from 1897 to 1901 · born 1843
Tom SelleckAmerican actor · born 1945
Oprah WinfreyAmerican actress and media mogul · born 1954
Katharine RossAmerican actress · born 1940
Justin HartleyAmerican actor · born 1977
Heather GrahamAmerican actress · born 1970
Sara GilbertAmerican actress · born 1975
Adam LambertAmerican singer · born 1982January against the other eleven
January 29 is the 9th 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 29?
About 10,391 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2019, when 11,526 babies were born and it ranked #112 of 365; at its rarest in 2012, with 6,688 births at #359.
Is January 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 29 is the 31st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,391 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. 35 other dates are within 1% of January 29's count, spread from #314 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 29 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 4 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #356 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #88.
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