Is January 3 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 89% of all 366 dates.
January 3 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 3 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 3 ranks in position #325, with 10,463 births a year. 324 other dates are more common. 56 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #287 to #343, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 3 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 3 in other countries
January 3 is the 42nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Argentina to #363 in Japan.
Argentina
#1 of 366
1,832 births on an average January 3
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#7 of 366
1,077 births on an average January 3
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Chile
#8 of 366
782 births on an average January 3
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#26 of 366
182 births on an average January 3
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Peru
#28 of 366
1,276 births on an average January 3
INEI, 2019–2025Mexico
#29 of 366
5,607 births on an average January 3
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#40 of 366
345 births on an average January 3
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#50 of 366
57 births on an average January 3
CSB, 1996–2025Philippines
#67 of 366
4,926 births on an average January 3
PSA, 2006–2024Ecuador
#82 of 366
789 births on an average January 3
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#103 of 366
1,419 births on an average January 3
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#103 of 366
303 births on an average January 3
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Netherlands
#122 of 366
508 births on an average January 3
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#131 of 366
144 births on an average January 3
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#139 of 366
54 births on an average January 3
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#143 of 366
2,050 births on an average January 3
Destatis, 2014–2025Brazil
#144 of 366
8,140 births on an average January 3
DATASUS, 1997–2024Belgium
#161 of 366
328 births on an average January 3
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#164 of 366
158 births on an average January 3
SSB, 2011–2025Ireland
#200 of 366
167 births on an average January 3
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#224 of 366
221 births on an average January 3
FSO, 1969–2025England & Wales
#254 of 366
1,760 births on an average January 3
ONS, 1995–2025France
#254 of 366
2,113 births on an average January 3
INSEE, 1998–2024Denmark
#280 of 366
159 births on an average January 3
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025New Zealand
#297 of 366
154 births on an average January 3
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Japan
#363 of 366
2,025 births on an average January 3
e-Stat, 1996–2025
Famous people born on January 3
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Florence PughEnglish actress · born 1996
Mel GibsonAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1956
Greta ThunbergSwedish activist · born 2003
Michael SchumacherGerman racing driver · born 1969
J. R. R. TolkienEnglish writer and philologist · born 1892
Paddy PimblettBritish mixed martial artist · born 1995
JisooSouth Korean singer and actress · born 1995
Eli ManningAmerican football player · born 1981January against the other eleven
January 3 is the 12th 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 3?
About 10,463 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 11,319 babies were born and it ranked #73 of 366; at its rarest in 2021, with 5,842 births at #364.
Is January 3 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 3 is the 42nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,463 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. 56 other dates are within 1% of January 3's count, spread from #287 to #343, 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 3 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 Japan, at #363 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #1.
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