Is January 30 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 88% of all 366 dates.
January 30 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 30 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 30 ranks in position #323, with 10,474 births a year. 322 other dates are more common. 62 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #280 to #342, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 30 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 30 in other countries
January 30 is the 44th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #66 in Chile to #364 in Malaysia.
Chile
#66 of 366
710 births on an average January 30
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#96 of 366
1,233 births on an average January 30
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#124 of 366
1,576 births on an average January 30
DEIS, 2018–2023Japan
#142 of 366
2,809 births on an average January 30
e-Stat, 1996–2025Netherlands
#160 of 366
498 births on an average January 30
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#175 of 366
165 births on an average January 30
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Brazil
#179 of 366
8,015 births on an average January 30
DATASUS, 1997–2024Finland
#189 of 366
140 births on an average January 30
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#194 of 366
53 births on an average January 30
SURS, 2000–2025Philippines
#206 of 366
4,402 births on an average January 30
PSA, 2006–2024Hungary
#209 of 366
325 births on an average January 30
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#218 of 366
324 births on an average January 30
Statbel, 1992–2025Latvia
#238 of 366
53 births on an average January 30
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#247 of 366
151 births on an average January 30
SSB, 2011–2025Mexico
#253 of 366
4,874 births on an average January 30
INEGI, 2017–2023Germany
#256 of 366
1,958 births on an average January 30
Destatis, 2014–2025Costa Rica
#265 of 366
163 births on an average January 30
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Switzerland
#266 of 366
218 births on an average January 30
FSO, 1969–2025France
#269 of 366
2,101 births on an average January 30
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#291 of 366
1,753 births on an average January 30
ONS, 1995–2025Guatemala
#294 of 366
914 births on an average January 30
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ecuador
#305 of 366
722 births on an average January 30
INEC, 2013–2023Portugal
#311 of 366
286 births on an average January 30
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#315 of 366
163 births on an average January 30
CSO, 1980–2023New Zealand
#316 of 366
153 births on an average January 30
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#364 of 366
1,275 births on an average January 30
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 30
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Gene HackmanAmerican actor · born 1930
Franklin D. RooseveltPresident of the United States from 1933 to 1945 · born 1882
Dick CheneyVice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 · born 1941
Phil CollinsEnglish musician · born 1951
Christian BaleEnglish actor · born 1974
Mike JohnsonAmerican lawyer and politician · born 1972
Olivia ColmanBritish actress · born 1974
Vanessa RedgraveBritish actress and activist · born 1937January against the other eleven
January 30 is the 14th 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 30?
About 10,474 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 11,068 babies were born and it ranked #124 of 366; at its rarest in 2022, with 6,471 births at #360.
Is January 30 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 30 is the 44th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,474 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. 62 other dates are within 1% of January 30's count, spread from #280 to #342, 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 30 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 #364 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #66.
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