Is January 4 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 51% of all 366 dates.
January 4 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 4 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 4 ranks in position #179, with 10,814 births a year. 187 other dates are rarer. 83 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #143 to #226, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 4 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 4 in other countries
January 4 is the 179th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 6 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #6 in Guatemala to #332 in New Zealand.
Guatemala
#6 of 366
1,083 births on an average January 4
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Argentina
#7 of 366
1,794 births on an average January 4
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#12 of 366
771 births on an average January 4
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#16 of 366
1,283 births on an average January 4
INEI, 2019–2025Mexico
#24 of 366
5,646 births on an average January 4
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#29 of 366
5,104 births on an average January 4
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#57 of 366
177 births on an average January 4
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Ecuador
#72 of 366
790 births on an average January 4
INEC, 2013–2023Hungary
#74 of 366
339 births on an average January 4
KSH, 1970–2020Finland
#83 of 366
147 births on an average January 4
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#108 of 366
55 births on an average January 4
SURS, 2000–2025Ireland
#115 of 366
170 births on an average January 4
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#131 of 366
504 births on an average January 4
CBS, 1995–2025Brazil
#139 of 366
8,153 births on an average January 4
DATASUS, 1997–2024Latvia
#140 of 366
55 births on an average January 4
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#141 of 366
330 births on an average January 4
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#155 of 366
1,796 births on an average January 4
ONS, 1995–2025France
#157 of 366
2,162 births on an average January 4
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#167 of 366
298 births on an average January 4
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Germany
#197 of 366
1,999 births on an average January 4
Destatis, 2014–2025Norway
#222 of 366
153 births on an average January 4
SSB, 2011–2025Denmark
#231 of 366
162 births on an average January 4
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Switzerland
#236 of 366
220 births on an average January 4
FSO, 1969–2025Malaysia
#269 of 366
1,373 births on an average January 4
DOSM, 2000–2022Japan
#311 of 366
2,689 births on an average January 4
e-Stat, 1996–2025New Zealand
#332 of 366
153 births on an average January 4
Stats NZ, 1980–2023
Famous people born on January 4
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Victor WembanyamaFrench basketball player · born 2004
Derrick HenryAmerican football player · born 1994
Dyan CannonAmerican actress and filmmaker · born 1937
James MilnerEnglish footballer · born 1986
Russell MartinFootball player and manager · born 1986
Dafne KeenSpanish-British actress · born 2005
Jasmine PaoliniItalian tennis player · born 1996
Charles MeltonAmerican actor · born 1991January against the other eleven
January 4 is the 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 4?
About 10,814 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2019, when 12,030 babies were born and it ranked #50 of 365; at its rarest in 2015, with 7,065 births at #362.
Is January 4 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 4 is the 179th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,814 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. 83 other dates are within 1% of January 4's count, spread from #143 to #226, 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 4 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 7 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in New Zealand, at #332 of 366, and at its most common in Guatemala, at #6.
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