Is January 6 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 73% of all 366 dates.
January 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 6 ranks in position #268, with 10,619 births a year. 267 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #220 to #307, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 6 in other countries
January 6 is the 99th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #15 in Japan to #360 in Finland.
Japan
#15 of 366
3,027 births on an average January 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#21 of 366
747 births on an average January 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#66 of 366
4,927 births on an average January 6
PSA, 2006–2024Belgium
#69 of 366
337 births on an average January 6
Statbel, 1992–2025Costa Rica
#69 of 366
176 births on an average January 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#80 of 366
160 births on an average January 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Guatemala
#86 of 366
973 births on an average January 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Peru
#95 of 366
1,234 births on an average January 6
INEI, 2019–2025Portugal
#106 of 366
302 births on an average January 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#135 of 366
775 births on an average January 6
INEC, 2013–2023Slovenia
#147 of 366
54 births on an average January 6
SURS, 2000–2025Mexico
#153 of 366
5,079 births on an average January 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Brazil
#155 of 366
8,109 births on an average January 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Netherlands
#155 of 366
498 births on an average January 6
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#165 of 366
1,793 births on an average January 6
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#165 of 366
168 births on an average January 6
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#187 of 366
1,506 births on an average January 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Hungary
#195 of 366
326 births on an average January 6
KSH, 1970–2020France
#220 of 366
2,127 births on an average January 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Norway
#241 of 366
151 births on an average January 6
SSB, 2011–2025Switzerland
#241 of 366
220 births on an average January 6
FSO, 1969–2025Malaysia
#251 of 366
1,379 births on an average January 6
DOSM, 2000–2022Denmark
#277 of 366
159 births on an average January 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Latvia
#282 of 366
51 births on an average January 6
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#304 of 366
1,929 births on an average January 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Finland
#360 of 366
122 births on an average January 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025
Famous people born on January 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Rowan AtkinsonEnglish actor, comedian, and writer · born 1955
Joan of ArcFrench folk heroine and saint · born 1412
Eric TrumpAmerican businessman · born 1984
Eddie RedmayneEnglish actor · born 1982
Irina ShaykRussian fashion model · born 1986
Norman ReedusAmerican actor · born 1969
Kate McKinnonAmerican actress and comedian · born 1984
Syd BarrettEnglish musician · born 1946January against the other eleven
January 6 is the 8th 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 6?
About 10,619 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2015, when 12,425 babies were born and it ranked #78 of 365; at its rarest in 1980, with 8,213 births at #361.
Is January 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 6 is the 99th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,619 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of January 6's count, spread from #220 to #307, 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 6 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 Finland, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in Japan, at #15.
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