Is January 7 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 89% of all 366 dates.
January 7 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 7 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 7 ranks in position #326, with 10,461 births a year. 325 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 7 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 7 in other countries
January 7 is the 41st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #23 in Chile to #324 in Denmark.
Chile
#23 of 366
736 births on an average January 7
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#45 of 366
2,930 births on an average January 7
e-Stat, 1996–2025Costa Rica
#92 of 366
174 births on an average January 7
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#100 of 366
4,736 births on an average January 7
PSA, 2006–2024Peru
#157 of 366
1,211 births on an average January 7
INEI, 2019–2025Mexico
#176 of 366
5,041 births on an average January 7
INEGI, 2017–2023Argentina
#183 of 366
1,510 births on an average January 7
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#184 of 366
168 births on an average January 7
CSO, 1980–2023Belgium
#201 of 366
325 births on an average January 7
Statbel, 1992–2025Brazil
#202 of 366
7,934 births on an average January 7
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#202 of 366
157 births on an average January 7
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Portugal
#204 of 366
296 births on an average January 7
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#216 of 366
939 births on an average January 7
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Hungary
#233 of 366
323 births on an average January 7
KSH, 1970–2020Malaysia
#238 of 366
1,382 births on an average January 7
DOSM, 2000–2022Slovenia
#238 of 366
52 births on an average January 7
SURS, 2000–2025France
#247 of 366
2,117 births on an average January 7
INSEE, 1998–2024Latvia
#250 of 366
52 births on an average January 7
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#255 of 366
1,759 births on an average January 7
ONS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#267 of 366
740 births on an average January 7
INEC, 2013–2023Switzerland
#289 of 366
214 births on an average January 7
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#293 of 366
144 births on an average January 7
SSB, 2011–2025Germany
#300 of 366
1,929 births on an average January 7
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#304 of 366
483 births on an average January 7
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#319 of 366
134 births on an average January 7
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Denmark
#324 of 366
155 births on an average January 7
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025
Famous people born on January 7
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Lewis HamiltonBritish racing driver · born 1985
Nicolas CageAmerican actor · born 1964
Jeremy RennerAmerican actor · born 1971
Lamar JacksonAmerican football player · born 1997
Blue Ivy CarterAmerican singer · born 2012
Haley BennettAmerican actress · born 1988
Dustin DiamondAmerican actor and comedian · born 1977
Eden HazardBelgian footballer · born 1991January against the other eleven
January 7 is the 11th 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 7?
About 10,461 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 11,279 babies were born and it ranked #78 of 366; at its rarest in 1990, with 8,732 births at #359.
Is January 7 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 7 is the 41st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,461 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 7'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 7 rarer in other countries?
No. January 7 is more common in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for than it is in the United States. It is at its rarest in Denmark, at #324 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #23.
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