Is January 8 a rare birthday? Rare
Rarer than 92% of all 366 dates.
January 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where January 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, January 8 ranks in position #338, with 10,387 births a year. 337 other dates are more common. 32 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #317 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.
January 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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January 8 in other countries
January 8 is the 29th rarest birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 rarest in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #79 in the Philippines to #315 in Malaysia.
Philippines
#79 of 366
4,880 births on an average January 8
PSA, 2006–2024Chile
#81 of 366
705 births on an average January 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Latvia
#123 of 366
55 births on an average January 8
CSB, 1996–2025Argentina
#127 of 366
1,573 births on an average January 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#141 of 366
957 births on an average January 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Portugal
#169 of 366
298 births on an average January 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Costa Rica
#171 of 366
168 births on an average January 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#171 of 366
327 births on an average January 8
KSH, 1970–2020Netherlands
#186 of 366
496 births on an average January 8
CBS, 1995–2025Belgium
#188 of 366
326 births on an average January 8
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#205 of 366
52 births on an average January 8
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#216 of 366
2,760 births on an average January 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Peru
#227 of 366
1,184 births on an average January 8
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#230 of 366
7,846 births on an average January 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Germany
#241 of 366
1,967 births on an average January 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#245 of 366
165 births on an average January 8
CSO, 1980–2023New Zealand
#246 of 366
155 births on an average January 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#259 of 366
4,864 births on an average January 8
INEGI, 2017–2023Denmark
#269 of 366
160 births on an average January 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Finland
#272 of 366
137 births on an average January 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Switzerland
#273 of 366
217 births on an average January 8
FSO, 1969–2025France
#276 of 366
2,099 births on an average January 8
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#283 of 366
1,754 births on an average January 8
ONS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#309 of 366
722 births on an average January 8
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#310 of 366
141 births on an average January 8
SSB, 2011–2025Malaysia
#315 of 366
1,351 births on an average January 8
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on January 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Cynthia ErivoEnglish actress and singer · born 1987
Elvis PresleyAmerican singer and actor · born 1935
David BowieEnglish musician and actor · born 1947
Stephen HawkingEnglish theoretical physicist · born 1942
Damiano DavidItalian singer and songwriter · born 1999
Noah CyrusAmerican singer and actress · born 2000
Gaby HoffmannAmerican actress · born 1982
Freddie StromaBritish actor · born 1987January against the other eleven
January 8 is the 8th 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 8?
About 10,387 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,486 babies were born and it ranked #66 of 365; at its rarest in 1989, with 8,383 births at #364.
Is January 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, January 8 is the 29th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,387 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. 32 other dates are within 1% of January 8's count, spread from #317 to #349, 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 8 rarer in other countries?
No. January 8 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 Malaysia, at #315 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #79.
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