Is July 14 a rare birthday? Popular

More common than 82% of all 366 dates.

July 14 #67
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for July 14: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

July 14 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 11,334in the United States — about 976,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium143 peopleof 50,000 were born on July 14
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on July 14 somewhere in the United States
Star signCancermore common than 17 of the 32 Cancer birthdays
Half-birthdayJanuary 14six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundOctober 21A cosy autumn night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where July 14 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, July 14 ranks in position #67, with 11,334 births a year. 299 other dates are rarer. 54 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #40 to #94, so the exact position is a close thing.

July 14#67 · 11,334 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

July 14 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Monday: rank #126 of 365, 10,242 births1970, Tuesday: rank #9 of 365, 11,828 births1971, Wednesday: rank #63 of 365, 10,494 births1972, Friday: rank #52 of 366, 9,657 births1973, Saturday: rank #245 of 365, 8,445 births1974, Sunday: rank #317 of 365, 7,605 births1975, Monday: rank #69 of 365, 9,295 births1976, Wednesday: rank #81 of 366, 9,352 births1977, Thursday: rank #39 of 365, 10,054 births1978, Friday: rank #9 of 365, 10,449 births1979, Saturday: rank #252 of 365, 9,344 births1980, Monday: rank #78 of 366, 10,613 births1981, Tuesday: rank #2 of 365, 11,577 births1982, Wednesday: rank #54 of 365, 11,095 births1983, Thursday: rank #32 of 365, 11,036 births1984, Saturday: rank #275 of 366, 9,213 births1985, Sunday: rank #290 of 365, 8,965 births1986, Monday: rank #88 of 365, 11,133 births1987, Tuesday: rank #14 of 365, 11,890 births1988, Thursday: rank #56 of 366, 11,953 births1989, Friday: rank #38 of 365, 12,593 births1990, Saturday: rank #268 of 365, 10,126 births1991, Sunday: rank #325 of 365, 9,112 births1992, Tuesday: rank #11 of 366, 12,801 births1993, Wednesday: rank #43 of 365, 12,436 births1994, Thursday: rank #29 of 365, 12,485 births1995, Friday: rank #14 of 365, 12,659 births1996, Sunday: rank #311 of 366, 8,358 births1997, Monday: rank #206 of 365, 11,198 births1998, Tuesday: rank #7 of 365, 13,034 births1999, Wednesday: rank #47 of 365, 12,631 births2000, Friday: rank #38 of 366, 12,941 births2001, Saturday: rank #262 of 365, 9,112 births2002, Sunday: rank #323 of 365, 7,781 births2003, Monday: rank #196 of 365, 12,068 births2004, Wednesday: rank #24 of 366, 13,358 births2005, Thursday: rank #19 of 365, 13,779 births2006, Friday: rank #55 of 365, 13,939 births2007, Saturday: rank #263 of 365, 9,238 births2008, Monday: rank #203 of 366, 12,699 births2009, Tuesday: rank #13 of 365, 13,875 births2010, Wednesday: rank #50 of 365, 12,852 births2011, Thursday: rank #27 of 365, 13,134 births2012, Saturday: rank #265 of 366, 8,576 births2013, Sunday: rank #321 of 365, 7,488 births2014, Monday: rank #116 of 365, 12,322 births2015, Tuesday: rank #32 of 365, 12,862 births2016, Thursday: rank #31 of 366, 12,793 births2017, Friday: rank #76 of 365, 12,183 births2018, Saturday: rank #267 of 365, 8,371 births2019, Sunday: rank #325 of 365, 7,205 births2020, Tuesday: rank #21 of 366, 11,781 births2021, Wednesday: rank #38 of 365, 11,901 births2022, Thursday: rank #27 of 365, 11,935 births2023, Friday: rank #88 of 365, 11,231 births2024, Sunday: rank #321 of 366, 7,171 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #289, from #56 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 28.5% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#135
Mon
#14
Tue
#50
Wed
#33
Thu
#46
Fri
#262
Sat
#317
Sun
Most common year
1981#2 of 365Tuesday · 11,577 births
Rarest year
1991#325 of 365Sunday · 9,112 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

July 14 in other countries

July 14 is the 67th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 11 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #7 in Belgium to #357 in France.

  1. Belgium

    #7 of 366

    349 births on an average July 14

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  2. Hungary

    #17 of 366

    349 births on an average July 14

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  3. Finland

    #20 of 366

    150 births on an average July 14

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  4. Slovenia

    #21 of 366

    58 births on an average July 14

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  5. Germany

    #33 of 366

    2,230 births on an average July 14

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  6. Norway

    #33 of 366

    170 births on an average July 14

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  7. Ireland

    #37 of 366

    174 births on an average July 14

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  8. Latvia

    #38 of 366

    58 births on an average July 14

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  9. Netherlands

    #43 of 366

    526 births on an average July 14

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  10. England & Wales

    #44 of 366

    1,839 births on an average July 14

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  11. Portugal

    #47 of 366

    308 births on an average July 14

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  12. Switzerland

    #53 of 366

    230 births on an average July 14

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  13. Denmark

    #77 of 366

    174 births on an average July 14

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  14. Japan

    #98 of 366

    2,853 births on an average July 14

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  15. Ecuador

    #116 of 366

    780 births on an average July 14

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  16. Costa Rica

    #125 of 366

    172 births on an average July 14

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  17. Malaysia

    #127 of 366

    1,410 births on an average July 14

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  18. Mexico

    #159 of 366

    5,073 births on an average July 14

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  19. Brazil

    #195 of 366

    7,943 births on an average July 14

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  20. Philippines

    #198 of 366

    4,410 births on an average July 14

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  21. Chile

    #234 of 366

    683 births on an average July 14

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  22. Argentina

    #243 of 366

    1,456 births on an average July 14

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  23. Peru

    #271 of 366

    1,157 births on an average July 14

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  24. Guatemala

    #281 of 366

    919 births on an average July 14

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  25. New Zealand

    #302 of 366

    154 births on an average July 14

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  26. France

    #357 of 366

    1,964 births on an average July 14

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
Birthday twins

Famous people born on July 14

Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.

Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1912Conor McGregorConor McGregorIrish mixed martial artist · born 1988Gerald FordGerald FordPresident of the United States from 1974 to 1977 · born 1913Howard LutnickHoward LutnickAmerican businessman and government official · born 1961Phoebe Waller-BridgePhoebe Waller-BridgeEnglish actress, screenwriter and producer · born 1985Dan ReynoldsDan ReynoldsAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1987Harry Dean StantonHarry Dean StantonAmerican actor · born 1926Ingmar BergmanIngmar BergmanSwedish filmmaker · born 1918
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July against the other eleven

July 14 is the 14th rarest of the 31 days in July. All July birthdays.

July is the 3rd most common month of the year

An average July day sees 11,238 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.

10,394
Jan
10,637
Feb
10,658
Mar
10,557
Apr
10,702
May
10,990
Jun
11,238
Jul
11,405
Aug
11,448
Sep
10,872
Oct
10,616
Nov
10,633
Dec
July 13
Births a year11,121
Rank#104
July 14
Births a year11,334
Rank#67
July 15
Births a year11,355
Rank#62

July 14 is the 4th rarest of the 15 days around it

#5
7
#26
8
#57
9
#41
10
#49
11
#68
12
#104
13
#67
14
#62
15
#65
16
#47
17
#60
18
#69
19
#53
20
#64
21
The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

July 14#67 of 36611,334 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on July 14?

About 11,334 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1981, when 11,577 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 365; at its rarest in 1991, with 9,112 births at #325.

Is July 14 a common birthday?

In the United States, July 14 is the 67th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,334 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.

What is the rarest July birthday?

In the United States, July 4: the 4th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 8,692 births a year. The most common July birthday is July 7, the 5th most common of the year.

How precise is the ranking?

In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 54 other dates are within 1% of July 14's count, spread from #40 to #94, 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 July 14 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in France, at #357 of 366, and at its most common in Belgium, at #7.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026