Is July 15 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 83% of all 366 dates.
July 15 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 15 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 15 ranks in position #62, with 11,355 births a year. 304 other dates are rarer. 51 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #37 to #88, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 15 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 15 in other countries
July 15 is the 62nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 10 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #3 in Denmark to #290 in Costa Rica.
Denmark
#3 of 366
183 births on an average July 15
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#10 of 366
348 births on an average July 15
Statbel, 1992–2025Hungary
#18 of 366
349 births on an average July 15
KSH, 1970–2020Netherlands
#19 of 366
532 births on an average July 15
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#20 of 366
59 births on an average July 15
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#31 of 366
2,234 births on an average July 15
Destatis, 2014–2025Portugal
#35 of 366
310 births on an average July 15
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#38 of 366
800 births on an average July 15
INEC, 2013–2023Finland
#38 of 366
149 births on an average July 15
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#45 of 366
168 births on an average July 15
SSB, 2011–2025England & Wales
#65 of 366
1,829 births on an average July 15
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#76 of 366
172 births on an average July 15
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#85 of 366
228 births on an average July 15
FSO, 1969–2025Guatemala
#99 of 366
969 births on an average July 15
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024France
#109 of 366
2,193 births on an average July 15
INSEE, 1998–2024Japan
#110 of 366
2,838 births on an average July 15
e-Stat, 1996–2025Malaysia
#118 of 366
1,413 births on an average July 15
DOSM, 2000–2022Brazil
#168 of 366
8,049 births on an average July 15
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#170 of 366
53 births on an average July 15
SURS, 2000–2025Philippines
#175 of 366
4,438 births on an average July 15
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#178 of 366
5,033 births on an average July 15
INEGI, 2017–2023Peru
#182 of 366
1,202 births on an average July 15
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#199 of 366
157 births on an average July 15
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#213 of 366
686 births on an average July 15
DEIS, 1990–2017Argentina
#253 of 366
1,440 births on an average July 15
DEIS, 2018–2023Costa Rica
#290 of 366
162 births on an average July 15
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on July 15
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Diane KrugerGerman actress · born 1976
Celia ImrieEnglish actress · born 1952
Linda RonstadtAmerican singer · born 1946
Travis FimmelAustralian actor and model · born 1979
Scott FoleyAmerican actor · born 1972
Forest WhitakerAmerican actor · born 1961
Jesse VenturaAmerican wrestler, actor and politician · born 1951
Damian LillardAmerican basketball player · born 1990July against the other eleven
July 15 is the 15th most common 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on July 15?
About 11,355 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 11,296 babies were born and it ranked #5 of 365; at its rarest in 1973, with 7,551 births at #328.
Is July 15 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 15 is the 62nd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,355 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. 51 other dates are within 1% of July 15's count, spread from #37 to #88, 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 15 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 16 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #290 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #3.
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