Is July 16 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 82% of all 366 dates.
July 16 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 16 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 16 ranks in position #65, with 11,338 births a year. 301 other dates are rarer. 54 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #38 to #92, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 16 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 16 in other countries
July 16 is the 65th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #4 in Denmark to #355 in Chile.
Denmark
#4 of 366
183 births on an average July 16
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#7 of 366
174 births on an average July 16
SSB, 2011–2025France
#10 of 366
2,269 births on an average July 16
INSEE, 1998–2024Finland
#13 of 366
151 births on an average July 16
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Belgium
#18 of 366
347 births on an average July 16
Statbel, 1992–2025Hungary
#24 of 366
348 births on an average July 16
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#26 of 366
58 births on an average July 16
CSB, 1996–2025Netherlands
#48 of 366
525 births on an average July 16
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#59 of 366
1,833 births on an average July 16
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#59 of 366
173 births on an average July 16
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#66 of 366
229 births on an average July 16
FSO, 1969–2025Slovenia
#67 of 366
56 births on an average July 16
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#82 of 366
2,158 births on an average July 16
Destatis, 2014–2025Portugal
#98 of 366
303 births on an average July 16
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#120 of 366
2,828 births on an average July 16
e-Stat, 1996–2025Peru
#136 of 366
1,218 births on an average July 16
INEI, 2019–2025Ecuador
#142 of 366
773 births on an average July 16
INEC, 2013–2023Guatemala
#170 of 366
950 births on an average July 16
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#192 of 366
4,417 births on an average July 16
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#196 of 366
4,980 births on an average July 16
INEGI, 2017–2023Brazil
#215 of 366
7,891 births on an average July 16
DATASUS, 1997–2024Malaysia
#233 of 366
1,383 births on an average July 16
DOSM, 2000–2022Argentina
#248 of 366
1,448 births on an average July 16
DEIS, 2018–2023Costa Rica
#272 of 366
163 births on an average July 16
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#322 of 366
153 births on an average July 16
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#355 of 366
596 births on an average July 16
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on July 16
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Corey FeldmanAmerican actor and musician · born 1971
Will FerrellAmerican actor and comedian · born 1967
Katrina KaifBritish actress · born 1983
Assata ShakurAmerican political activist · born 1947
Gareth BaleWelsh footballer · born 1989
Phoebe CatesAmerican actress · born 1963
Barbara StanwyckAmerican actress · born 1907
Shoeless Joe JacksonAmerican baseball player · born 1887July against the other eleven
July 16 is the 15th 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on July 16?
About 11,338 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1996, when 12,619 babies were born and it ranked #17 of 366; at its rarest in 2023, with 7,026 births at #323.
Is July 16 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 16 is the 65th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,338 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 16's count, spread from #38 to #92, 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 16 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 Chile, at #355 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #4.
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