Is July 17 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 87% of all 366 dates.
July 17 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 17 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 17 ranks in position #47, with 11,414 births a year. 319 other dates are rarer. 52 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #27 to #79, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 17 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 17 in other countries
July 17 is the 47th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 10 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #5 in Hungary to #351 in Costa Rica.
Hungary
#5 of 366
354 births on an average July 17
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#6 of 366
349 births on an average July 17
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#8 of 366
2,272 births on an average July 17
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#19 of 366
2,249 births on an average July 17
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#23 of 366
59 births on an average July 17
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#25 of 366
1,857 births on an average July 17
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#42 of 366
58 births on an average July 17
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#43 of 366
177 births on an average July 17
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Switzerland
#47 of 366
231 births on an average July 17
FSO, 1969–2025Netherlands
#49 of 366
525 births on an average July 17
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#53 of 366
167 births on an average July 17
SSB, 2011–2025Ireland
#65 of 366
173 births on an average July 17
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#66 of 366
2,892 births on an average July 17
e-Stat, 1996–2025Finland
#69 of 366
147 births on an average July 17
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Portugal
#77 of 366
304 births on an average July 17
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#84 of 366
976 births on an average July 17
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#101 of 366
5,211 births on an average July 17
INEGI, 2017–2023Ecuador
#114 of 366
780 births on an average July 17
INEC, 2013–2023Philippines
#185 of 366
4,423 births on an average July 17
PSA, 2006–2024Brazil
#193 of 366
7,957 births on an average July 17
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#208 of 366
1,486 births on an average July 17
DEIS, 2018–2023Malaysia
#219 of 366
1,386 births on an average July 17
DOSM, 2000–2022Chile
#222 of 366
685 births on an average July 17
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#240 of 366
1,174 births on an average July 17
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#292 of 366
154 births on an average July 17
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#351 of 366
156 births on an average July 17
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on July 17
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Donald SutherlandCanadian actor · born 1935
Brett GoldsteinEnglish actor, comedian and writer · born 1980
Queen CamillaQueen of the United Kingdom since 2022 · born 1947
David HasselhoffAmerican actor, singer, and television personality · born 1952
Eric WinterAmerican actor · born 1976
Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 · born 1954
Billie LourdAmerican actress · born 1992
Jason ClarkeAustralian actor · born 1969July against the other eleven
July 17 is the 8th 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 17?
About 11,414 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2001, when 13,357 babies were born and it ranked #10 of 365; at its rarest in 2022, with 7,349 births at #317.
Is July 17 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 17 is the 47th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,414 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. 52 other dates are within 1% of July 17's count, spread from #27 to #79, 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 17 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 17 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #351 of 366, and at its most common in Hungary, at #5.
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