Is July 18 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 84% of all 366 dates.
July 18 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 18 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 18 ranks in position #60, with 11,368 births a year. 306 other dates are rarer. 52 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #35 to #87, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 18 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 18 in other countries
July 18 is the 60th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 10 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #2 in Denmark to #356 in New Zealand.
Denmark
#2 of 366
184 births on an average July 18
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#7 of 366
353 births on an average July 18
KSH, 1970–2020Germany
#23 of 366
2,244 births on an average July 18
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#28 of 366
58 births on an average July 18
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#31 of 366
343 births on an average July 18
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#31 of 366
1,852 births on an average July 18
ONS, 1995–2025France
#33 of 366
2,247 births on an average July 18
INSEE, 1998–2024Slovenia
#35 of 366
58 births on an average July 18
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#40 of 366
149 births on an average July 18
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#47 of 366
168 births on an average July 18
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#51 of 366
524 births on an average July 18
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#56 of 366
230 births on an average July 18
FSO, 1969–2025Portugal
#64 of 366
306 births on an average July 18
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#71 of 366
173 births on an average July 18
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#76 of 366
980 births on an average July 18
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#105 of 366
2,840 births on an average July 18
e-Stat, 1996–2025Mexico
#110 of 366
5,199 births on an average July 18
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#144 of 366
4,539 births on an average July 18
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#151 of 366
1,405 births on an average July 18
DOSM, 2000–2022Ecuador
#153 of 366
771 births on an average July 18
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#161 of 366
1,208 births on an average July 18
INEI, 2019–2025Costa Rica
#183 of 366
167 births on an average July 18
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Brazil
#192 of 366
7,963 births on an average July 18
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#228 of 366
1,472 births on an average July 18
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#328 of 366
667 births on an average July 18
DEIS, 1990–2017New Zealand
#356 of 366
149 births on an average July 18
Stats NZ, 1980–2023
Famous people born on July 18
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Canelo ÁlvarezMexican boxer · born 1990
Priyanka ChopraIndian actress and film producer · born 1982
Kristen BellAmerican actress · born 1980
Kelly ReillyEnglish actress · born 1977
Nelson MandelaPresident of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 · born 1918
James NortonEnglish actor · born 1985
Vin DieselAmerican actor · born 1967
James BrolinAmerican actor · born 1940July against the other eleven
July 18 is the 14th 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 18?
About 11,368 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2000, when 13,354 babies were born and it ranked #12 of 366; at its rarest in 1971, with 8,608 births at #328.
Is July 18 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 18 is the 60th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,368 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 18's count, spread from #35 to #87, 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 18 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 New Zealand, at #356 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #2.
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