Is July 19 a rare birthday? Popular

More common than 81% of all 366 dates.

July 19 #69
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for July 19: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

July 19 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 11,329in the United States — about 969,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium143 peopleof 50,000 were born on July 19
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on July 19 somewhere in the United States
Star signCancerrarer than 16 of the 32 Cancer birthdays
Half-birthdayJanuary 19six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundOctober 26Right around Halloween.
Birth frequency by rank

Where July 19 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, July 19 ranks in position #69, with 11,329 births a year. 297 other dates are rarer. 51 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #43 to #94, so the exact position is a close thing.

July 19#69 · 11,329 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

July 19 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Saturday: rank #234 of 365, 9,674 births1970, Sunday: rank #287 of 365, 9,520 births1971, Monday: rank #166 of 365, 9,974 births1972, Wednesday: rank #150 of 366, 9,235 births1973, Thursday: rank #63 of 365, 9,290 births1974, Friday: rank #62 of 365, 9,523 births1975, Saturday: rank #259 of 365, 8,370 births1976, Monday: rank #89 of 366, 9,300 births1977, Tuesday: rank #27 of 365, 10,173 births1978, Wednesday: rank #60 of 365, 10,025 births1979, Thursday: rank #65 of 365, 10,456 births1980, Saturday: rank #273 of 366, 9,191 births1981, Sunday: rank #284 of 365, 8,993 births1982, Monday: rank #61 of 365, 11,039 births1983, Tuesday: rank #29 of 365, 11,040 births1984, Thursday: rank #69 of 366, 11,042 births1985, Friday: rank #43 of 365, 11,484 births1986, Saturday: rank #263 of 365, 9,421 births1987, Sunday: rank #300 of 365, 8,859 births1988, Tuesday: rank #34 of 366, 12,185 births1989, Wednesday: rank #67 of 365, 12,342 births1990, Thursday: rank #43 of 365, 12,829 births1991, Friday: rank #43 of 365, 12,715 births1992, Sunday: rank #306 of 366, 9,146 births1993, Monday: rank #188 of 365, 11,598 births1994, Tuesday: rank #20 of 365, 12,583 births1995, Wednesday: rank #67 of 365, 12,129 births1996, Friday: rank #72 of 366, 12,049 births1997, Saturday: rank #262 of 365, 9,055 births1998, Sunday: rank #319 of 365, 8,018 births1999, Monday: rank #202 of 365, 11,556 births2000, Wednesday: rank #66 of 366, 12,718 births2001, Thursday: rank #33 of 365, 13,031 births2002, Friday: rank #70 of 365, 12,668 births2003, Saturday: rank #268 of 365, 8,787 births2004, Monday: rank #214 of 366, 12,097 births2005, Tuesday: rank #40 of 365, 13,530 births2006, Wednesday: rank #68 of 365, 13,786 births2007, Thursday: rank #52 of 365, 13,973 births2008, Saturday: rank #268 of 366, 8,888 births2009, Sunday: rank #322 of 365, 7,442 births2010, Monday: rank #229 of 365, 11,765 births2011, Tuesday: rank #42 of 365, 12,952 births2012, Thursday: rank #68 of 366, 12,632 births2013, Friday: rank #81 of 365, 12,407 births2014, Saturday: rank #265 of 365, 8,713 births2015, Sunday: rank #322 of 365, 7,681 births2016, Tuesday: rank #37 of 366, 12,727 births2017, Wednesday: rank #61 of 365, 12,261 births2018, Thursday: rank #106 of 365, 11,703 births2019, Friday: rank #59 of 365, 11,911 births2020, Sunday: rank #312 of 366, 7,118 births2021, Monday: rank #150 of 365, 11,052 births2022, Tuesday: rank #63 of 365, 11,613 births2023, Wednesday: rank #43 of 365, 11,469 births2024, Friday: rank #147 of 366, 10,916 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #284, from #81 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 25.8% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#162
Mon
#37
Tue
#73
Wed
#62
Thu
#72
Fri
#262
Sat
#307
Sun
Most common year
1994#20 of 365Tuesday · 12,583 births
Rarest year
2009#322 of 365Sunday · 7,442 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2020 was the most recent
Around the world

July 19 in other countries

July 19 is the 69th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #10 in Hungary to #323 in Chile.

  1. Hungary

    #10 of 366

    352 births on an average July 19

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  2. Belgium

    #15 of 366

    347 births on an average July 19

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  3. France

    #15 of 366

    2,265 births on an average July 19

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  4. Norway

    #16 of 366

    172 births on an average July 19

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  5. Latvia

    #34 of 366

    58 births on an average July 19

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  6. England & Wales

    #41 of 366

    1,841 births on an average July 19

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  7. Slovenia

    #43 of 366

    58 births on an average July 19

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  8. Denmark

    #48 of 366

    176 births on an average July 19

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  9. Ireland

    #52 of 366

    174 births on an average July 19

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  10. Germany

    #60 of 366

    2,186 births on an average July 19

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  11. Netherlands

    #67 of 366

    521 births on an average July 19

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  12. Finland

    #92 of 366

    146 births on an average July 19

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  13. Japan

    #94 of 366

    2,858 births on an average July 19

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  14. Mexico

    #114 of 366

    5,189 births on an average July 19

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  15. Switzerland

    #115 of 366

    226 births on an average July 19

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  16. Portugal

    #129 of 366

    301 births on an average July 19

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  17. Ecuador

    #138 of 366

    775 births on an average July 19

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  18. Guatemala

    #142 of 366

    957 births on an average July 19

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  19. Argentina

    #153 of 366

    1,540 births on an average July 19

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  20. New Zealand

    #156 of 366

    158 births on an average July 19

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  21. Malaysia

    #190 of 366

    1,392 births on an average July 19

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  22. Costa Rica

    #210 of 366

    165 births on an average July 19

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  23. Philippines

    #214 of 366

    4,395 births on an average July 19

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  24. Brazil

    #228 of 366

    7,849 births on an average July 19

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  25. Peru

    #233 of 366

    1,180 births on an average July 19

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  26. Chile

    #323 of 366

    669 births on an average July 19

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
Birthday twins

Famous people born on July 19

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

Jon JonesJon JonesAmerican mixed martial artist · born 1987Benedict CumberbatchBenedict CumberbatchEnglish actor · born 1976Brian MayBrian MayEnglish musician · born 1947Jared PadaleckiJared PadaleckiAmerican actor · born 1982Edwin SchlossbergEdwin SchlossbergAmerican designer, artist, and author · born 1945Anthony EdwardsAnthony EdwardsAmerican actor and director · born 1962Stuart ScottStuart ScottAmerican sportscaster and anchor · born 1965Campbell ScottCampbell ScottAmerican actor and director · born 1961
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July against the other eleven

July 19 is the 12th 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 18
Births a year11,368
Rank#60
July 19
Births a year11,329
Rank#69
July 20
Births a year11,396
Rank#53

July 19 is the 5th rarest of the 15 days around it

#68
12
#104
13
#67
14
#62
15
#65
16
#47
17
#60
18
#69
19
#53
20
#64
21
#77
22
#78
23
#74
24
#51
25
#59
26
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 19#69 of 36611,329 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on July 19?

About 11,329 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,583 babies were born and it ranked #20 of 365; at its rarest in 2009, with 7,442 births at #322.

Is July 19 a common birthday?

In the United States, July 19 is the 69th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,329 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 19's count, spread from #43 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 19 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Chile, at #323 of 366, and at its most common in Hungary, at #10.

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