Is July 2 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 88% of all 366 dates.
July 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 2 ranks in position #46, with 11,419 births a year. 320 other dates are rarer. 52 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #26 to #78, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 2 in other countries
July 2 is the 46th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 6 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #5 in Norway to #346 in Chile.
Norway
#5 of 366
176 births on an average July 2
SSB, 2011–2025Latvia
#10 of 366
60 births on an average July 2
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#18 of 366
233 births on an average July 2
FSO, 1969–2025Denmark
#47 of 366
176 births on an average July 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#49 of 366
343 births on an average July 2
KSH, 1970–2020Slovenia
#50 of 366
57 births on an average July 2
SURS, 2000–2025England & Wales
#55 of 366
1,835 births on an average July 2
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#59 of 366
306 births on an average July 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#61 of 366
173 births on an average July 2
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#78 of 366
519 births on an average July 2
CBS, 1995–2025France
#80 of 366
2,206 births on an average July 2
INSEE, 1998–2024Belgium
#83 of 366
335 births on an average July 2
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#94 of 366
2,148 births on an average July 2
Destatis, 2014–2025Japan
#100 of 366
2,851 births on an average July 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025Finland
#116 of 366
145 births on an average July 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#117 of 366
780 births on an average July 2
INEC, 2013–2023New Zealand
#136 of 366
158 births on an average July 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#162 of 366
1,402 births on an average July 2
DOSM, 2000–2022Brazil
#166 of 366
8,052 births on an average July 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#195 of 366
1,197 births on an average July 2
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#205 of 366
1,488 births on an average July 2
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#212 of 366
940 births on an average July 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Costa Rica
#234 of 366
164 births on an average July 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#240 of 366
4,343 births on an average July 2
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#305 of 366
4,746 births on an average July 2
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#346 of 366
654 births on an average July 2
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on July 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Lindsay LohanAmerican actress and singer · born 1986
Margot RobbieAustralian actress and producer · born 1990
Larry DavidAmerican comedian, writer and actor · born 1947
Elise StefanikAmerican politician · born 1984
Bret HartCanadian professional wrestler · born 1957
Patrice LumumbaCongolese politician and independence leader · born 1925
Ashley TisdaleAmerican actress and singer · born 1985
Kayla HarrisonAmerican Olympic judoka and mixed martial artist · born 1990July against the other eleven
July 2 is the 7th 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 2?
About 11,419 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1996, when 13,167 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 366; at its rarest in 1972, with 7,725 births at #338.
Is July 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 2 is the 46th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,419 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 2's count, spread from #26 to #78, 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 2 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 23 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Chile, at #346 of 366, and at its most common in Norway, 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