Is July 20 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 86% of all 366 dates.
July 20 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 20 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 20 ranks in position #53, with 11,396 births a year. 313 other dates are rarer. 49 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #33 to #82, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 20 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 20 in other countries
July 20 is the 53rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 9 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #2 in Belgium to #255 in Japan.
Belgium
#2 of 366
351 births on an average July 20
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#4 of 366
2,283 births on an average July 20
INSEE, 1998–2024Denmark
#9 of 366
181 births on an average July 20
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#19 of 366
349 births on an average July 20
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#27 of 366
175 births on an average July 20
CSO, 1980–2023Germany
#32 of 366
2,230 births on an average July 20
Destatis, 2014–2025Ecuador
#41 of 366
798 births on an average July 20
INEC, 2013–2023Finland
#42 of 366
149 births on an average July 20
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#42 of 366
169 births on an average July 20
SSB, 2011–2025Slovenia
#55 of 366
57 births on an average July 20
SURS, 2000–2025Mexico
#56 of 366
5,442 births on an average July 20
INEGI, 2017–2023Portugal
#82 of 366
304 births on an average July 20
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Netherlands
#85 of 366
518 births on an average July 20
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#95 of 366
56 births on an average July 20
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#96 of 366
227 births on an average July 20
FSO, 1969–2025New Zealand
#105 of 366
159 births on an average July 20
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Guatemala
#114 of 366
965 births on an average July 20
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#119 of 366
1,809 births on an average July 20
ONS, 1995–2025Argentina
#128 of 366
1,572 births on an average July 20
DEIS, 2018–2023Costa Rica
#157 of 366
169 births on an average July 20
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#163 of 366
4,487 births on an average July 20
PSA, 2006–2024Brazil
#175 of 366
8,034 births on an average July 20
DATASUS, 1997–2024Malaysia
#192 of 366
1,392 births on an average July 20
DOSM, 2000–2022Peru
#208 of 366
1,190 births on an average July 20
INEI, 2019–2025Chile
#244 of 366
682 births on an average July 20
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#255 of 366
2,733 births on an average July 20
e-Stat, 1996–2025
Famous people born on July 20
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Chris CornellAmerican musician · born 1964
Natalie WoodAmerican actress · born 1938
Gisele BündchenBrazilian fashion model · born 1980
Julianne HoughAmerican dancer and actress · born 1988
Sandra OhCanadian and American actress · born 1971
Cormac McCarthyAmerican writer · born 1933
Ben SimmonsAustralian basketball player · born 1996
Judy GreerAmerican actress · born 1975July against the other eleven
July 20 is the 11th 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 20?
About 11,396 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1982, when 11,551 babies were born and it ranked #12 of 365; at its rarest in 2014, with 7,546 births at #327.
Is July 20 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 20 is the 53rd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,396 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. 49 other dates are within 1% of July 20's count, spread from #33 to #82, 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 20 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 Japan, at #255 of 366, and at its most common in Belgium, 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