Is July 22 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 79% of all 366 dates.
July 22 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 22 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 22 ranks in position #77, with 11,315 births a year. 289 other dates are rarer. 51 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #45 to #96, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 22 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 22 in other countries
July 22 is the 77th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 9 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #6 in Denmark to #300 in Chile.
Denmark
#6 of 366
182 births on an average July 22
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Finland
#9 of 366
152 births on an average July 22
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Germany
#17 of 366
2,250 births on an average July 22
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#18 of 366
59 births on an average July 22
SURS, 2000–2025Hungary
#23 of 366
348 births on an average July 22
KSH, 1970–2020Netherlands
#28 of 366
528 births on an average July 22
CBS, 1995–2025Japan
#29 of 366
2,952 births on an average July 22
e-Stat, 1996–2025France
#38 of 366
2,243 births on an average July 22
INSEE, 1998–2024Ecuador
#42 of 366
798 births on an average July 22
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#53 of 366
339 births on an average July 22
Statbel, 1992–2025Ireland
#58 of 366
173 births on an average July 22
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#60 of 366
57 births on an average July 22
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#74 of 366
1,826 births on an average July 22
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#100 of 366
303 births on an average July 22
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Peru
#130 of 366
1,220 births on an average July 22
INEI, 2019–2025Norway
#135 of 366
160 births on an average July 22
SSB, 2011–2025Guatemala
#138 of 366
958 births on an average July 22
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Switzerland
#170 of 366
224 births on an average July 22
FSO, 1969–2025Mexico
#185 of 366
5,002 births on an average July 22
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#188 of 366
4,420 births on an average July 22
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#197 of 366
166 births on an average July 22
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#205 of 366
1,389 births on an average July 22
DOSM, 2000–2022Brazil
#210 of 366
7,903 births on an average July 22
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#215 of 366
156 births on an average July 22
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Argentina
#271 of 366
1,424 births on an average July 22
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#300 of 366
674 births on an average July 22
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on July 22
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Selena GomezAmerican actress and singer · born 1992
Willem DafoeAmerican actor · born 1955
George SantosAmerican politician and convicted fraudster · born 1988
Terence StampEnglish actor · born 1938
Israel AdesanyaNigerian and New Zealand mixed martial artist · born 1989
Prince George of WalesBritish prince · born 2013
John LeguizamoColombian and American comedian, actor and filmmaker (born 1960 or 1964) · born 1960
David SpadeAmerican comedian and actor · born 1964July against the other eleven
July 22 is the 9th 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on July 22?
About 11,315 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1997, when 12,928 babies were born and it ranked #3 of 365; at its rarest in 2012, with 7,470 births at #324.
Is July 22 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 22 is the 77th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,315 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 22's count, spread from #45 to #96, 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 22 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 13 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Chile, at #300 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #6.
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