Is July 26 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 84% of all 366 dates.
July 26 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 26 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 26 ranks in position #59, with 11,377 births a year. 307 other dates are rarer. 52 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #34 to #86, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 26 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 26 in other countries
July 26 is the 59th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 9 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #3 in Finland to #358 in Costa Rica.
Finland
#3 of 366
153 births on an average July 26
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Hungary
#8 of 366
353 births on an average July 26
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#12 of 366
60 births on an average July 26
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#14 of 366
347 births on an average July 26
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#16 of 366
2,264 births on an average July 26
INSEE, 1998–2024Norway
#27 of 366
171 births on an average July 26
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#41 of 366
526 births on an average July 26
CBS, 1995–2025Ireland
#44 of 366
174 births on an average July 26
CSO, 1980–2023Germany
#45 of 366
2,208 births on an average July 26
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#57 of 366
1,834 births on an average July 26
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#73 of 366
2,881 births on an average July 26
e-Stat, 1996–2025Denmark
#75 of 366
174 births on an average July 26
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Switzerland
#84 of 366
228 births on an average July 26
FSO, 1969–2025Slovenia
#95 of 366
55 births on an average July 26
SURS, 2000–2025New Zealand
#98 of 366
160 births on an average July 26
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#100 of 366
5,211 births on an average July 26
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#112 of 366
966 births on an average July 26
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Portugal
#127 of 366
301 births on an average July 26
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Peru
#147 of 366
1,214 births on an average July 26
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#170 of 366
1,523 births on an average July 26
DEIS, 2018–2023Malaysia
#200 of 366
1,391 births on an average July 26
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#222 of 366
4,381 births on an average July 26
PSA, 2006–2024Ecuador
#243 of 366
749 births on an average July 26
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#269 of 366
7,702 births on an average July 26
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#312 of 366
672 births on an average July 26
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#358 of 366
152 births on an average July 26
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on July 26
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jason StathamEnglish actor · born 1967
Helen MirrenEnglish actor · born 1945
Sandra BullockAmerican actress · born 1964
Kate BeckinsaleEnglish actress · born 1973
Kevin SpaceyAmerican actor · born 1959
Mick JaggerEnglish musician and songwriter · born 1943
Stanley KubrickAmerican filmmaker and photographer · born 1928
Taylor MomsenAmerican musician and actress · born 1993July against the other eleven
July 26 is the 13th 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 26?
About 11,377 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,591 babies were born and it ranked #17 of 365; at its rarest in 2020, with 6,814 births at #324.
Is July 26 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 26 is the 59th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,377 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 26's count, spread from #34 to #86, 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 26 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 16 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #358 of 366, and at its most common in Finland, at #3.
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