Is July 29 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 76% of all 366 dates.
July 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 29 ranks in position #87, with 11,260 births a year. 279 other dates are rarer. 39 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #60 to #99, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 29 in other countries
July 29 is the 87th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #2 in Finland to #360 in Peru.
Finland
#2 of 366
154 births on an average July 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Belgium
#12 of 366
348 births on an average July 29
Statbel, 1992–2025Hungary
#29 of 366
347 births on an average July 29
KSH, 1970–2020France
#41 of 366
2,239 births on an average July 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#42 of 366
2,210 births on an average July 29
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#46 of 366
177 births on an average July 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#46 of 366
168 births on an average July 29
SSB, 2011–2025Latvia
#47 of 366
57 births on an average July 29
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#51 of 366
1,836 births on an average July 29
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#59 of 366
2,901 births on an average July 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025Netherlands
#66 of 366
522 births on an average July 29
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#70 of 366
305 births on an average July 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#74 of 366
172 births on an average July 29
CSO, 1980–2023Slovenia
#76 of 366
56 births on an average July 29
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#104 of 366
226 births on an average July 29
FSO, 1969–2025Costa Rica
#129 of 366
171 births on an average July 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Ecuador
#199 of 366
760 births on an average July 29
INEC, 2013–2023Mexico
#201 of 366
4,965 births on an average July 29
INEGI, 2017–2023New Zealand
#216 of 366
156 births on an average July 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#270 of 366
4,303 births on an average July 29
PSA, 2006–2024Brazil
#276 of 366
7,664 births on an average July 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Guatemala
#291 of 366
915 births on an average July 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Chile
#302 of 366
674 births on an average July 29
DEIS, 1990–2017Argentina
#313 of 366
1,384 births on an average July 29
DEIS, 2018–2023Malaysia
#313 of 366
1,352 births on an average July 29
DOSM, 2000–2022Peru
#360 of 366
1,019 births on an average July 29
INEI, 2019–2025
Famous people born on July 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Fernando AlonsoSpanish racing driver · born 1981
Allison MackAmerican actress · born 1982
Sanjay DuttIndian actor and film producer · born 1959
Tijjani ReijndersDutch footballer · born 1998
Tony SiricoAmerican actor · born 1942
Dak PrescottAmerican football player · born 1993
Wil WheatonAmerican actor · born 1972
Ken BurnsAmerican documentarian and filmmaker · born 1953July against the other eleven
July 29 is the 7th 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 29?
About 11,260 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1980, when 11,461 babies were born and it ranked #5 of 366; at its rarest in 2001, with 7,787 births at #324.
Is July 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 29 is the 87th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,260 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. 39 other dates are within 1% of July 29's count, spread from #60 to #99, 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 29 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 12 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Peru, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in Finland, 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