Is July 4 a rare birthday? Very rare
Rarer than 99% of all 366 dates.
The Fourth of July is one of the rarest US birthdays: scheduled deliveries move off the holiday.
Fourth of July in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 4 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 4 ranks in position #363, with 8,692 births a year. 362 other dates are more common.
July 4 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 4 in other countries
July 4 is the 4th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #15 in Switzerland to #343 in Costa Rica.
Switzerland
#15 of 366
233 births on an average July 4
FSO, 1969–2025Denmark
#33 of 366
178 births on an average July 4
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025England & Wales
#37 of 366
1,847 births on an average July 4
ONS, 1995–2025Norway
#37 of 366
169 births on an average July 4
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#43 of 366
798 births on an average July 4
INEC, 2013–2023Germany
#44 of 366
2,209 births on an average July 4
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#51 of 366
57 births on an average July 4
CSB, 1996–2025Finland
#55 of 366
148 births on an average July 4
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#56 of 366
173 births on an average July 4
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#62 of 366
522 births on an average July 4
CBS, 1995–2025Hungary
#65 of 366
340 births on an average July 4
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#78 of 366
336 births on an average July 4
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#82 of 366
56 births on an average July 4
SURS, 2000–2025France
#85 of 366
2,202 births on an average July 4
INSEE, 1998–2024Peru
#88 of 366
1,237 births on an average July 4
INEI, 2019–2025Japan
#115 of 366
2,832 births on an average July 4
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#120 of 366
301 births on an average July 4
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Argentina
#146 of 366
1,550 births on an average July 4
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#158 of 366
8,093 births on an average July 4
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#170 of 366
690 births on an average July 4
DEIS, 1990–2017New Zealand
#178 of 366
157 births on an average July 4
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#194 of 366
4,984 births on an average July 4
INEGI, 2017–2023Malaysia
#202 of 366
1,390 births on an average July 4
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#219 of 366
938 births on an average July 4
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#221 of 366
4,382 births on an average July 4
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#343 of 366
157 births on an average July 4
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on the Fourth of July
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Post MaloneAmerican singer and rapper · born 1995
Calvin CoolidgePresident of the United States from 1923 to 1929 · born 1872
Giuseppe GaribaldiItalian patriot and general · born 1807
Eva Marie SaintAmerican retired actress · born 1924
Prince Michael of KentBritish prince · born 1942
Alfredo Di StéfanoArgentine footballer · born 1926
Bill WithersAmerican musician · born 1938
Geraldo RiveraAmerican attorney, journalist and talk show host · born 1943July against the other eleven
July 4 is the 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
Is the Fourth of July a rare birthday?
Yes. The Fourth of July is among the four rarest US birthdays. Hospitals postpone as many births as they can, the same pattern as Christmas, so 4 July sits near the bottom of the 366-date rank.
How many babies are born on July 4?
About 8,692 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1997, when 9,445 babies were born and it ranked #254 of 365; at its rarest in 1971, with 8,126 births at #351.
Is July 4 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 4 is the 4th rarest of 366 dates, with about 8,692 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.
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?
For July 4 the rank is stable. Only this date sits within 1% of its count, so the order does not depend on which years you count. In the crowded middle, dozens of dates can sit within a single percent of each other.
Is July 4 rarer in other countries?
No. July 4 is more common in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for than it is in the United States. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #343 of 366, and at its most common in Switzerland, at #15.
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