Is July 6 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 89% of all 366 dates.
July 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 6 ranks in position #42, with 11,443 births a year. 324 other dates are rarer. 47 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #22 to #69, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 6 in other countries
July 6 is the 42nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #8 in Denmark to #323 in Costa Rica.
Denmark
#8 of 366
181 births on an average July 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Switzerland
#16 of 366
233 births on an average July 6
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#23 of 366
171 births on an average July 6
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#37 of 366
346 births on an average July 6
KSH, 1970–2020France
#46 of 366
2,235 births on an average July 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Argentina
#55 of 366
1,664 births on an average July 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Belgium
#72 of 366
336 births on an average July 6
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#72 of 366
2,172 births on an average July 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#81 of 366
56 births on an average July 6
CSB, 1996–2025Finland
#99 of 366
146 births on an average July 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#104 of 366
55 births on an average July 6
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#107 of 366
512 births on an average July 6
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#110 of 366
1,811 births on an average July 6
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#115 of 366
302 births on an average July 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#131 of 366
5,149 births on an average July 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Ecuador
#144 of 366
773 births on an average July 6
INEC, 2013–2023Ireland
#148 of 366
169 births on an average July 6
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#157 of 366
2,797 births on an average July 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025Brazil
#174 of 366
8,035 births on an average July 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Guatemala
#175 of 366
948 births on an average July 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Peru
#212 of 366
1,188 births on an average July 6
INEI, 2019–2025Chile
#232 of 366
683 births on an average July 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#248 of 366
4,332 births on an average July 6
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#256 of 366
1,377 births on an average July 6
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#281 of 366
154 births on an average July 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#323 of 366
159 births on an average July 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on July 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
George W. BushPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009 · born 1946
Sylvester StalloneAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1946
50 CentAmerican rapper and actor · born 1975
Frida KahloMexican painter · born 1907
Eva GreenFrench actress · born 1980
14th Dalai LamaSpiritual leader of Tibet since 1940 · born 1935
Kevin HartAmerican comedian and actor · born 1979
Janet LeighAmerican actress and author · born 1927July against the other eleven
July 6 is the 5th 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 6?
About 11,443 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 13,086 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 1997, with 7,860 births at #330.
Is July 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 6 is the 42nd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,443 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. 47 other dates are within 1% of July 6's count, spread from #22 to #69, 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 6 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 22 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #323 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #8.
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