Is July 9 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 85% of all 366 dates.
July 9 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 9 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 9 ranks in position #57, with 11,381 births a year. 309 other dates are rarer. 51 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #34 to #85, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 9 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 9 in other countries
July 9 is the 57th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 6 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #29 in Denmark to #361 in Argentina.
Denmark
#29 of 366
178 births on an average July 9
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#30 of 366
170 births on an average July 9
SSB, 2011–2025France
#34 of 366
2,246 births on an average July 9
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#38 of 366
346 births on an average July 9
KSH, 1970–2020Netherlands
#40 of 366
526 births on an average July 9
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#41 of 366
149 births on an average July 9
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Switzerland
#54 of 366
230 births on an average July 9
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#57 of 366
57 births on an average July 9
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#70 of 366
337 births on an average July 9
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#71 of 366
1,827 births on an average July 9
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#88 of 366
56 births on an average July 9
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#104 of 366
2,127 births on an average July 9
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#119 of 366
170 births on an average July 9
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#124 of 366
301 births on an average July 9
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#137 of 366
2,814 births on an average July 9
e-Stat, 1996–2025Ecuador
#219 of 366
756 births on an average July 9
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#223 of 366
7,856 births on an average July 9
DATASUS, 1997–2024Malaysia
#232 of 366
1,383 births on an average July 9
DOSM, 2000–2022Peru
#234 of 366
1,180 births on an average July 9
INEI, 2019–2025Costa Rica
#256 of 366
163 births on an average July 9
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#258 of 366
680 births on an average July 9
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#260 of 366
4,314 births on an average July 9
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#295 of 366
4,780 births on an average July 9
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#298 of 366
912 births on an average July 9
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#330 of 366
153 births on an average July 9
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Argentina
#361 of 366
1,047 births on an average July 9
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on July 9
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
O. J. SimpsonAmerican football player and actor · born 1947
Tom HanksAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1956
Jack WhiteAmerican musician · born 1975
Courtney LoveAmerican rock musician · born 1964
Kevin O'LearyCanadian businessman and author · born 1954
Pamela AdlonAmerican actress · born 1966
Bon ScottScottish Australian singer · born 1946
Lindsey GrahamAmerican politician and attorney · born 1955July against the other eleven
July 9 is the 12th 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 9?
About 11,381 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2013, when 13,247 babies were born and it ranked #8 of 365; at its rarest in 1972, with 7,656 births at #345.
Is July 9 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 9 is the 57th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,381 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 9's count, spread from #34 to #85, 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 9 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 18 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #361 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #29.
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