Is June 17 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 58% of all 366 dates.
June 17 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where June 17 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, June 17 ranks in position #153, with 10,886 births a year. 213 other dates are rarer. 71 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #122 to #193, so the exact position is a close thing.
June 17 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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June 17 in other countries
June 17 is the 153rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #31 in Ecuador to #345 in Argentina.
Ecuador
#31 of 366
802 births on an average June 17
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#33 of 366
58 births on an average June 17
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#40 of 366
169 births on an average June 17
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#49 of 366
339 births on an average June 17
Statbel, 1992–2025Finland
#50 of 366
148 births on an average June 17
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Switzerland
#71 of 366
229 births on an average June 17
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#80 of 366
172 births on an average June 17
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#94 of 366
303 births on an average June 17
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Hungary
#102 of 366
333 births on an average June 17
KSH, 1970–2020Peru
#107 of 366
1,228 births on an average June 17
INEI, 2019–2025Denmark
#110 of 366
171 births on an average June 17
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#114 of 366
2,115 births on an average June 17
Destatis, 2014–2025Chile
#123 of 366
696 births on an average June 17
DEIS, 1990–2017Slovenia
#124 of 366
54 births on an average June 17
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#127 of 366
506 births on an average June 17
CBS, 1995–2025Brazil
#133 of 366
8,173 births on an average June 17
DATASUS, 1997–2024England & Wales
#135 of 366
1,803 births on an average June 17
ONS, 1995–2025France
#144 of 366
2,169 births on an average June 17
INSEE, 1998–2024Japan
#149 of 366
2,803 births on an average June 17
e-Stat, 1996–2025Guatemala
#191 of 366
945 births on an average June 17
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#193 of 366
1,392 births on an average June 17
DOSM, 2000–2022Costa Rica
#282 of 366
162 births on an average June 17
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#283 of 366
4,282 births on an average June 17
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#297 of 366
4,777 births on an average June 17
INEGI, 2017–2023New Zealand
#327 of 366
153 births on an average June 17
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Argentina
#345 of 366
1,296 births on an average June 17
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on June 17
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Kendrick LamarAmerican rapper and songwriter · born 1987
Odessa A'zionAmerican actress · born 2000
Venus WilliamsAmerican tennis player · born 1980
Will ForteAmerican actor and comedian · born 1970
Thomas Haden ChurchAmerican actor · born 1960
Barry ManilowAmerican singer · born 1943
Elena RybakinaKazakhstani tennis player · born 1999
Jordan HendersonEnglish footballer · born 1990June against the other eleven
June 17 is the 8th rarest of the 30 days in June. All June birthdays.
June is the 4th most common month of the year
An average June day sees 10,990 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on June 17?
About 10,886 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2003, when 13,144 babies were born and it ranked #57 of 365; at its rarest in 1979, with 8,175 births at #344.
Is June 17 a common birthday?
In the United States, June 17 is the 153rd most common of 366 dates, with about 10,886 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest June birthday?
In the United States, June 13: the 132nd rarest of all 366 dates, with about 10,687 births a year. The most common June birthday is June 28, the 73rd most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 71 other dates are within 1% of June 17's count, spread from #122 to #193, 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 June 17 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 7 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #345 of 366, and at its most common in Ecuador, at #31.
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