Is June 5 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 60% of all 366 dates.
June 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where June 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, June 5 ranks in position #148, with 10,905 births a year. 218 other dates are rarer. 68 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #119 to #187, so the exact position is a close thing.
June 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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June 5 in other countries
June 5 is the 148th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #39 in Ecuador to #347 in Ireland.
Ecuador
#39 of 366
800 births on an average June 5
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#62 of 366
166 births on an average June 5
SSB, 2011–2025Guatemala
#91 of 366
972 births on an average June 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Brazil
#99 of 366
8,309 births on an average June 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#102 of 366
1,596 births on an average June 5
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#110 of 366
55 births on an average June 5
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#120 of 366
1,808 births on an average June 5
ONS, 1995–2025Germany
#129 of 366
2,078 births on an average June 5
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#132 of 366
54 births on an average June 5
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#140 of 366
143 births on an average June 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#153 of 366
1,212 births on an average June 5
INEI, 2019–2025Portugal
#157 of 366
299 births on an average June 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Chile
#162 of 366
691 births on an average June 5
DEIS, 1990–2017Switzerland
#167 of 366
224 births on an average June 5
FSO, 1969–2025Netherlands
#176 of 366
496 births on an average June 5
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#179 of 366
165 births on an average June 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#186 of 366
326 births on an average June 5
KSH, 1970–2020Japan
#202 of 366
2,768 births on an average June 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025Mexico
#208 of 366
4,956 births on an average June 5
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#214 of 366
165 births on an average June 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#214 of 366
1,387 births on an average June 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#236 of 366
4,352 births on an average June 5
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#271 of 366
154 births on an average June 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#273 of 366
2,100 births on an average June 5
INSEE, 1998–2024Belgium
#323 of 366
314 births on an average June 5
Statbel, 1992–2025Ireland
#347 of 366
159 births on an average June 5
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on June 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Mark WahlbergAmerican actor · born 1971
Joe GattoAmerican comedian · born 1976
Sam DarnoldAmerican football player · born 1997
Nick KrollAmerican actor and comedian · born 1978
Ron LivingstonAmerican actor · born 1967
Yogi AdityanathChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017 · born 1972
Troye SivanAustralian singer-songwriter and actor · born 1995
Pancho VillaMexican revolutionary general and politician · born 1878June against the other eleven
June 5 is the 10th 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 5?
About 10,905 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2007, when 13,656 babies were born and it ranked #85 of 365; at its rarest in 1976, with 7,390 births at #342.
Is June 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, June 5 is the 148th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,905 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. 68 other dates are within 1% of June 5's count, spread from #119 to #187, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 16 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ireland, at #347 of 366, and at its most common in Ecuador, at #39.
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