Is March 11 a rare birthday? Uncommon

Rarer than 78% of all 366 dates.

March 11 #287
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for March 11: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

March 11 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 10,565in the United States — about 911,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium133 peopleof 50,000 were born on March 11
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on March 11 somewhere in the United States
Star signPiscesrarer than 23 of the 31 Pisces birthdays
Half-birthdaySeptember 11six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJune 18A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where March 11 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, March 11 ranks in position #287, with 10,565 births a year. 286 other dates are more common. 85 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #241 to #326, so the exact position is a close thing.

56 years of records

March 11 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Tuesday: rank #133 of 365, 10,188 births1970, Wednesday: rank #162 of 365, 10,410 births1971, Thursday: rank #105 of 365, 10,300 births1972, Saturday: rank #284 of 366, 8,243 births1973, Sunday: rank #314 of 365, 7,675 births1974, Monday: rank #169 of 365, 8,837 births1975, Tuesday: rank #79 of 365, 9,239 births1976, Thursday: rank #222 of 366, 8,561 births1977, Friday: rank #136 of 365, 9,497 births1978, Saturday: rank #303 of 365, 8,157 births1979, Sunday: rank #360 of 365, 7,930 births1980, Tuesday: rank #127 of 366, 10,234 births1981, Wednesday: rank #167 of 365, 10,184 births1982, Thursday: rank #207 of 365, 10,233 births1983, Friday: rank #166 of 365, 10,351 births1984, Sunday: rank #330 of 366, 8,401 births1985, Monday: rank #202 of 365, 10,544 births1986, Tuesday: rank #118 of 365, 10,958 births1987, Wednesday: rank #213 of 365, 10,697 births1988, Friday: rank #229 of 366, 10,790 births1989, Saturday: rank #288 of 365, 9,421 births1990, Sunday: rank #328 of 365, 9,173 births1991, Monday: rank #230 of 365, 11,419 births1992, Wednesday: rank #203 of 366, 11,590 births1993, Thursday: rank #141 of 365, 11,832 births1994, Friday: rank #107 of 365, 11,939 births1995, Saturday: rank #287 of 365, 8,744 births1996, Monday: rank #232 of 366, 10,668 births1997, Tuesday: rank #89 of 365, 11,944 births1998, Wednesday: rank #157 of 365, 11,752 births1999, Thursday: rank #153 of 365, 11,832 births2000, Saturday: rank #294 of 366, 8,657 births2001, Sunday: rank #341 of 365, 7,564 births2002, Monday: rank #247 of 365, 10,989 births2003, Tuesday: rank #112 of 365, 12,693 births2004, Thursday: rank #145 of 366, 12,594 births2005, Friday: rank #168 of 365, 12,568 births2006, Saturday: rank #294 of 365, 8,484 births2007, Sunday: rank #359 of 365, 7,312 births2008, Tuesday: rank #88 of 366, 13,378 births2009, Wednesday: rank #141 of 365, 12,779 births2010, Thursday: rank #148 of 365, 12,327 births2011, Friday: rank #192 of 365, 11,833 births2012, Sunday: rank #365 of 366, 6,453 births2013, Monday: rank #225 of 365, 11,462 births2014, Tuesday: rank #171 of 365, 11,952 births2015, Wednesday: rank #192 of 365, 11,850 births2016, Friday: rank #217 of 366, 11,568 births2017, Saturday: rank #294 of 365, 7,909 births2018, Sunday: rank #359 of 365, 6,703 births2019, Monday: rank #241 of 365, 10,543 births2020, Wednesday: rank #165 of 366, 10,856 births2021, Thursday: rank #176 of 365, 10,892 births2022, Friday: rank #188 of 365, 10,841 births2023, Saturday: rank #301 of 365, 7,497 births2024, Monday: rank #230 of 366, 10,338 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #319, from #170 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 27.7% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#222
Mon
#115
Tue
#175
Wed
#162
Thu
#175
Fri
#293
Sat
#345
Sun
Most common year
1975#79 of 365Tuesday · 9,239 births
Rarest year
2012#365 of 366Sunday · 6,453 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2023 was the most recent
Around the world

March 11 in other countries

March 11 is the 80th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #4 in Peru to #354 in the Philippines.

  1. Peru

    #4 of 366

    1,306 births on an average March 11

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025
  2. Brazil

    #35 of 366

    8,588 births on an average March 11

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
  3. Argentina

    #78 of 366

    1,624 births on an average March 11

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
  4. Ecuador

    #101 of 366

    784 births on an average March 11

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023
  5. Ireland

    #111 of 366

    170 births on an average March 11

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023
  6. Hungary

    #144 of 366

    329 births on an average March 11

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020
  7. Denmark

    #158 of 366

    166 births on an average March 11

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025
  8. Chile

    #160 of 366

    691 births on an average March 11

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
  9. Latvia

    #162 of 366

    54 births on an average March 11

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025
  10. New Zealand

    #163 of 366

    158 births on an average March 11

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
  11. Switzerland

    #194 of 366

    222 births on an average March 11

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025
  12. Guatemala

    #195 of 366

    944 births on an average March 11

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024
  13. Malaysia

    #196 of 366

    1,392 births on an average March 11

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022
  14. Portugal

    #225 of 366

    294 births on an average March 11

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025
  15. Belgium

    #228 of 366

    323 births on an average March 11

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025
  16. Finland

    #231 of 366

    139 births on an average March 11

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025
  17. Germany

    #253 of 366

    1,960 births on an average March 11

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025
  18. Netherlands

    #267 of 366

    488 births on an average March 11

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025
  19. England & Wales

    #276 of 366

    1,755 births on an average March 11

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
  20. Norway

    #276 of 366

    147 births on an average March 11

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
  21. Mexico

    #308 of 366

    4,738 births on an average March 11

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023
  22. Slovenia

    #316 of 366

    50 births on an average March 11

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025
  23. Costa Rica

    #327 of 366

    159 births on an average March 11

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024
  24. Japan

    #330 of 366

    2,659 births on an average March 11

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
  25. France

    #336 of 366

    2,057 births on an average March 11

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
  26. Philippines

    #354 of 366

    4,021 births on an average March 11

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
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March against the other eleven

March 11 is the 5th rarest of the 31 days in March. All March birthdays.

March is the 6th rarest month of the year

An average March day sees 10,658 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.

The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

March 11#287 of 36610,565 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on March 11?

About 10,565 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1975, when 9,239 babies were born and it ranked #79 of 365; at its rarest in 2012, with 6,453 births at #365.

Is March 11 a common birthday?

In the United States, March 11 is the 80th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,565 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.

What is the rarest March birthday?

In the United States, March 13: the 22nd rarest of all 366 dates, with about 10,340 births a year. The most common March birthday is March 1, the 147th most common of the year.

How precise is the ranking?

In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 85 other dates are within 1% of March 11's count, spread from #241 to #326, 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 March 11 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 6 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #354 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #4.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026