Is March 12 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 77% of all 366 dates.
March 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 12 ranks in position #282, with 10,577 births a year. 281 other dates are more common. 85 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #238 to #323, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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March 12 in other countries
March 12 is the 85th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #9 in Peru to #339 in the Philippines.
Peru
#9 of 366
1,294 births on an average March 12
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#11 of 366
8,687 births on an average March 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#64 of 366
1,642 births on an average March 12
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#83 of 366
172 births on an average March 12
CSO, 1980–2023Ecuador
#93 of 366
785 births on an average March 12
INEC, 2013–2023Chile
#110 of 366
700 births on an average March 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Hungary
#111 of 366
332 births on an average March 12
KSH, 1970–2020New Zealand
#119 of 366
159 births on an average March 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Switzerland
#185 of 366
223 births on an average March 12
FSO, 1969–2025Malaysia
#186 of 366
1,394 births on an average March 12
DOSM, 2000–2022Latvia
#188 of 366
54 births on an average March 12
CSB, 1996–2025Guatemala
#226 of 366
936 births on an average March 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Norway
#227 of 366
153 births on an average March 12
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#242 of 366
322 births on an average March 12
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#249 of 366
161 births on an average March 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#250 of 366
52 births on an average March 12
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#268 of 366
2,722 births on an average March 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#269 of 366
290 births on an average March 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Finland
#289 of 366
136 births on an average March 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025England & Wales
#294 of 366
1,752 births on an average March 12
ONS, 1995–2025Netherlands
#310 of 366
482 births on an average March 12
CBS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#315 of 366
160 births on an average March 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Germany
#319 of 366
1,921 births on an average March 12
Destatis, 2014–2025France
#326 of 366
2,068 births on an average March 12
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#328 of 366
4,689 births on an average March 12
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#339 of 366
4,069 births on an average March 12
PSA, 2006–2024
Famous people born on March 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Liza MinnelliAmerican actress, singer, and dancer · born 1946
Christina GrimmieAmerican singer and YouTuber · born 1994
James TaylorAmerican musician · born 1948
Lesley ManvilleEnglish actress · born 1956
Mitt RomneyAmerican politician and businessman · born 1947
Titus WelliverAmerican actor · born 1962
Tammy DuckworthAmerican politician and military officer · born 1968
Courtney B. VanceAmerican actor · born 1960March against the other eleven
March 12 is the 6th 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on March 12?
About 10,577 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,474 babies were born and it ranked #68 of 365; at its rarest in 2017, with 6,624 births at #362.
Is March 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 12 is the 85th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,577 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 12's count, spread from #238 to #323, 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 12 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 8 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #339 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #9.
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