Is March 13 a rare birthday? Rare

Rarer than 94% of all 366 dates.

March 13 #345
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for March 13: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

March 13 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,340in the United States — about 891,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium130 peopleof 50,000 were born on March 13
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on March 13 somewhere in the United States
Star signPiscesrarer than 29 of the 31 Pisces birthdays
Half-birthdaySeptember 13six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJune 20A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where March 13 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, March 13 ranks in position #345, with 10,340 births a year. 344 other dates are more common. 19 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #330 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.

March 13#345 · 10,340 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

March 13 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Thursday: rank #239 of 365, 9,640 births1970, Friday: rank #202 of 365, 10,140 births1971, Saturday: rank #263 of 365, 9,408 births1972, Monday: rank #140 of 366, 9,267 births1973, Tuesday: rank #43 of 365, 9,411 births1974, Wednesday: rank #236 of 365, 8,507 births1975, Thursday: rank #221 of 365, 8,610 births1976, Saturday: rank #316 of 366, 7,674 births1977, Sunday: rank #325 of 365, 7,938 births1978, Monday: rank #227 of 365, 9,036 births1979, Tuesday: rank #216 of 365, 9,569 births1980, Thursday: rank #238 of 366, 9,770 births1981, Friday: rank #226 of 365, 9,961 births1982, Saturday: rank #291 of 365, 8,966 births1983, Sunday: rank #339 of 365, 8,432 births1984, Tuesday: rank #170 of 366, 10,271 births1985, Wednesday: rank #236 of 365, 10,286 births1986, Thursday: rank #215 of 365, 10,522 births1987, Friday: rank #243 of 365, 10,399 births1988, Sunday: rank #362 of 366, 8,291 births1989, Monday: rank #246 of 365, 10,857 births1990, Tuesday: rank #146 of 365, 12,129 births1991, Wednesday: rank #207 of 365, 11,626 births1992, Friday: rank #236 of 366, 11,263 births1993, Saturday: rank #275 of 365, 9,230 births1994, Sunday: rank #335 of 365, 8,248 births1995, Monday: rank #239 of 365, 10,609 births1996, Wednesday: rank #185 of 366, 11,338 births1997, Thursday: rank #184 of 365, 11,397 births1998, Friday: rank #219 of 365, 11,120 births1999, Saturday: rank #297 of 365, 8,436 births2000, Monday: rank #250 of 366, 10,946 births2001, Tuesday: rank #129 of 365, 12,273 births2002, Wednesday: rank #208 of 365, 11,810 births2003, Thursday: rank #193 of 365, 12,127 births2004, Saturday: rank #300 of 366, 8,286 births2005, Sunday: rank #357 of 365, 7,141 births2006, Monday: rank #249 of 365, 11,543 births2007, Tuesday: rank #201 of 365, 12,978 births2008, Thursday: rank #189 of 366, 12,850 births2009, Friday: rank #238 of 365, 11,918 births2010, Saturday: rank #301 of 365, 7,791 births2011, Sunday: rank #363 of 365, 6,493 births2012, Tuesday: rank #213 of 366, 11,598 births2013, Wednesday: rank #179 of 365, 11,803 births2014, Thursday: rank #238 of 365, 11,493 births2015, Friday: rank #251 of 365, 10,940 births2016, Sunday: rank #364 of 366, 6,804 births2017, Monday: rank #250 of 365, 10,589 births2018, Tuesday: rank #215 of 365, 11,162 births2019, Wednesday: rank #224 of 365, 10,841 births2020, Friday: rank #226 of 366, 10,486 births2021, Saturday: rank #313 of 365, 7,268 births2022, Sunday: rank #363 of 365, 6,343 births2023, Monday: rank #249 of 365, 9,782 births2024, Wednesday: rank #185 of 366, 10,723 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #323, from #210 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 26.6% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#231
Mon
#167
Tue
#208
Wed
#215
Thu
#230
Fri
#295
Sat
#351
Sun
Most common year
1973#43 of 365Tuesday · 9,411 births
Rarest year
2016#364 of 366Sunday · 6,804 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2022 was the most recent
Around the world

March 13 in other countries

March 13 is the 22nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #41 in Peru to #364 in the Philippines.

  1. Peru

    #41 of 366

    1,264 births on an average March 13

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  2. Brazil

    #68 of 366

    8,497 births on an average March 13

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  3. Argentina

    #80 of 366

    1,618 births on an average March 13

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  4. Ireland

    #121 of 366

    170 births on an average March 13

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  5. Hungary

    #138 of 366

    329 births on an average March 13

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  6. Ecuador

    #155 of 366

    770 births on an average March 13

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  7. Finland

    #187 of 366

    141 births on an average March 13

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  8. Chile

    #191 of 366

    688 births on an average March 13

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  9. Switzerland

    #199 of 366

    222 births on an average March 13

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  10. Slovenia

    #208 of 366

    52 births on an average March 13

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  11. Guatemala

    #211 of 366

    940 births on an average March 13

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  12. Latvia

    #213 of 366

    53 births on an average March 13

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  13. Norway

    #214 of 366

    154 births on an average March 13

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  14. Malaysia

    #245 of 366

    1,380 births on an average March 13

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  15. Costa Rica

    #262 of 366

    163 births on an average March 13

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  16. Portugal

    #289 of 366

    288 births on an average March 13

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  17. England & Wales

    #295 of 366

    1,751 births on an average March 13

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  18. New Zealand

    #311 of 366

    153 births on an average March 13

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  19. Belgium

    #315 of 366

    314 births on an average March 13

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  20. Denmark

    #321 of 366

    155 births on an average March 13

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  21. Germany

    #321 of 366

    1,921 births on an average March 13

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  22. Mexico

    #321 of 366

    4,703 births on an average March 13

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  23. Netherlands

    #323 of 366

    479 births on an average March 13

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  24. Japan

    #325 of 366

    2,665 births on an average March 13

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  25. France

    #335 of 366

    2,058 births on an average March 13

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  26. Philippines

    #364 of 366

    3,960 births on an average March 13

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
Birthday twins

Famous people born on March 13

Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.

Coco GauffCoco GauffAmerican tennis player · born 2004William H. MacyWilliam H. MacyAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1950Jamie DimonJamie DimonAmerican banker and businessman · born 1956Dana DelanyDana DelanyAmerican actress · born 1956CommonCommonAmerican rapper and actor · born 1972L. Ron HubbardL. Ron HubbardAmerican writer and Scientology founder · born 1911Emile HirschEmile HirschAmerican actor · born 1985David DraimanDavid DraimanAmerican singer · born 1973
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March against the other eleven

March 13 is the 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.

10,394
Jan
10,637
Feb
10,658
Mar
10,557
Apr
10,702
May
10,990
Jun
11,238
Jul
11,405
Aug
11,448
Sep
10,872
Oct
10,616
Nov
10,633
Dec
March 12
Births a year10,577
Rank#282
March 13
Births a year10,340
Rank#345
March 14
Births a year10,664
Rank#242

March 13 is the rarest of the 15 days around it

#267
6
#241
7
#217
8
#220
9
#263
10
#287
11
#282
12
#345
13
#242
14
#218
15
#225
16
#184
17
#279
18
#293
19
#215
20
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 13#345 of 36610,340 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on March 13?

About 10,340 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,411 babies were born and it ranked #43 of 365; at its rarest in 2016, with 6,804 births at #364.

Is March 13 a common birthday?

In the United States, March 13 is the 22nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,340 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. 19 other dates are within 1% of March 13's count, spread from #330 to #349, 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 13 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 1 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #364 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #41.

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