Is March 16 a rare birthday? Ordinary

Rarer than 61% of all 366 dates.

March 16 #225
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for March 16: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

March 16 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,708in the United States — about 917,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium135 peopleof 50,000 were born on March 16
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on March 16 somewhere in the United States
Star signPiscesmore common than 21 of the 31 Pisces birthdays
Half-birthdaySeptember 16six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJune 23A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where March 16 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, March 16 ranks in position #225, with 10,708 births a year. 224 other dates are more common. 97 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #178 to #275, so the exact position is a close thing.

March 16#225 · 10,708 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

March 16 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Sunday: rank #353 of 365, 8,336 births1970, Monday: rank #221 of 365, 10,058 births1971, Tuesday: rank #78 of 365, 10,438 births1972, Thursday: rank #194 of 366, 9,046 births1973, Friday: rank #147 of 365, 8,899 births1974, Saturday: rank #296 of 365, 7,834 births1975, Sunday: rank #353 of 365, 7,235 births1976, Tuesday: rank #204 of 366, 8,636 births1977, Wednesday: rank #143 of 365, 9,467 births1978, Thursday: rank #157 of 365, 9,337 births1979, Friday: rank #187 of 365, 9,676 births1980, Sunday: rank #347 of 366, 8,429 births1981, Monday: rank #151 of 365, 10,269 births1982, Tuesday: rank #124 of 365, 10,547 births1983, Wednesday: rank #200 of 365, 10,251 births1984, Friday: rank #97 of 366, 10,706 births1985, Saturday: rank #329 of 365, 8,690 births1986, Sunday: rank #334 of 365, 8,432 births1987, Monday: rank #198 of 365, 10,818 births1988, Wednesday: rank #186 of 366, 11,043 births1989, Thursday: rank #103 of 365, 11,983 births1990, Friday: rank #98 of 365, 12,370 births1991, Saturday: rank #291 of 365, 9,481 births1992, Monday: rank #240 of 366, 11,242 births1993, Tuesday: rank #103 of 365, 11,973 births1994, Wednesday: rank #117 of 365, 11,865 births1995, Thursday: rank #106 of 365, 11,751 births1996, Saturday: rank #286 of 366, 8,691 births1997, Sunday: rank #347 of 365, 7,617 births1998, Monday: rank #239 of 365, 10,836 births1999, Tuesday: rank #96 of 365, 12,134 births2000, Thursday: rank #159 of 366, 12,154 births2001, Friday: rank #134 of 365, 12,248 births2002, Saturday: rank #276 of 365, 8,596 births2003, Sunday: rank #347 of 365, 7,387 births2004, Tuesday: rank #144 of 366, 12,602 births2005, Wednesday: rank #175 of 365, 12,509 births2006, Thursday: rank #164 of 365, 12,914 births2007, Friday: rank #182 of 365, 13,087 births2008, Sunday: rank #341 of 366, 7,517 births2009, Monday: rank #222 of 365, 12,098 births2010, Tuesday: rank #113 of 365, 12,505 births2011, Wednesday: rank #211 of 365, 11,704 births2012, Friday: rank #225 of 366, 11,466 births2013, Saturday: rank #292 of 365, 7,866 births2014, Sunday: rank #361 of 365, 6,947 births2015, Monday: rank #236 of 365, 11,537 births2016, Wednesday: rank #210 of 366, 11,617 births2017, Thursday: rank #206 of 365, 11,362 births2018, Friday: rank #205 of 365, 11,241 births2019, Saturday: rank #287 of 365, 7,882 births2020, Monday: rank #237 of 366, 10,363 births2021, Tuesday: rank #192 of 365, 10,779 births2022, Wednesday: rank #199 of 365, 10,794 births2023, Thursday: rank #203 of 365, 10,572 births2024, Saturday: rank #294 of 366, 7,796 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #321, 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.

#218
Mon
#132
Tue
#180
Wed
#162
Thu
#159
Fri
#294
Sat
#348
Sun
Most common year
1971#78 of 365Tuesday · 10,438 births
Rarest year
2014#361 of 365Sunday · 6,947 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

March 16 in other countries

March 16 is the 142nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #16 in Argentina to #350 in the Philippines.

  1. Argentina

    #16 of 366

    1,747 births on an average March 16

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  2. Ireland

    #20 of 366

    177 births on an average March 16

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  3. Brazil

    #30 of 366

    8,610 births on an average March 16

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  4. Peru

    #34 of 366

    1,271 births on an average March 16

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  5. Ecuador

    #91 of 366

    787 births on an average March 16

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  6. Costa Rica

    #119 of 366

    172 births on an average March 16

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  7. Chile

    #122 of 366

    696 births on an average March 16

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  8. Guatemala

    #131 of 366

    961 births on an average March 16

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  9. Switzerland

    #163 of 366

    224 births on an average March 16

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  10. Latvia

    #196 of 366

    54 births on an average March 16

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  11. Malaysia

    #201 of 366

    1,391 births on an average March 16

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  12. Belgium

    #221 of 366

    323 births on an average March 16

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  13. Mexico

    #237 of 366

    4,907 births on an average March 16

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  14. Finland

    #251 of 366

    138 births on an average March 16

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  15. Hungary

    #256 of 366

    320 births on an average March 16

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  16. Norway

    #260 of 366

    150 births on an average March 16

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  17. France

    #278 of 366

    2,098 births on an average March 16

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  18. New Zealand

    #278 of 366

    154 births on an average March 16

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  19. Portugal

    #286 of 366

    288 births on an average March 16

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  20. Slovenia

    #297 of 366

    50 births on an average March 16

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  21. Germany

    #312 of 366

    1,923 births on an average March 16

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  22. Japan

    #320 of 366

    2,677 births on an average March 16

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  23. Denmark

    #334 of 366

    154 births on an average March 16

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  24. England & Wales

    #339 of 366

    1,734 births on an average March 16

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  25. Netherlands

    #345 of 366

    473 births on an average March 16

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  26. Philippines

    #350 of 366

    4,032 births on an average March 16

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
Birthday twins

Famous people born on March 16

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

Mark CarneyMark CarneyPrime Minister of Canada since 2025 · born 1965Alexandra DaddarioAlexandra DaddarioAmerican actress · born 1986Lauren GrahamLauren GrahamAmerican actress, producer and novelist · born 1967Vladimir Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.Canadian baseball player · born 1999Alan TudykAlan TudykAmerican actor · born 1971Blake GriffinBlake GriffinAmerican basketball player · born 1989James MadisonJames MadisonFounding Father, U.S. president from 1809 to 1817 · born 1751Brooke BurnsBrooke BurnsAmerican fashion model and game show host · born 1978
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March against the other eleven

March 16 is the 12th most common 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 15
Births a year10,729
Rank#218
March 16
Births a year10,708
Rank#225
March 17
Births a year10,797
Rank#184

March 16 is the 8th rarest of the 15 days around it

#220
9
#263
10
#287
11
#282
12
#345
13
#242
14
#218
15
#225
16
#184
17
#279
18
#293
19
#215
20
#197
21
#190
22
#208
23
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 16#225 of 36610,708 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on March 16?

About 10,708 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,438 babies were born and it ranked #78 of 365; at its rarest in 2014, with 6,947 births at #361.

Is March 16 a common birthday?

In the United States, March 16 is the 142nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,708 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.

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. 97 other dates are within 1% of March 16's count, spread from #178 to #275, 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 16 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #350 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #16.

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