Is March 19 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 80% of all 366 dates.
March 19 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 19 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 19 ranks in position #293, with 10,549 births a year. 292 other dates are more common. 80 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #249 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 19 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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March 19 in other countries
March 19 is the 74th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 6 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #56 in Brazil to #358 in Mexico.
Brazil
#56 of 366
8,548 births on an average March 19
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#57 of 366
1,657 births on an average March 19
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#86 of 366
1,239 births on an average March 19
INEI, 2019–2025Hungary
#150 of 366
329 births on an average March 19
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#168 of 366
54 births on an average March 19
CSB, 1996–2025Ecuador
#189 of 366
762 births on an average March 19
INEC, 2013–2023Chile
#190 of 366
688 births on an average March 19
DEIS, 1990–2017Finland
#198 of 366
140 births on an average March 19
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Denmark
#210 of 366
163 births on an average March 19
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#211 of 366
154 births on an average March 19
SSB, 2011–2025Portugal
#220 of 366
295 births on an average March 19
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Switzerland
#230 of 366
220 births on an average March 19
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#232 of 366
166 births on an average March 19
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#240 of 366
932 births on an average March 19
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#241 of 366
156 births on an average March 19
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Japan
#247 of 366
2,739 births on an average March 19
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#249 of 366
322 births on an average March 19
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#255 of 366
51 births on an average March 19
SURS, 2000–2025England & Wales
#280 of 366
1,754 births on an average March 19
ONS, 1995–2025Malaysia
#280 of 366
1,370 births on an average March 19
DOSM, 2000–2022Netherlands
#329 of 366
478 births on an average March 19
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#334 of 366
1,901 births on an average March 19
Destatis, 2014–2025France
#339 of 366
2,054 births on an average March 19
INSEE, 1998–2024Philippines
#348 of 366
4,036 births on an average March 19
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#352 of 366
155 births on an average March 19
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#358 of 366
4,458 births on an average March 19
INEGI, 2017–2023
Famous people born on March 19
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Theo VonAmerican comedian and podcaster · born 1980
Andy ReidAmerican football coach · born 1958
Wyatt EarpAmerican lawman · born 1848
AJ LeeAmerican professional wrestler and author · born 1987
Clayton KershawAmerican baseball player · born 1988
Yung GravyAmerican rapper · born 1996
Hiroo OnodaImperial Japanese Army officer · born 1922
Patrick McGoohanIrish-American actor, director, writer, and producer · born 1928March against the other eleven
March 19 is the 4th 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 19?
About 10,549 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,476 babies were born and it ranked #67 of 365; at its rarest in 2000, with 7,623 births at #357.
Is March 19 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 19 is the 74th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,549 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. 80 other dates are within 1% of March 19's count, spread from #249 to #329, 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 19 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 Mexico, at #358 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #56.
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