Is March 2 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 50% of all 366 dates.
March 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 2 ranks in position #185, with 10,797 births a year. 184 other dates are more common. 84 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #149 to #233, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
common
March 2 in other countries
March 2 is the 182nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #5 in Argentina to #336 in the Philippines.
Argentina
#5 of 366
1,796 births on an average March 2
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#12 of 366
8,684 births on an average March 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#44 of 366
1,261 births on an average March 2
INEI, 2019–2025Guatemala
#103 of 366
968 births on an average March 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Latvia
#109 of 366
55 births on an average March 2
CSB, 1996–2025Hungary
#110 of 366
332 births on an average March 2
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#118 of 366
226 births on an average March 2
FSO, 1969–2025Ecuador
#121 of 366
778 births on an average March 2
INEC, 2013–2023Chile
#138 of 366
694 births on an average March 2
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#186 of 366
5,000 births on an average March 2
INEGI, 2017–2023Ireland
#197 of 366
167 births on an average March 2
CSO, 1980–2023New Zealand
#208 of 366
157 births on an average March 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#217 of 366
139 births on an average March 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Costa Rica
#230 of 366
164 births on an average March 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024France
#236 of 366
2,121 births on an average March 2
INSEE, 1998–2024Malaysia
#240 of 366
1,381 births on an average March 2
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#246 of 366
292 births on an average March 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#262 of 366
160 births on an average March 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#270 of 366
148 births on an average March 2
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#271 of 366
488 births on an average March 2
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#278 of 366
1,948 births on an average March 2
Destatis, 2014–2025Belgium
#284 of 366
319 births on an average March 2
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#296 of 366
1,750 births on an average March 2
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#296 of 366
2,706 births on an average March 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#300 of 366
50 births on an average March 2
SURS, 2000–2025Philippines
#336 of 366
4,075 births on an average March 2
PSA, 2006–2024
Famous people born on March 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Chris MartinEnglish singer-songwriter · born 1977
Daniel CraigEnglish actor · born 1968
Jon Bon JoviAmerican rock singer-songwriter · born 1962
Bryce Dallas HowardAmerican actress and director · born 1981
Pope Leo XIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 · born 1810
Mikhail GorbachevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 · born 1931
Anthony AlbanesePrime Minister of Australia since 2022 · born 1963
Karen CarpenterAmerican singer and drummer · born 1950March against the other eleven
March 2 is the 3rd 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on March 2?
About 10,797 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,250 babies were born and it ranked #68 of 365; at its rarest in 1980, with 8,339 births at #352.
Is March 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 2 is the 182nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,797 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. 84 other dates are within 1% of March 2's count, spread from #149 to #233, 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 2 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 17 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #336 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #5.
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