Is March 20 a rare birthday? Ordinary

Rarer than 59% of all 366 dates.

March 20 #215
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for March 20: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

March 20 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,733in the United States — about 919,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium135 peopleof 50,000 were born on March 20
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on March 20 somewhere in the United States
Star signPiscesmore common than 25 of the 31 Pisces birthdays
Half-birthdaySeptember 20six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJune 27Right around the Fourth of July.
Birth frequency by rank

Where March 20 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, March 20 ranks in position #215, with 10,733 births a year. 214 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #172 to #265, so the exact position is a close thing.

March 20#215 · 10,733 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

March 20 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Thursday: rank #208 of 365, 9,812 births1970, Friday: rank #192 of 365, 10,206 births1971, Saturday: rank #278 of 365, 9,164 births1972, Monday: rank #240 of 366, 8,805 births1973, Tuesday: rank #103 of 365, 9,052 births1974, Wednesday: rank #249 of 365, 8,455 births1975, Thursday: rank #147 of 365, 8,926 births1976, Saturday: rank #295 of 366, 7,890 births1977, Sunday: rank #334 of 365, 7,836 births1978, Monday: rank #207 of 365, 9,145 births1979, Tuesday: rank #93 of 365, 10,110 births1980, Thursday: rank #234 of 366, 9,799 births1981, Friday: rank #166 of 365, 10,184 births1982, Saturday: rank #319 of 365, 8,705 births1983, Sunday: rank #326 of 365, 8,524 births1984, Tuesday: rank #96 of 366, 10,714 births1985, Wednesday: rank #168 of 365, 10,683 births1986, Thursday: rank #158 of 365, 10,743 births1987, Friday: rank #107 of 365, 11,255 births1988, Sunday: rank #338 of 366, 8,646 births1989, Monday: rank #207 of 365, 11,297 births1990, Tuesday: rank #89 of 365, 12,451 births1991, Wednesday: rank #96 of 365, 12,281 births1992, Friday: rank #95 of 366, 12,137 births1993, Saturday: rank #278 of 365, 9,184 births1994, Sunday: rank #336 of 365, 8,243 births1995, Monday: rank #240 of 365, 10,588 births1996, Wednesday: rank #160 of 366, 11,482 births1997, Thursday: rank #133 of 365, 11,634 births1998, Friday: rank #171 of 365, 11,703 births1999, Saturday: rank #279 of 365, 8,621 births2000, Monday: rank #233 of 366, 11,281 births2001, Tuesday: rank #81 of 365, 12,574 births2002, Wednesday: rank #131 of 365, 12,278 births2003, Thursday: rank #131 of 365, 12,506 births2004, Saturday: rank #303 of 366, 8,208 births2005, Sunday: rank #336 of 365, 7,358 births2006, Monday: rank #232 of 365, 12,142 births2007, Tuesday: rank #88 of 365, 13,635 births2008, Thursday: rank #75 of 366, 13,479 births2009, Friday: rank #144 of 365, 12,762 births2010, Saturday: rank #289 of 365, 7,925 births2011, Sunday: rank #342 of 365, 6,947 births2012, Tuesday: rank #129 of 366, 12,157 births2013, Wednesday: rank #171 of 365, 11,849 births2014, Thursday: rank #130 of 365, 12,179 births2015, Friday: rank #153 of 365, 12,040 births2016, Sunday: rank #355 of 366, 7,025 births2017, Monday: rank #222 of 365, 11,282 births2018, Tuesday: rank #108 of 365, 11,682 births2019, Wednesday: rank #179 of 365, 11,196 births2020, Friday: rank #96 of 366, 11,180 births2021, Saturday: rank #299 of 365, 7,580 births2022, Sunday: rank #358 of 365, 6,561 births2023, Monday: rank #247 of 365, 9,916 births2024, Wednesday: rank #127 of 366, 11,008 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #317, from #156 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 28.1% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#229
Mon
#98
Tue
#160
Wed
#152
Thu
#141
Fri
#293
Sat
#341
Sun
Most common year
2008#75 of 366Thursday · 13,479 births
Rarest year
2022#358 of 365Sunday · 6,561 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2022 was the most recent
Around the world

March 20 in other countries

March 20 is the 152nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #6 in Brazil to #350 in Japan.

  1. Brazil

    #6 of 366

    8,714 births on an average March 20

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  2. Argentina

    #38 of 366

    1,708 births on an average March 20

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  3. Latvia

    #61 of 366

    57 births on an average March 20

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  4. Peru

    #62 of 366

    1,253 births on an average March 20

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  5. Ecuador

    #88 of 366

    787 births on an average March 20

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  6. Hungary

    #99 of 366

    333 births on an average March 20

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  7. Switzerland

    #111 of 366

    226 births on an average March 20

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  8. Chile

    #132 of 366

    694 births on an average March 20

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  9. Guatemala

    #137 of 366

    958 births on an average March 20

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  10. Ireland

    #152 of 366

    169 births on an average March 20

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  11. Finland

    #176 of 366

    141 births on an average March 20

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  12. Portugal

    #234 of 366

    293 births on an average March 20

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  13. New Zealand

    #247 of 366

    155 births on an average March 20

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  14. Norway

    #251 of 366

    151 births on an average March 20

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  15. England & Wales

    #264 of 366

    1,758 births on an average March 20

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  16. Costa Rica

    #274 of 366

    163 births on an average March 20

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  17. Germany

    #277 of 366

    1,948 births on an average March 20

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  18. Denmark

    #285 of 366

    159 births on an average March 20

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  19. Netherlands

    #294 of 366

    484 births on an average March 20

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  20. Belgium

    #297 of 366

    317 births on an average March 20

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  21. Malaysia

    #299 of 366

    1,359 births on an average March 20

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  22. Slovenia

    #305 of 366

    50 births on an average March 20

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  23. Mexico

    #319 of 366

    4,708 births on an average March 20

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  24. Philippines

    #324 of 366

    4,138 births on an average March 20

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  25. France

    #346 of 366

    2,042 births on an average March 20

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  26. Japan

    #350 of 366

    2,380 births on an average March 20

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
Birthday twins

Famous people born on March 20

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

Chester BenningtonChester BenningtonAmerican singer · born 1976William HurtWilliam HurtAmerican actor · born 1950Spike LeeSpike LeeAmerican filmmaker and actor · born 1957Cooper HoffmanCooper HoffmanAmerican actor · born 2003Fred RogersFred RogersAmerican television host and author · born 1928David ThewlisDavid ThewlisEnglish actor · born 1963Holly HunterHolly HunterAmerican actress · born 1958Michael RapaportMichael RapaportAmerican actor and comedian · born 1970
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March against the other eleven

March 20 is the 8th 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 19
Births a year10,549
Rank#293
March 20
Births a year10,733
Rank#215
March 21
Births a year10,771
Rank#197

March 20 is the 5th most common of the 15 days around it

#345
13
#242
14
#218
15
#225
16
#184
17
#279
18
#293
19
#215
20
#197
21
#190
22
#208
23
#271
24
#280
25
#298
26
#273
27
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 20#215 of 36610,733 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on March 20?

About 10,733 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2008, when 13,479 babies were born and it ranked #75 of 366; at its rarest in 2022, with 6,561 births at #358.

Is March 20 a common birthday?

In the United States, March 20 is the 152nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,733 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. 93 other dates are within 1% of March 20's count, spread from #172 to #265, 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 20 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Japan, at #350 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #6.

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