Is March 23 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 57% of all 366 dates.
March 23 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 23 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 23 ranks in position #208, with 10,743 births a year. 207 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #170 to #257, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 23 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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March 23 in other countries
March 23 is the 159th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #14 in Brazil to #340 in England & Wales.
Brazil
#14 of 366
8,680 births on an average March 23
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#21 of 366
1,743 births on an average March 23
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#43 of 366
57 births on an average March 23
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#59 of 366
1,255 births on an average March 23
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#107 of 366
159 births on an average March 23
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ireland
#116 of 366
170 births on an average March 23
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#139 of 366
225 births on an average March 23
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#149 of 366
329 births on an average March 23
KSH, 1970–2020Mexico
#154 of 366
5,078 births on an average March 23
INEGI, 2017–2023Ecuador
#171 of 366
766 births on an average March 23
INEC, 2013–2023Costa Rica
#181 of 366
167 births on an average March 23
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#189 of 366
688 births on an average March 23
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#198 of 366
1,391 births on an average March 23
DOSM, 2000–2022Finland
#226 of 366
139 births on an average March 23
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#230 of 366
52 births on an average March 23
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#246 of 366
322 births on an average March 23
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#262 of 366
149 births on an average March 23
SSB, 2011–2025Guatemala
#266 of 366
924 births on an average March 23
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#288 of 366
2,711 births on an average March 23
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#294 of 366
1,936 births on an average March 23
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#296 of 366
484 births on an average March 23
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#300 of 366
287 births on an average March 23
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#308 of 366
156 births on an average March 23
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Philippines
#329 of 366
4,103 births on an average March 23
PSA, 2006–2024France
#331 of 366
2,061 births on an average March 23
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#340 of 366
1,733 births on an average March 23
ONS, 1995–2025
Famous people born on March 23
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Michelle MonaghanAmerican actress · born 1976
Keri RussellAmerican actress · born 1976
Kyrie IrvingAmerican basketball player · born 1992
Damon AlbarnBritish musician · born 1968
Wernher von BraunGerman American aerospace engineer · born 1912
Akira KurosawaJapanese filmmaker · born 1910
Randall ParkAmerican actor and comedian · born 1974
Princess EugenieBritish princess · born 1990March against the other eleven
March 23 is the 7th 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 23?
About 10,743 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2023, when 11,341 babies were born and it ranked #73 of 365; at its rarest in 2008, with 7,084 births at #363.
Is March 23 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 23 is the 159th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,743 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of March 23's count, spread from #170 to #257, 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 23 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 13 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in England & Wales, at #340 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #14.
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