Is March 24 a rare birthday? Ordinary

Rarer than 74% of all 366 dates.

March 24 #271
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for March 24: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

March 24 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,610in the United States — about 911,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium134 peopleof 50,000 were born on March 24
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on March 24 somewhere in the United States
Star signAriesrarer than 15 of the 30 Aries birthdays
Half-birthdaySeptember 24six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJuly 1Right around the Fourth of July.
Birth frequency by rank

Where March 24 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, March 24 ranks in position #271, with 10,610 births a year. 270 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #222 to #309, so the exact position is a close thing.

March 24#271 · 10,610 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

March 24 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Monday: rank #210 of 365, 9,802 births1970, Tuesday: rank #138 of 365, 10,556 births1971, Wednesday: rank #197 of 365, 9,808 births1972, Friday: rank #221 of 366, 8,893 births1973, Saturday: rank #296 of 365, 7,848 births1974, Sunday: rank #359 of 365, 7,034 births1975, Monday: rank #190 of 365, 8,784 births1976, Wednesday: rank #251 of 366, 8,389 births1977, Thursday: rank #204 of 365, 9,255 births1978, Friday: rank #204 of 365, 9,164 births1979, Saturday: rank #306 of 365, 8,563 births1980, Monday: rank #165 of 366, 10,100 births1981, Tuesday: rank #105 of 365, 10,453 births1982, Wednesday: rank #214 of 365, 10,210 births1983, Thursday: rank #212 of 365, 10,215 births1984, Saturday: rank #309 of 366, 8,566 births1985, Sunday: rank #347 of 365, 8,458 births1986, Monday: rank #209 of 365, 10,542 births1987, Tuesday: rank #100 of 365, 11,317 births1988, Thursday: rank #184 of 366, 11,045 births1989, Friday: rank #220 of 365, 11,207 births1990, Saturday: rank #303 of 365, 9,544 births1991, Sunday: rank #343 of 365, 8,810 births1992, Tuesday: rank #72 of 366, 12,246 births1993, Wednesday: rank #129 of 365, 11,871 births1994, Thursday: rank #111 of 365, 11,904 births1995, Friday: rank #187 of 365, 11,329 births1996, Sunday: rank #332 of 366, 8,002 births1997, Monday: rank #225 of 365, 10,903 births1998, Tuesday: rank #120 of 365, 11,960 births1999, Wednesday: rank #169 of 365, 11,764 births2000, Friday: rank #167 of 366, 12,104 births2001, Saturday: rank #278 of 365, 8,683 births2002, Sunday: rank #354 of 365, 7,314 births2003, Monday: rank #239 of 365, 11,487 births2004, Wednesday: rank #167 of 366, 12,458 births2005, Thursday: rank #144 of 365, 12,739 births2006, Friday: rank #201 of 365, 12,696 births2007, Saturday: rank #287 of 365, 8,656 births2008, Monday: rank #241 of 366, 12,157 births2009, Tuesday: rank #82 of 365, 13,119 births2010, Wednesday: rank #160 of 365, 12,260 births2011, Thursday: rank #185 of 365, 11,869 births2012, Saturday: rank #294 of 366, 7,820 births2013, Sunday: rank #352 of 365, 6,899 births2014, Monday: rank #242 of 365, 11,431 births2015, Tuesday: rank #97 of 365, 12,333 births2016, Thursday: rank #131 of 366, 12,040 births2017, Friday: rank #190 of 365, 11,416 births2018, Saturday: rank #292 of 365, 7,882 births2019, Sunday: rank #358 of 365, 6,656 births2020, Tuesday: rank #145 of 366, 10,966 births2021, Wednesday: rank #175 of 365, 10,897 births2022, Thursday: rank #126 of 365, 11,178 births2023, Friday: rank #202 of 365, 10,580 births2024, Sunday: rank #343 of 366, 6,783 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #322, from #173 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.

#215
Mon
#107
Tue
#183
Wed
#162
Thu
#199
Fri
#296
Sat
#349
Sun
Most common year
1992#72 of 366Tuesday · 12,246 births
Rarest year
1974#359 of 365Sunday · 7,034 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

March 24 in other countries

March 24 is the 96th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #75 in Brazil to #355 in Argentina.

  1. Brazil

    #75 of 366

    8,459 births on an average March 24

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  2. Peru

    #164 of 366

    1,208 births on an average March 24

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  3. Finland

    #201 of 366

    140 births on an average March 24

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  4. Latvia

    #201 of 366

    54 births on an average March 24

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  5. Norway

    #202 of 366

    154 births on an average March 24

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  6. Ecuador

    #206 of 366

    759 births on an average March 24

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  7. Chile

    #210 of 366

    686 births on an average March 24

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  8. Ireland

    #226 of 366

    166 births on an average March 24

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  9. Hungary

    #238 of 366

    323 births on an average March 24

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  10. Switzerland

    #254 of 366

    219 births on an average March 24

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  11. Malaysia

    #263 of 366

    1,374 births on an average March 24

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  12. Belgium

    #268 of 366

    320 births on an average March 24

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  13. England & Wales

    #271 of 366

    1,756 births on an average March 24

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  14. Germany

    #279 of 366

    1,947 births on an average March 24

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  15. Mexico

    #292 of 366

    4,790 births on an average March 24

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  16. Japan

    #294 of 366

    2,707 births on an average March 24

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  17. Portugal

    #309 of 366

    286 births on an average March 24

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  18. Slovenia

    #309 of 366

    50 births on an average March 24

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  19. Costa Rica

    #310 of 366

    160 births on an average March 24

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  20. New Zealand

    #317 of 366

    153 births on an average March 24

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  21. Netherlands

    #321 of 366

    480 births on an average March 24

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  22. Denmark

    #322 of 366

    155 births on an average March 24

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  23. Guatemala

    #338 of 366

    896 births on an average March 24

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  24. Philippines

    #343 of 366

    4,054 births on an average March 24

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  25. France

    #351 of 366

    2,029 births on an average March 24

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  26. Argentina

    #355 of 366

    1,171 births on an average March 24

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
Birthday twins

Famous people born on March 24

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

Steve McQueenSteve McQueenAmerican actor · born 1930Ethel CainEthel CainAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1998Christopher BrineyChristopher BrineyAmerican actor · born 1998Jim ParsonsJim ParsonsAmerican actor · born 1973Harry HoudiniHarry HoudiniAmerican escapologist and stuntman · born 1874Steve BallmerSteve BallmerAmerican businessman and investor · born 1956R. Lee ErmeyR. Lee ErmeyUS Marine sergeant and actor · born 1944Annabella SciorraAnnabella SciorraAmerican actress · born 1960
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March against the other eleven

March 24 is the 11th 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.

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 23
Births a year10,743
Rank#208
March 24
Births a year10,610
Rank#271
March 25
Births a year10,578
Rank#280

March 24 is the 7th rarest of the 15 days around it

#184
17
#279
18
#293
19
#215
20
#197
21
#190
22
#208
23
#271
24
#280
25
#298
26
#273
27
#244
28
#254
29
#256
30
#312
31
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 24#271 of 36610,610 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on March 24?

About 10,610 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1992, when 12,246 babies were born and it ranked #72 of 366; at its rarest in 1974, with 7,034 births at #359.

Is March 24 a common birthday?

In the United States, March 24 is the 96th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,610 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 24's count, spread from #222 to #309, 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 24 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 Argentina, at #355 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #75.

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