Is March 26 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 81% of all 366 dates.
March 26 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 26 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 26 ranks in position #298, with 10,541 births a year. 297 other dates are more common. 77 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #252 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 26 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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March 26 in other countries
March 26 is the 69th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #40 in Brazil to #352 in Germany.
Brazil
#40 of 366
8,572 births on an average March 26
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#42 of 366
1,697 births on an average March 26
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#47 of 366
1,260 births on an average March 26
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#151 of 366
224 births on an average March 26
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#154 of 366
55 births on an average March 26
CSB, 1996–2025Ireland
#169 of 366
168 births on an average March 26
CSO, 1980–2023Hungary
#170 of 366
328 births on an average March 26
KSH, 1970–2020Norway
#215 of 366
154 births on an average March 26
SSB, 2011–2025New Zealand
#221 of 366
156 births on an average March 26
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#222 of 366
139 births on an average March 26
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#244 of 366
749 births on an average March 26
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#250 of 366
321 births on an average March 26
Statbel, 1992–2025Guatemala
#261 of 366
925 births on an average March 26
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Chile
#266 of 366
679 births on an average March 26
DEIS, 1990–2017Denmark
#271 of 366
160 births on an average March 26
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#292 of 366
485 births on an average March 26
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#294 of 366
50 births on an average March 26
SURS, 2000–2025Malaysia
#305 of 366
1,356 births on an average March 26
DOSM, 2000–2022Japan
#312 of 366
2,689 births on an average March 26
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#332 of 366
1,738 births on an average March 26
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#336 of 366
283 births on an average March 26
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#343 of 366
4,640 births on an average March 26
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#344 of 366
156 births on an average March 26
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#344 of 366
4,048 births on an average March 26
PSA, 2006–2024France
#350 of 366
2,037 births on an average March 26
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#352 of 366
1,868 births on an average March 26
Destatis, 2014–2025
Famous people born on March 26
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Keira KnightleyEnglish actress · born 1985
Curtis SliwaAmerican politician and talk radio show host · born 1954
Bhad BhabieAmerican rapper and internet personality · born 2003
Nancy PelosiAmerican politician · born 1940
Jonathan GroffAmerican actor and singer · born 1985
Diana RossAmerican singer and actress · born 1944
Martin ShortCanadian comedian and actor · born 1950
James CaanAmerican actor · born 1940March against the other eleven
March 26 is the 3rd 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 26?
About 10,541 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2002, when 12,562 babies were born and it ranked #80 of 365; at its rarest in 2023, with 6,349 births at #361.
Is March 26 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 26 is the 69th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,541 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. 77 other dates are within 1% of March 26's count, spread from #252 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 26 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 9 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Germany, at #352 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #40.
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