Is March 29 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 69% of all 366 dates.
March 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 29 ranks in position #254, with 10,639 births a year. 253 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #208 to #301, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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March 29 in other countries
March 29 is the 113th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 10 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #33 in Peru to #355 in the Philippines.
Peru
#33 of 366
1,272 births on an average March 29
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#71 of 366
1,634 births on an average March 29
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#102 of 366
8,298 births on an average March 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#126 of 366
54 births on an average March 29
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#151 of 366
329 births on an average March 29
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#157 of 366
224 births on an average March 29
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#218 of 366
167 births on an average March 29
CSO, 1980–2023Norway
#226 of 366
153 births on an average March 29
SSB, 2011–2025New Zealand
#242 of 366
156 births on an average March 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#250 of 366
163 births on an average March 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#250 of 366
321 births on an average March 29
KSH, 1970–2020Finland
#254 of 366
138 births on an average March 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Latvia
#260 of 366
52 births on an average March 29
CSB, 1996–2025Ecuador
#270 of 366
739 births on an average March 29
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#290 of 366
1,365 births on an average March 29
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#315 of 366
4,719 births on an average March 29
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#322 of 366
2,072 births on an average March 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Netherlands
#328 of 366
479 births on an average March 29
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#343 of 366
1,884 births on an average March 29
Destatis, 2014–2025Japan
#343 of 366
2,532 births on an average March 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#345 of 366
655 births on an average March 29
DEIS, 1990–2017Guatemala
#347 of 366
881 births on an average March 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#348 of 366
1,728 births on an average March 29
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#350 of 366
278 births on an average March 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#354 of 366
150 births on an average March 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Philippines
#355 of 366
4,019 births on an average March 29
PSA, 2006–2024
Famous people born on March 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jasmine CrockettAmerican politician · born 1981
Brendan GleesonIrish actor and director · born 1955
Billy BeaneAmerican baseball player and executive · born 1962
John TylerPresident of the United States from 1841 to 1845 · born 1790
Lucy LawlessNew Zealand actress · born 1968
Lara LoganSouth African journalist · born 1971
John MajorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997 · born 1943
N'Golo KantéFrench footballer · born 1991March against the other eleven
March 29 is the 16th 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 29?
About 10,639 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1983, when 10,811 babies were born and it ranked #63 of 365; at its rarest in 2015, with 7,125 births at #361.
Is March 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 29 is the 113th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,639 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 29's count, spread from #208 to #301, 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 29 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #355 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #33.
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