Is March 4 a rare birthday? Ordinary

Rarer than 72% of all 366 dates.

March 4 #265
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for March 4: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

March 4 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,626in the United States — about 917,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium134 peopleof 50,000 were born on March 4
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on March 4 somewhere in the United States
Star signPiscesrarer than 17 of the 31 Pisces birthdays
Half-birthdaySeptember 4six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJune 11A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where March 4 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, March 4 ranks in position #265, with 10,626 births a year. 264 other dates are more common. 88 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #216 to #304, so the exact position is a close thing.

March 4#265 · 10,626 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

March 4 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Tuesday: rank #122 of 365, 10,264 births1970, Wednesday: rank #131 of 365, 10,600 births1971, Thursday: rank #102 of 365, 10,326 births1972, Saturday: rank #277 of 366, 8,424 births1973, Sunday: rank #298 of 365, 7,834 births1974, Monday: rank #157 of 365, 8,890 births1975, Tuesday: rank #119 of 365, 9,037 births1976, Thursday: rank #208 of 366, 8,617 births1977, Friday: rank #74 of 365, 9,777 births1978, Saturday: rank #316 of 365, 8,030 births1979, Sunday: rank #333 of 365, 8,228 births1980, Tuesday: rank #156 of 366, 10,113 births1981, Wednesday: rank #149 of 365, 10,277 births1982, Thursday: rank #217 of 365, 10,205 births1983, Friday: rank #99 of 365, 10,645 births1984, Sunday: rank #337 of 366, 8,363 births1985, Monday: rank #180 of 365, 10,629 births1986, Tuesday: rank #119 of 365, 10,926 births1987, Wednesday: rank #216 of 365, 10,667 births1988, Friday: rank #194 of 366, 11,010 births1989, Saturday: rank #290 of 365, 9,418 births1990, Sunday: rank #337 of 365, 9,052 births1991, Monday: rank #228 of 365, 11,432 births1992, Wednesday: rank #199 of 366, 11,635 births1993, Thursday: rank #145 of 365, 11,816 births1994, Friday: rank #82 of 365, 12,066 births1995, Saturday: rank #279 of 365, 8,807 births1996, Monday: rank #240 of 366, 10,586 births1997, Tuesday: rank #95 of 365, 11,909 births1998, Wednesday: rank #163 of 365, 11,740 births1999, Thursday: rank #167 of 365, 11,767 births2000, Saturday: rank #282 of 366, 8,861 births2001, Sunday: rank #329 of 365, 7,675 births2002, Monday: rank #224 of 365, 11,422 births2003, Tuesday: rank #120 of 365, 12,638 births2004, Thursday: rank #182 of 366, 12,369 births2005, Friday: rank #171 of 365, 12,559 births2006, Saturday: rank #289 of 365, 8,581 births2007, Sunday: rank #351 of 365, 7,486 births2008, Tuesday: rank #83 of 366, 13,421 births2009, Wednesday: rank #153 of 365, 12,705 births2010, Thursday: rank #141 of 365, 12,376 births2011, Friday: rank #213 of 365, 11,694 births2012, Sunday: rank #346 of 366, 6,940 births2013, Monday: rank #217 of 365, 11,530 births2014, Tuesday: rank #173 of 365, 11,945 births2015, Wednesday: rank #170 of 365, 11,927 births2016, Friday: rank #189 of 366, 11,754 births2017, Saturday: rank #293 of 365, 7,913 births2018, Sunday: rank #349 of 365, 6,841 births2019, Monday: rank #223 of 365, 10,844 births2020, Wednesday: rank #95 of 366, 11,187 births2021, Thursday: rank #197 of 365, 10,732 births2022, Friday: rank #203 of 365, 10,734 births2023, Saturday: rank #287 of 365, 7,728 births2024, Monday: rank #221 of 366, 10,430 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #312, from #163 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 26.9% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#211
Mon
#123
Tue
#160
Wed
#170
Thu
#153
Fri
#289
Sat
#335
Sun
Most common year
1977#74 of 365Friday · 9,777 births
Rarest year
2007#351 of 365Sunday · 7,486 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2023 was the most recent
Around the world

March 4 in other countries

March 4 is the 102nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #2 in Peru to #353 in the Philippines.

  1. Peru

    #2 of 366

    1,309 births on an average March 4

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  2. Brazil

    #84 of 366

    8,433 births on an average March 4

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  3. Guatemala

    #93 of 366

    972 births on an average March 4

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  4. Chile

    #97 of 366

    701 births on an average March 4

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  5. Switzerland

    #101 of 366

    227 births on an average March 4

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  6. Hungary

    #117 of 366

    331 births on an average March 4

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  7. Finland

    #145 of 366

    143 births on an average March 4

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  8. Latvia

    #152 of 366

    55 births on an average March 4

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  9. New Zealand

    #165 of 366

    157 births on an average March 4

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  10. Slovenia

    #181 of 366

    53 births on an average March 4

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  11. Argentina

    #182 of 366

    1,510 births on an average March 4

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  12. Belgium

    #182 of 366

    326 births on an average March 4

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  13. Ireland

    #188 of 366

    167 births on an average March 4

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  14. Germany

    #195 of 366

    2,001 births on an average March 4

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  15. England & Wales

    #208 of 366

    1,776 births on an average March 4

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  16. Denmark

    #221 of 366

    162 births on an average March 4

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  17. Ecuador

    #246 of 366

    749 births on an average March 4

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  18. Netherlands

    #249 of 366

    489 births on an average March 4

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  19. Portugal

    #266 of 366

    290 births on an average March 4

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  20. Norway

    #275 of 366

    147 births on an average March 4

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  21. France

    #298 of 366

    2,090 births on an average March 4

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  22. Malaysia

    #301 of 366

    1,359 births on an average March 4

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  23. Mexico

    #307 of 366

    4,740 births on an average March 4

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  24. Japan

    #315 of 366

    2,684 births on an average March 4

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  25. Costa Rica

    #334 of 366

    158 births on an average March 4

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  26. Philippines

    #353 of 366

    4,029 births on an average March 4

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
Birthday twins

Famous people born on March 4

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

Catherine O'HaraCatherine O'HaraCanadian and American actress · born 1954Chris ReaChris ReaEnglish musician and producer · born 1951Patricia HeatonPatricia HeatonAmerican actress · born 1958Bobbi Kristina BrownBobbi Kristina BrownAmerican television personality and singer · born 1993Sam Taylor-JohnsonSam Taylor-JohnsonEnglish filmmaker · born 1967Draymond GreenDraymond GreenAmerican basketball player · born 1990Chaz BonoChaz BonoAmerican writer, musician and actor · born 1969Kenny DalglishKenny DalglishScottish footballer and manager · born 1951
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March against the other eleven

March 4 is the 13th 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 3
Births a year10,784
Rank#191
March 4
Births a year10,626
Rank#265
March 5
Births a year10,590
Rank#276

March 4 is the 7th rarest of the 15 days around it

#321
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#292
27
#255
28
#353
29
#147
1
#185
2
#191
3
#265
4
#276
5
#267
6
#241
7
#217
8
#220
9
#263
10
#287
11
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 4#265 of 36610,626 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on March 4?

About 10,626 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1977, when 9,777 babies were born and it ranked #74 of 365; at its rarest in 2007, with 7,486 births at #351.

Is March 4 a common birthday?

In the United States, March 4 is the 102nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,626 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. 88 other dates are within 1% of March 4's count, spread from #216 to #304, 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 4 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 8 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #353 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #2.

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