Is March 5 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 75% of all 366 dates.
March 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 5 ranks in position #276, with 10,590 births a year. 275 other dates are more common. 85 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #232 to #317, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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March 5 in other countries
March 5 is the 91st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Peru to #347 in Costa Rica.
Peru
#1 of 366
1,310 births on an average March 5
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#63 of 366
161 births on an average March 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Brazil
#64 of 366
8,511 births on an average March 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#109 of 366
700 births on an average March 5
DEIS, 1990–2017Denmark
#111 of 366
171 births on an average March 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#119 of 366
331 births on an average March 5
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#123 of 366
170 births on an average March 5
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#169 of 366
1,523 births on an average March 5
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#194 of 366
944 births on an average March 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ecuador
#202 of 366
760 births on an average March 5
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#204 of 366
53 births on an average March 5
CSB, 1996–2025Malaysia
#204 of 366
1,389 births on an average March 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Switzerland
#206 of 366
222 births on an average March 5
FSO, 1969–2025Japan
#230 of 366
2,750 births on an average March 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#232 of 366
294 births on an average March 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Finland
#245 of 366
138 births on an average March 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Netherlands
#245 of 366
490 births on an average March 5
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#246 of 366
1,762 births on an average March 5
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#271 of 366
51 births on an average March 5
SURS, 2000–2025Norway
#273 of 366
148 births on an average March 5
SSB, 2011–2025Germany
#284 of 366
1,945 births on an average March 5
Destatis, 2014–2025France
#293 of 366
2,091 births on an average March 5
INSEE, 1998–2024Belgium
#314 of 366
314 births on an average March 5
Statbel, 1992–2025Mexico
#331 of 366
4,676 births on an average March 5
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#335 of 366
4,084 births on an average March 5
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#347 of 366
156 births on an average March 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on March 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Eva MendesAmerican actress · born 1974
Bernard ArnaultFrench businessman · born 1949
Madison BeerAmerican singer · born 1999
Henry II of EnglandKing of England from 1154 to 1189 · born 1133
Karolina WydraPolish-American actress and model · born 1981
Justin FieldsAmerican football player · born 1999
Michael IrvinAmerican football player, actor, and sports commentator · born 1966
Andy GibbBritish singer · born 1958March against the other eleven
March 5 is the 9th 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 5?
About 10,590 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,452 babies were born and it ranked #73 of 365; at its rarest in 2017, with 6,743 births at #361.
Is March 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 5 is the 91st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,590 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. 85 other dates are within 1% of March 5's count, spread from #232 to #317, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 6 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #347 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #1.
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