Is March 6 a rare birthday? Ordinary

Rarer than 73% of all 366 dates.

March 6 #267
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for March 6: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

March 6 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,622in the United States — about 912,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium134 peopleof 50,000 were born on March 6
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on March 6 somewhere in the United States
Star signPiscesrarer than 18 of the 31 Pisces birthdays
Half-birthdaySeptember 6six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJune 13A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where March 6 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, March 6 ranks in position #267, with 10,622 births a year. 266 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #219 to #306, so the exact position is a close thing.

March 6#267 · 10,622 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

March 6 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Thursday: rank #228 of 365, 9,704 births1970, Friday: rank #149 of 365, 10,504 births1971, Saturday: rank #258 of 365, 9,460 births1972, Monday: rank #174 of 366, 9,126 births1973, Tuesday: rank #45 of 365, 9,410 births1974, Wednesday: rank #196 of 365, 8,686 births1975, Thursday: rank #174 of 365, 8,840 births1976, Saturday: rank #328 of 366, 7,560 births1977, Sunday: rank #337 of 365, 7,784 births1978, Monday: rank #165 of 365, 9,302 births1979, Tuesday: rank #190 of 365, 9,667 births1980, Thursday: rank #174 of 366, 10,067 births1981, Friday: rank #188 of 365, 10,134 births1982, Saturday: rank #309 of 365, 8,768 births1983, Sunday: rank #319 of 365, 8,570 births1984, Tuesday: rank #119 of 366, 10,557 births1985, Wednesday: rank #219 of 365, 10,475 births1986, Thursday: rank #150 of 365, 10,783 births1987, Friday: rank #141 of 365, 11,095 births1988, Sunday: rank #356 of 366, 8,383 births1989, Monday: rank #205 of 365, 11,321 births1990, Tuesday: rank #166 of 365, 12,044 births1991, Wednesday: rank #134 of 365, 12,036 births1992, Friday: rank #120 of 366, 12,031 births1993, Saturday: rank #279 of 365, 9,182 births1994, Sunday: rank #324 of 365, 8,389 births1995, Monday: rank #228 of 365, 10,810 births1996, Wednesday: rank #147 of 366, 11,535 births1997, Thursday: rank #162 of 365, 11,523 births1998, Friday: rank #147 of 365, 11,811 births1999, Saturday: rank #280 of 365, 8,616 births2000, Monday: rank #241 of 366, 11,122 births2001, Tuesday: rank #188 of 365, 12,052 births2002, Wednesday: rank #160 of 365, 12,152 births2003, Thursday: rank #147 of 365, 12,419 births2004, Saturday: rank #291 of 366, 8,412 births2005, Sunday: rank #343 of 365, 7,287 births2006, Monday: rank #231 of 365, 12,146 births2007, Tuesday: rank #132 of 365, 13,342 births2008, Thursday: rank #146 of 366, 13,075 births2009, Friday: rank #127 of 365, 12,882 births2010, Saturday: rank #306 of 365, 7,757 births2011, Sunday: rank #346 of 365, 6,908 births2012, Tuesday: rank #157 of 366, 11,920 births2013, Wednesday: rank #204 of 365, 11,667 births2014, Thursday: rank #167 of 365, 11,984 births2015, Friday: rank #225 of 365, 11,612 births2016, Sunday: rank #363 of 366, 6,910 births2017, Monday: rank #242 of 365, 10,905 births2018, Tuesday: rank #130 of 365, 11,568 births2019, Wednesday: rank #178 of 365, 11,197 births2020, Friday: rank #172 of 366, 10,844 births2021, Saturday: rank #302 of 365, 7,424 births2022, Sunday: rank #353 of 365, 6,605 births2023, Monday: rank #240 of 365, 10,062 births2024, Wednesday: rank #163 of 366, 10,839 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #318, from #172 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 27.8% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#216
Mon
#141
Tue
#175
Wed
#169
Thu
#159
Fri
#294
Sat
#343
Sun
Most common year
1973#45 of 365Tuesday · 9,410 births
Rarest year
2016#363 of 366Sunday · 6,910 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2022 was the most recent
Around the world

March 6 in other countries

March 6 is the 100th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #15 in Peru to #347 in the Philippines.

  1. Peru

    #15 of 366

    1,288 births on an average March 6

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  2. Brazil

    #36 of 366

    8,586 births on an average March 6

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  3. Argentina

    #45 of 366

    1,693 births on an average March 6

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  4. Ecuador

    #60 of 366

    794 births on an average March 6

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  5. New Zealand

    #89 of 366

    160 births on an average March 6

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  6. Switzerland

    #109 of 366

    226 births on an average March 6

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  7. Ireland

    #149 of 366

    169 births on an average March 6

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  8. Chile

    #153 of 366

    692 births on an average March 6

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  9. Hungary

    #164 of 366

    328 births on an average March 6

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  10. Guatemala

    #182 of 366

    947 births on an average March 6

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  11. England & Wales

    #192 of 366

    1,781 births on an average March 6

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  12. Latvia

    #226 of 366

    53 births on an average March 6

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  13. Denmark

    #232 of 366

    162 births on an average March 6

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  14. Finland

    #240 of 366

    138 births on an average March 6

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  15. Japan

    #241 of 366

    2,744 births on an average March 6

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  16. Germany

    #242 of 366

    1,967 births on an average March 6

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  17. Portugal

    #242 of 366

    292 births on an average March 6

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  18. Malaysia

    #243 of 366

    1,380 births on an average March 6

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  19. Norway

    #259 of 366

    150 births on an average March 6

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  20. France

    #267 of 366

    2,103 births on an average March 6

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  21. Belgium

    #287 of 366

    318 births on an average March 6

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  22. Mexico

    #291 of 366

    4,795 births on an average March 6

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  23. Netherlands

    #293 of 366

    485 births on an average March 6

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  24. Costa Rica

    #304 of 366

    161 births on an average March 6

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  25. Slovenia

    #304 of 366

    50 births on an average March 6

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  26. Philippines

    #347 of 366

    4,037 births on an average March 6

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
Birthday twins

Famous people born on March 6

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

Rob ReinerRob ReinerAmerican filmmaker and actor · born 1947Shaquille O'NealShaquille O'NealAmerican basketball player and analyst · born 1972Tyler, the CreatorTyler, the CreatorAmerican rapper and producer · born 1991Connie BrittonConnie BrittonAmerican actress · born 1967MichelangeloMichelangeloItalian artist and architect · born 1475David GilmourDavid GilmourEnglish musician · born 1946Milo ManheimMilo ManheimAmerican actor · born 2001Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate · born 1927
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March against the other eleven

March 6 is the 12th 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 5
Births a year10,590
Rank#276
March 6
Births a year10,622
Rank#267
March 7
Births a year10,667
Rank#241

March 6 is the 6th rarest of the 15 days around it

#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
#282
12
#345
13
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 6#267 of 36610,622 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on March 6?

About 10,622 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,410 babies were born and it ranked #45 of 365; at its rarest in 2016, with 6,910 births at #363.

Is March 6 a common birthday?

In the United States, March 6 is the 100th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,622 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 6's count, spread from #219 to #306, 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 6 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 the Philippines, at #347 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #15.

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