Is March 8 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 59% of all 366 dates.
March 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where March 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, March 8 ranks in position #217, with 10,729 births a year. 216 other dates are more common. 94 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #173 to #267, so the exact position is a close thing.
March 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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March 8 in other countries
March 8 is the 150th rarest birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 rarest in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #5 in Peru to #311 in Germany.
Peru
#5 of 366
1,305 births on an average March 8
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#32 of 366
1,718 births on an average March 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#37 of 366
800 births on an average March 8
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#49 of 366
8,562 births on an average March 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ireland
#109 of 366
170 births on an average March 8
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#116 of 366
965 births on an average March 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Hungary
#124 of 366
331 births on an average March 8
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#130 of 366
225 births on an average March 8
FSO, 1969–2025New Zealand
#139 of 366
158 births on an average March 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#161 of 366
142 births on an average March 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Malaysia
#167 of 366
1,401 births on an average March 8
DOSM, 2000–2022Costa Rica
#179 of 366
167 births on an average March 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#198 of 366
688 births on an average March 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#213 of 366
4,945 births on an average March 8
INEGI, 2017–2023Latvia
#233 of 366
53 births on an average March 8
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#248 of 366
1,760 births on an average March 8
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#267 of 366
51 births on an average March 8
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#268 of 366
488 births on an average March 8
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#268 of 366
149 births on an average March 8
SSB, 2011–2025Portugal
#273 of 366
290 births on an average March 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Belgium
#275 of 366
320 births on an average March 8
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#290 of 366
2,093 births on an average March 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Denmark
#291 of 366
158 births on an average March 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Philippines
#292 of 366
4,267 births on an average March 8
PSA, 2006–2024Japan
#305 of 366
2,695 births on an average March 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#311 of 366
1,924 births on an average March 8
Destatis, 2014–2025
Famous people born on March 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Benny BlancoAmerican record producer · born 1988
Freddie Prinze Jr.American actor · born 1976
James Van Der BeekAmerican actor · born 1977
Montana JordanAmerican actor · born 2003
Kit ConnorEnglish actor · born 2004
Milana VayntrubAmerican actress and comedian · born 1987
Micky DolenzAmerican musician and actor · born 1945
Gary NumanBritish musician · born 1958March against the other eleven
March 8 is the 9th most common 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 8?
About 10,729 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1977, when 10,033 babies were born and it ranked #41 of 365; at its rarest in 2015, with 6,929 births at #363.
Is March 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, March 8 is the 150th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,729 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. 94 other dates are within 1% of March 8's count, spread from #173 to #267, 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 8 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 12 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Germany, at #311 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #5.
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