Is May 10 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 56% of all 366 dates.
May 10 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where May 10 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, May 10 ranks in position #160, with 10,865 births a year. 206 other dates are rarer. 76 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #128 to #204, so the exact position is a close thing.
May 10 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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May 10 in other countries
May 10 is the 160th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #5 in Brazil to #361 in Mexico.
Brazil
#5 of 366
8,755 births on an average May 10
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#8 of 366
815 births on an average May 10
INEC, 2013–2023Argentina
#20 of 366
1,744 births on an average May 10
DEIS, 2018–2023Portugal
#27 of 366
312 births on an average May 10
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#35 of 366
175 births on an average May 10
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#35 of 366
232 births on an average May 10
FSO, 1969–2025Japan
#36 of 366
2,938 births on an average May 10
e-Stat, 1996–2025Norway
#50 of 366
168 births on an average May 10
SSB, 2011–2025France
#73 of 366
2,212 births on an average May 10
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#96 of 366
971 births on an average May 10
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#97 of 366
1,422 births on an average May 10
DOSM, 2000–2022Belgium
#98 of 366
334 births on an average May 10
Statbel, 1992–2025Peru
#101 of 366
1,231 births on an average May 10
INEI, 2019–2025Latvia
#108 of 366
55 births on an average May 10
CSB, 1996–2025New Zealand
#135 of 366
158 births on an average May 10
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#137 of 366
1,803 births on an average May 10
ONS, 1995–2025Philippines
#162 of 366
4,489 births on an average May 10
PSA, 2006–2024Hungary
#166 of 366
328 births on an average May 10
KSH, 1970–2020Slovenia
#166 of 366
53 births on an average May 10
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#174 of 366
2,017 births on an average May 10
Destatis, 2014–2025Finland
#202 of 366
140 births on an average May 10
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Netherlands
#239 of 366
490 births on an average May 10
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#254 of 366
161 births on an average May 10
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Costa Rica
#258 of 366
163 births on an average May 10
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#292 of 366
676 births on an average May 10
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#361 of 366
4,350 births on an average May 10
INEGI, 2017–2023
Famous people born on May 10
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
BonoIrish musician and activist · born 1960
Sid ViciousEnglish bassist · born 1957
Kenan ThompsonAmerican actor and comedian · born 1978
Fred AstaireAmerican dancer and actor · born 1899
DonovanScottish musician · born 1946
Linda EvangelistaCanadian model · born 1965
RicharlisonBrazilian footballer · born 1997
Dennis BergkampDutch football coach and player · born 1969May against the other eleven
May 10 is the 7th most common of the 31 days in May. All May birthdays.
May is the 6th most common month of the year
An average May day sees 10,702 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on May 10?
About 10,865 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2016, when 12,286 babies were born and it ranked #82 of 366; at its rarest in 1970, with 8,428 births at #357.
Is May 10 a common birthday?
In the United States, May 10 is the 160th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,865 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest May birthday?
In the United States, May 27: the 20th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 10,322 births a year. The most common May birthday is May 24, the 105th most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 76 other dates are within 1% of May 10's count, spread from #128 to #204, 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 May 10 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 10 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Mexico, at #361 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, 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