Is May 2 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 57% of all 366 dates.
May 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where May 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, May 2 ranks in position #210, with 10,743 births a year. 209 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #170 to #257, so the exact position is a close thing.
May 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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May 2 in other countries
May 2 is the 157th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #4 in Japan to #356 in Slovenia.
Japan
#4 of 366
3,133 births on an average May 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025Switzerland
#12 of 366
234 births on an average May 2
FSO, 1969–2025Ecuador
#32 of 366
801 births on an average May 2
INEC, 2013–2023Argentina
#41 of 366
1,698 births on an average May 2
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#52 of 366
8,555 births on an average May 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024Norway
#58 of 366
166 births on an average May 2
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#91 of 366
516 births on an average May 2
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#100 of 366
56 births on an average May 2
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#121 of 366
1,224 births on an average May 2
INEI, 2019–2025Germany
#136 of 366
2,061 births on an average May 2
Destatis, 2014–2025Finland
#139 of 366
143 births on an average May 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#158 of 366
168 births on an average May 2
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#174 of 366
298 births on an average May 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#202 of 366
163 births on an average May 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025England & Wales
#206 of 366
1,777 births on an average May 2
ONS, 1995–2025France
#209 of 366
2,132 births on an average May 2
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#223 of 366
937 births on an average May 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Belgium
#235 of 366
323 births on an average May 2
Statbel, 1992–2025Philippines
#251 of 366
4,329 births on an average May 2
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#255 of 366
155 births on an average May 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#285 of 366
677 births on an average May 2
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#293 of 366
4,789 births on an average May 2
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#315 of 366
312 births on an average May 2
KSH, 1970–2020Costa Rica
#322 of 366
159 births on an average May 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#331 of 366
1,335 births on an average May 2
DOSM, 2000–2022Slovenia
#356 of 366
46 births on an average May 2
SURS, 2000–2025
Famous people born on May 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Dwayne JohnsonAmerican actor and professional wrestler · born 1972
David BeckhamEnglish footballer · born 1975
Lily AllenEnglish singer-songwriter and actress · born 1985
Catherine the GreatEmpress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 · born 1729
Christine BaranskiAmerican actress · born 1952
Pat McAfeeAmerican sports analyst and athlete · born 1987
Princess Charlotte of WalesBritish princess · born 2015
Kumail NanjianiPakistani and American comedian and actor · born 1978May against the other eleven
May 2 is the 13th 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 2?
About 10,743 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1995, when 12,119 babies were born and it ranked #69 of 365; at its rarest in 1976, with 7,090 births at #362.
Is May 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, May 2 is the 157th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,743 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of May 2's count, spread from #170 to #257, 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 2 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 Slovenia, at #356 of 366, and at its most common in Japan, at #4.
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