Is May 24 a rare birthday? Ordinary

More common than 72% of all 366 dates.

May 24 #105
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for May 24: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

May 24 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 11,108in the United States — about 942,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium140 peopleof 50,000 were born on May 24
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on May 24 somewhere in the United States
Star signGeminimore common than 29 of the 31 Gemini birthdays
Half-birthdayNovember 24six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundAugust 31A summer night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where May 24 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, May 24 ranks in position #105, with 11,108 births a year. 261 other dates are rarer. 26 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #95 to #121, so the exact position is a close thing.

May 24#105 · 11,108 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

May 24 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Saturday: rank #344 of 365, 8,558 births1970, Sunday: rank #348 of 365, 8,718 births1971, Monday: rank #200 of 365, 9,798 births1972, Wednesday: rank #171 of 366, 9,146 births1973, Thursday: rank #250 of 365, 8,429 births1974, Friday: rank #144 of 365, 8,924 births1975, Saturday: rank #296 of 365, 7,806 births1976, Monday: rank #175 of 366, 8,754 births1977, Tuesday: rank #111 of 365, 9,603 births1978, Wednesday: rank #193 of 365, 9,208 births1979, Thursday: rank #170 of 365, 9,745 births1980, Saturday: rank #321 of 366, 8,659 births1981, Sunday: rank #350 of 365, 8,344 births1982, Monday: rank #167 of 365, 10,406 births1983, Tuesday: rank #43 of 365, 10,971 births1984, Thursday: rank #198 of 366, 10,133 births1985, Friday: rank #83 of 365, 11,196 births1986, Saturday: rank #286 of 365, 8,937 births1987, Sunday: rank #346 of 365, 8,368 births1988, Tuesday: rank #67 of 366, 11,862 births1989, Wednesday: rank #164 of 365, 11,569 births1990, Thursday: rank #90 of 365, 12,443 births1991, Friday: rank #55 of 365, 12,609 births1992, Sunday: rank #321 of 366, 8,951 births1993, Monday: rank #199 of 365, 11,522 births1994, Tuesday: rank #22 of 365, 12,562 births1995, Wednesday: rank #61 of 365, 12,193 births1996, Friday: rank #95 of 366, 11,835 births1997, Saturday: rank #277 of 365, 8,756 births1998, Sunday: rank #327 of 365, 7,888 births1999, Monday: rank #220 of 365, 11,340 births2000, Wednesday: rank #114 of 366, 12,427 births2001, Thursday: rank #39 of 365, 12,932 births2002, Friday: rank #78 of 365, 12,569 births2003, Saturday: rank #275 of 365, 8,678 births2004, Monday: rank #209 of 366, 12,125 births2005, Tuesday: rank #42 of 365, 13,527 births2006, Wednesday: rank #110 of 365, 13,345 births2007, Thursday: rank #64 of 365, 13,844 births2008, Saturday: rank #292 of 366, 8,443 births2009, Sunday: rank #328 of 365, 7,383 births2010, Monday: rank #231 of 365, 11,748 births2011, Tuesday: rank #71 of 365, 12,652 births2012, Thursday: rank #115 of 366, 12,246 births2013, Friday: rank #116 of 365, 12,133 births2014, Saturday: rank #273 of 365, 8,448 births2015, Sunday: rank #343 of 365, 7,261 births2016, Tuesday: rank #62 of 366, 12,467 births2017, Wednesday: rank #114 of 365, 11,848 births2018, Thursday: rank #76 of 365, 11,873 births2019, Friday: rank #111 of 365, 11,528 births2020, Sunday: rank #334 of 366, 6,650 births2021, Monday: rank #172 of 365, 10,910 births2022, Tuesday: rank #128 of 365, 11,165 births2023, Wednesday: rank #115 of 365, 11,064 births2024, Friday: rank #138 of 366, 10,943 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #316, from #125 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 27.7% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#197
Mon
#68
Tue
#130
Wed
#125
Thu
#103
Fri
#296
Sat
#337
Sun
Most common year
1994#22 of 365Tuesday · 12,562 births
Rarest year
1981#350 of 365Sunday · 8,344 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2020 was the most recent
Around the world

May 24 in other countries

May 24 is the 105th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #47 in Argentina to #346 in New Zealand.

  1. Argentina

    #47 of 366

    1,688 births on an average May 24

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  2. Norway

    #66 of 366

    166 births on an average May 24

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  3. England & Wales

    #104 of 366

    1,813 births on an average May 24

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  4. Brazil

    #113 of 366

    8,239 births on an average May 24

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  5. Slovenia

    #142 of 366

    54 births on an average May 24

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  6. Finland

    #155 of 366

    143 births on an average May 24

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  7. Guatemala

    #157 of 366

    952 births on an average May 24

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  8. Ireland

    #170 of 366

    168 births on an average May 24

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  9. Ecuador

    #177 of 366

    765 births on an average May 24

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  10. Peru

    #181 of 366

    1,202 births on an average May 24

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  11. Malaysia

    #183 of 366

    1,395 births on an average May 24

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  12. Portugal

    #188 of 366

    297 births on an average May 24

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  13. Costa Rica

    #201 of 366

    166 births on an average May 24

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  14. Chile

    #206 of 366

    687 births on an average May 24

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  15. Denmark

    #208 of 366

    163 births on an average May 24

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  16. Latvia

    #214 of 366

    53 births on an average May 24

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  17. Switzerland

    #215 of 366

    221 births on an average May 24

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  18. Germany

    #232 of 366

    1,976 births on an average May 24

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  19. Japan

    #256 of 366

    2,731 births on an average May 24

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  20. Philippines

    #258 of 366

    4,318 births on an average May 24

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  21. Mexico

    #266 of 366

    4,853 births on an average May 24

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  22. Hungary

    #272 of 366

    319 births on an average May 24

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  23. France

    #281 of 366

    2,097 births on an average May 24

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  24. Netherlands

    #299 of 366

    483 births on an average May 24

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  25. Belgium

    #334 of 366

    310 births on an average May 24

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  26. New Zealand

    #346 of 366

    152 births on an average May 24

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
Birthday twins

Famous people born on May 24

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

Bob DylanBob DylanAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1941Queen VictoriaQueen VictoriaQueen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 · born 1819Priscilla PresleyPriscilla PresleyAmerican businesswoman and actress · born 1945Kristin Scott ThomasKristin Scott ThomasBritish actress · born 1960Alfred MolinaAlfred MolinaBritish actor · born 1953John C. ReillyJohn C. ReillyAmerican actor · born 1965Tommy ChongTommy ChongCanadian comedian and actor · born 1938Jim BroadbentJim BroadbentBritish actor · born 1949
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May against the other eleven

May 24 is the 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.

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
May 23
Births a year11,062
Rank#114
May 24
Births a year11,108
Rank#105
May 25
Births a year10,630
Rank#259

May 24 is the most common of the 15 days around it

#152
17
#154
18
#233
19
#170
20
#172
21
#127
22
#114
23
#105
24
#259
25
#337
26
#347
27
#330
28
#333
29
#319
30
#290
31
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

May 24#105 of 36611,108 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on May 24?

About 11,108 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,562 babies were born and it ranked #22 of 365; at its rarest in 1981, with 8,344 births at #350.

Is May 24 a common birthday?

In the United States, May 24 is the 105th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,108 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. 26 other dates are within 1% of May 24's count, spread from #95 to #121, 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 24 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 23 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in New Zealand, at #346 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #47.

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