Is May 25 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 71% of all 366 dates.
May 25 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where May 25 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, May 25 ranks in position #259, with 10,630 births a year. 258 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #215 to #302, so the exact position is a close thing.
May 25 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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May 25 in other countries
May 25 is the 108th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #27 in Brazil to #359 in Argentina.
Brazil
#27 of 366
8,614 births on an average May 25
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ireland
#84 of 366
172 births on an average May 25
CSO, 1980–2023Norway
#105 of 366
162 births on an average May 25
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#111 of 366
781 births on an average May 25
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#121 of 366
1,412 births on an average May 25
DOSM, 2000–2022Costa Rica
#139 of 366
171 births on an average May 25
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Switzerland
#147 of 366
225 births on an average May 25
FSO, 1969–2025Portugal
#148 of 366
300 births on an average May 25
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Latvia
#160 of 366
55 births on an average May 25
CSB, 1996–2025Slovenia
#163 of 366
54 births on an average May 25
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#187 of 366
945 births on an average May 25
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#187 of 366
5,000 births on an average May 25
INEGI, 2017–2023Germany
#189 of 366
2,008 births on an average May 25
Destatis, 2014–2025Philippines
#215 of 366
4,391 births on an average May 25
PSA, 2006–2024Chile
#219 of 366
685 births on an average May 25
DEIS, 1990–2017France
#219 of 366
2,128 births on an average May 25
INSEE, 1998–2024Peru
#219 of 366
1,187 births on an average May 25
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#221 of 366
139 births on an average May 25
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025England & Wales
#263 of 366
1,758 births on an average May 25
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#281 of 366
2,713 births on an average May 25
e-Stat, 1996–2025Hungary
#283 of 366
318 births on an average May 25
KSH, 1970–2020New Zealand
#285 of 366
154 births on an average May 25
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Denmark
#299 of 366
158 births on an average May 25
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#332 of 366
311 births on an average May 25
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#343 of 366
473 births on an average May 25
CBS, 1995–2025Argentina
#359 of 366
1,112 births on an average May 25
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on May 25
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Cillian MurphyIrish actor · born 1976
Roman ReignsAmerican professional wrestler and actor · born 1985
Anne HecheAmerican actress · born 1969
Ian McKellenEnglish actor · born 1939
Mike MyersCanadian-American actor, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and singer · born 1963
Cam WardAmerican football player · born 2002
Amy KlobucharAmerican politician and lawyer · born 1960
Karan JoharIndian filmmaker and host · born 1972May against the other eleven
May 25 is the 10th rarest 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 25?
About 10,630 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2010, when 13,204 babies were born and it ranked #23 of 365; at its rarest in 1969, with 8,226 births at #357.
Is May 25 a common birthday?
In the United States, May 25 is the 108th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,630 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 25's count, spread from #215 to #302, 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 25 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 8 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #359 of 366, and at its most common in Brazil, at #27.
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