Is May 26 a rare birthday? Rare
Rarer than 92% of all 366 dates.
May 26 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where May 26 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, May 26 ranks in position #337, with 10,387 births a year. 336 other dates are more common. 32 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #317 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.
May 26 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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May 26 in other countries
May 26 is the 30th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #69 in Norway to #351 in Guatemala.
Norway
#69 of 366
166 births on an average May 26
SSB, 2011–2025Denmark
#91 of 366
173 births on an average May 26
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Latvia
#102 of 366
56 births on an average May 26
CSB, 1996–2025Brazil
#103 of 366
8,296 births on an average May 26
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#160 of 366
224 births on an average May 26
FSO, 1969–2025France
#161 of 366
2,158 births on an average May 26
INSEE, 1998–2024Belgium
#162 of 366
328 births on an average May 26
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#163 of 366
2,029 births on an average May 26
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#172 of 366
497 births on an average May 26
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#176 of 366
298 births on an average May 26
INE Portugal, 1980–2025New Zealand
#177 of 366
157 births on an average May 26
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Peru
#220 of 366
1,187 births on an average May 26
INEI, 2019–2025Ecuador
#222 of 366
756 births on an average May 26
INEC, 2013–2023Ireland
#223 of 366
166 births on an average May 26
CSO, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#232 of 366
164 births on an average May 26
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Argentina
#238 of 366
1,462 births on an average May 26
DEIS, 2018–2023England & Wales
#247 of 366
1,761 births on an average May 26
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#252 of 366
52 births on an average May 26
SURS, 2000–2025Chile
#255 of 366
681 births on an average May 26
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#259 of 366
4,315 births on an average May 26
PSA, 2006–2024Finland
#265 of 366
137 births on an average May 26
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Hungary
#270 of 366
319 births on an average May 26
KSH, 1970–2020Malaysia
#273 of 366
1,372 births on an average May 26
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#301 of 366
4,760 births on an average May 26
INEGI, 2017–2023Japan
#310 of 366
2,690 births on an average May 26
e-Stat, 1996–2025Guatemala
#351 of 366
875 births on an average May 26
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024
Famous people born on May 26
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Stevie NicksAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1948
Helena Bonham CarterBritish actress · born 1966
John WayneAmerican actor · born 1907
Lenny KravitzAmerican rock musician · born 1964
Lauryn HillAmerican rapper and singer · born 1975
Micah ParsonsAmerican football player · born 1999
Mary of TeckQueen of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936 · born 1867
Miles DavisAmerican jazz musician · born 1926May against the other eleven
May 26 is the 3rd 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 26?
About 10,387 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2005, when 13,451 babies were born and it ranked #47 of 365; at its rarest in 1974, with 6,932 births at #362.
Is May 26 a common birthday?
In the United States, May 26 is the 30th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,387 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.
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. 32 other dates are within 1% of May 26's count, spread from #317 to #349, 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 26 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 1 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Guatemala, at #351 of 366, and at its most common in Norway, at #69.
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