Is May 30 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 87% of all 366 dates.
May 30 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where May 30 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, May 30 ranks in position #319, with 10,483 births a year. 318 other dates are more common. 63 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #277 to #340, so the exact position is a close thing.
May 30 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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May 30 in other countries
May 30 is the 48th rarest birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 rarest in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #85 in Ecuador to #307 in Chile.
Ecuador
#85 of 366
788 births on an average May 30
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#95 of 366
163 births on an average May 30
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#114 of 366
8,237 births on an average May 30
DATASUS, 1997–2024Malaysia
#128 of 366
1,409 births on an average May 30
DOSM, 2000–2022Denmark
#135 of 366
168 births on an average May 30
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Finland
#148 of 366
143 births on an average May 30
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#150 of 366
54 births on an average May 30
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#154 of 366
953 births on an average May 30
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Netherlands
#154 of 366
499 births on an average May 30
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#156 of 366
55 births on an average May 30
CSB, 1996–2025Argentina
#166 of 366
1,526 births on an average May 30
DEIS, 2018–2023Germany
#169 of 366
2,024 births on an average May 30
Destatis, 2014–2025Peru
#172 of 366
1,206 births on an average May 30
INEI, 2019–2025England & Wales
#173 of 366
1,790 births on an average May 30
ONS, 1995–2025New Zealand
#191 of 366
157 births on an average May 30
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#202 of 366
166 births on an average May 30
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Ireland
#220 of 366
166 births on an average May 30
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#222 of 366
221 births on an average May 30
FSO, 1969–2025Portugal
#227 of 366
294 births on an average May 30
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#230 of 366
4,366 births on an average May 30
PSA, 2006–2024Japan
#232 of 366
2,748 births on an average May 30
e-Stat, 1996–2025Mexico
#251 of 366
4,879 births on an average May 30
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#262 of 366
2,107 births on an average May 30
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#262 of 366
320 births on an average May 30
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#270 of 366
320 births on an average May 30
Statbel, 1992–2025Chile
#307 of 366
673 births on an average May 30
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on May 30
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Idina MenzelAmerican actress and singer · born 1971
Steven GerrardEnglish football manager · born 1980
Tom MorelloAmerican guitarist and singer-songwriter · born 1964
Christine JorgensenAmerican transgender actress · born 1926
Larry SilversteinAmerican businessman · born 1931
Wynonna JuddAmerican country singer · born 1964
Duncan JonesBritish director, producer, screenwriter · born 1971
Mel BlancAmerican voice actor and radio personality · born 1908May against the other eleven
May 30 is the 6th 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 30?
About 10,483 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2001, when 13,112 babies were born and it ranked #27 of 365; at its rarest in 1971, with 7,884 births at #360.
Is May 30 a common birthday?
In the United States, May 30 is the 48th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,483 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. 63 other dates are within 1% of May 30's count, spread from #277 to #340, 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 30 rarer in other countries?
No. May 30 is more common in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for than it is in the United States. It is at its rarest in Chile, at #307 of 366, and at its most common in Ecuador, at #85.
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