Is May 6 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 78% of all 366 dates.
May 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where May 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, May 6 ranks in position #285, with 10,571 births a year. 284 other dates are more common. 83 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #240 to #323, so the exact position is a close thing.
May 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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May 6 in other countries
May 6 is the 82nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #4 in Ecuador to #344 in Japan.
Ecuador
#4 of 366
823 births on an average May 6
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#21 of 366
8,629 births on an average May 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#32 of 366
1,273 births on an average May 6
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#34 of 366
232 births on an average May 6
FSO, 1969–2025Portugal
#48 of 366
308 births on an average May 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Finland
#59 of 366
148 births on an average May 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#63 of 366
166 births on an average May 6
SSB, 2011–2025Latvia
#94 of 366
56 births on an average May 6
CSB, 1996–2025Slovenia
#96 of 366
55 births on an average May 6
SURS, 2000–2025France
#98 of 366
2,198 births on an average May 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Argentina
#117 of 366
1,582 births on an average May 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Germany
#134 of 366
2,064 births on an average May 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#135 of 366
503 births on an average May 6
CBS, 1995–2025Belgium
#137 of 366
330 births on an average May 6
Statbel, 1992–2025Ireland
#153 of 366
169 births on an average May 6
CSO, 1980–2023Malaysia
#153 of 366
1,404 births on an average May 6
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#163 of 366
951 births on an average May 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#176 of 366
157 births on an average May 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#178 of 366
4,429 births on an average May 6
PSA, 2006–2024Denmark
#205 of 366
163 births on an average May 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#216 of 366
325 births on an average May 6
KSH, 1970–2020Costa Rica
#253 of 366
163 births on an average May 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#281 of 366
678 births on an average May 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#316 of 366
4,716 births on an average May 6
INEGI, 2017–2023England & Wales
#321 of 366
1,744 births on an average May 6
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#344 of 366
2,528 births on an average May 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025
Famous people born on May 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
George ClooneyAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1961
Cole PalmerEnglish footballer · born 2002
Sigmund FreudAustrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis · born 1856
Chris PaulAmerican basketball player · born 1985
Tony BlairPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 · born 1953
Angel ReeseAmerican basketball player · born 2002
Orson WellesAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1915
Naomi ScottEnglish actress and singer · born 1993May against the other eleven
May 6 is the 9th 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 6?
About 10,571 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2003, when 12,884 babies were born and it ranked #87 of 365; at its rarest in 1973, with 6,892 births at #364.
Is May 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, May 6 is the 82nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,571 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. 83 other dates are within 1% of May 6's count, spread from #240 to #323, 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 6 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 3 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Japan, at #344 of 366, and at its most common in Ecuador, 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