Is May 7 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 79% of all 366 dates.
May 7 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where May 7 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, May 7 ranks in position #288, with 10,561 births a year. 287 other dates are more common. 86 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #242 to #328, so the exact position is a close thing.
May 7 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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May 7 in other countries
May 7 is the 79th rarest birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 rarest in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #23 in Japan to #313 in Mexico.
Japan
#23 of 366
2,984 births on an average May 7
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#28 of 366
311 births on an average May 7
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Latvia
#42 of 366
58 births on an average May 7
CSB, 1996–2025Ecuador
#44 of 366
798 births on an average May 7
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#44 of 366
169 births on an average May 7
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#50 of 366
8,560 births on an average May 7
DATASUS, 1997–2024France
#53 of 366
2,228 births on an average May 7
INSEE, 1998–2024Peru
#69 of 366
1,250 births on an average May 7
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#75 of 366
228 births on an average May 7
FSO, 1969–2025Argentina
#90 of 366
1,607 births on an average May 7
DEIS, 2018–2023Netherlands
#102 of 366
515 births on an average May 7
CBS, 1995–2025Belgium
#106 of 366
333 births on an average May 7
Statbel, 1992–2025Ireland
#134 of 366
169 births on an average May 7
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#145 of 366
167 births on an average May 7
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#158 of 366
54 births on an average May 7
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#166 of 366
950 births on an average May 7
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Costa Rica
#168 of 366
168 births on an average May 7
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#194 of 366
688 births on an average May 7
DEIS, 1990–2017Germany
#199 of 366
1,998 births on an average May 7
Destatis, 2014–2025Philippines
#210 of 366
4,399 births on an average May 7
PSA, 2006–2024Hungary
#229 of 366
324 births on an average May 7
KSH, 1970–2020England & Wales
#242 of 366
1,763 births on an average May 7
ONS, 1995–2025Finland
#242 of 366
138 births on an average May 7
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Malaysia
#276 of 366
1,371 births on an average May 7
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#283 of 366
154 births on an average May 7
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#313 of 366
4,725 births on an average May 7
INEGI, 2017–2023
Famous people born on May 7
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
MrBeastAmerican YouTuber and philanthropist · born 1998
Eva PerónFirst Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952 · born 1919
Rabindranath TagoreIndian polymath · born 1861
Tommy FuryBritish professional boxer and reality television personality · born 1999
Josip Broz TitoLeader of Yugoslavia from 1943 to 1980 · born 1892
Traci LordsAmerican actress · born 1968
Gary CooperAmerican actor · born 1901
Owen HartCanadian-American professional wrestler · born 1965May against the other eleven
May 7 is the 8th 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 7?
About 10,561 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1985, when 11,267 babies were born and it ranked #73 of 365; at its rarest in 1978, with 7,398 births at #361.
Is May 7 a common birthday?
In the United States, May 7 is the 79th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,561 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. 86 other dates are within 1% of May 7's count, spread from #242 to #328, 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 7 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 Mexico, at #313 of 366, and at its most common in Japan, at #23.
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