Is September 14 a rare birthday? Very common

More common than 99% of all 366 dates.

September 14 #4
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for September 14: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

September 14 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 11,790in the United States — about 1,010,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium148 peopleof 50,000 were born on September 14
On the day itselfEvery 7 secondsa baby is born on September 14 somewhere in the United States
Star signVirgomore common than 27 of the 31 Virgo birthdays
Half-birthdayMarch 14six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundDecember 22Right around Christmas Eve.
Birth frequency by rank

Where September 14 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, September 14 ranks in position #4, with 11,790 births a year. 362 other dates are rarer. 11 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #1 to #12, so the exact position is a close thing.

September 14#4 · 11,790 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

September 14 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Sunday: rank #284 of 365, 9,204 births1970, Monday: rank #40 of 365, 11,304 births1971, Tuesday: rank #5 of 365, 11,034 births1972, Thursday: rank #10 of 366, 10,035 births1973, Friday: rank #14 of 365, 9,669 births1974, Saturday: rank #164 of 365, 8,869 births1975, Sunday: rank #300 of 365, 7,745 births1976, Tuesday: rank #3 of 366, 10,165 births1977, Wednesday: rank #20 of 365, 10,223 births1978, Thursday: rank #31 of 365, 10,279 births1979, Friday: rank #8 of 365, 10,994 births1980, Sunday: rank #260 of 366, 9,499 births1981, Monday: rank #13 of 365, 11,377 births1982, Tuesday: rank #5 of 365, 11,725 births1983, Wednesday: rank #10 of 365, 11,183 births1984, Friday: rank #4 of 366, 12,034 births1985, Saturday: rank #261 of 365, 9,542 births1986, Sunday: rank #270 of 365, 9,167 births1987, Monday: rank #49 of 365, 11,572 births1988, Wednesday: rank #7 of 366, 12,551 births1989, Thursday: rank #17 of 365, 12,822 births1990, Friday: rank #16 of 365, 13,164 births1991, Saturday: rank #253 of 365, 10,390 births1992, Monday: rank #157 of 366, 11,878 births1993, Tuesday: rank #4 of 365, 12,950 births1994, Wednesday: rank #21 of 365, 12,566 births1995, Thursday: rank #10 of 365, 12,789 births1996, Saturday: rank #259 of 366, 9,323 births1997, Sunday: rank #309 of 365, 8,265 births1998, Monday: rank #172 of 365, 11,694 births1999, Tuesday: rank #38 of 365, 12,770 births2000, Thursday: rank #7 of 366, 13,432 births2001, Friday: rank #20 of 365, 13,211 births2002, Saturday: rank #256 of 365, 9,258 births2003, Sunday: rank #293 of 365, 8,415 births2004, Tuesday: rank #6 of 366, 13,865 births2005, Wednesday: rank #15 of 365, 13,876 births2006, Thursday: rank #4 of 365, 14,862 births2007, Friday: rank #28 of 365, 14,359 births2008, Sunday: rank #302 of 366, 8,300 births2009, Monday: rank #77 of 365, 13,170 births2010, Tuesday: rank #6 of 365, 13,692 births2011, Wednesday: rank #11 of 365, 13,341 births2012, Friday: rank #17 of 366, 13,323 births2013, Saturday: rank #261 of 365, 8,738 births2014, Sunday: rank #299 of 365, 8,066 births2015, Monday: rank #53 of 365, 12,699 births2016, Wednesday: rank #17 of 366, 12,979 births2017, Thursday: rank #4 of 365, 13,177 births2018, Friday: rank #19 of 365, 12,435 births2019, Saturday: rank #256 of 365, 8,818 births2020, Monday: rank #79 of 366, 11,278 births2021, Tuesday: rank #7 of 365, 12,411 births2022, Wednesday: rank #35 of 365, 11,856 births2023, Thursday: rank #14 of 365, 11,734 births2024, Saturday: rank #259 of 366, 8,518 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #268, from #27 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 27.6% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#80
Mon
#9
Tue
#17
Wed
#12
Thu
#16
Fri
#246
Sat
#290
Sun
Most common year
1976#3 of 366Tuesday · 10,165 births
Rarest year
1997#309 of 365Sunday · 8,265 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

September 14 in other countries

September 14 is the 4th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 16 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Mexico to #161 in Norway.

  1. Mexico

    #1 of 366

    6,235 births on an average September 14

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  2. Chile

    #4 of 366

    794 births on an average September 14

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  3. Malaysia

    #9 of 366

    1,512 births on an average September 14

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  4. Philippines

    #9 of 366

    5,302 births on an average September 14

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  5. Costa Rica

    #11 of 366

    186 births on an average September 14

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  6. Ecuador

    #18 of 366

    808 births on an average September 14

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  7. Guatemala

    #18 of 366

    1,040 births on an average September 14

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  8. France

    #20 of 366

    2,257 births on an average September 14

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  9. Portugal

    #20 of 366

    316 births on an average September 14

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  10. England & Wales

    #22 of 366

    1,862 births on an average September 14

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  11. New Zealand

    #27 of 366

    165 births on an average September 14

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  12. Peru

    #39 of 366

    1,266 births on an average September 14

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  13. Japan

    #41 of 366

    2,935 births on an average September 14

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  14. Ireland

    #42 of 366

    174 births on an average September 14

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  15. Germany

    #47 of 366

    2,204 births on an average September 14

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  16. Belgium

    #48 of 366

    339 births on an average September 14

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  17. Hungary

    #52 of 366

    343 births on an average September 14

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  18. Netherlands

    #53 of 366

    524 births on an average September 14

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  19. Finland

    #74 of 366

    147 births on an average September 14

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  20. Denmark

    #83 of 366

    173 births on an average September 14

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  21. Slovenia

    #90 of 366

    55 births on an average September 14

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  22. Switzerland

    #114 of 366

    226 births on an average September 14

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  23. Latvia

    #126 of 366

    55 births on an average September 14

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  24. Argentina

    #156 of 366

    1,537 births on an average September 14

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  25. Brazil

    #156 of 366

    8,105 births on an average September 14

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  26. Norway

    #161 of 366

    158 births on an average September 14

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
Birthday twins

Famous people born on September 14

Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.

Pope Leo XIVPope Leo XIVHead of the Catholic Church since 2025 · born 1955Amy WinehouseAmy WinehouseBritish singer-songwriter · born 1983Jimmy ButlerJimmy ButlerAmerican basketball player · born 1989Sam NeillSam NeillNew Zealand actor · born 1947Ron DeSantisRon DeSantisGovernor of Florida since 2019 · born 1978Deshaun WatsonDeshaun WatsonAmerican football player · born 1995Lee Jong-sukLee Jong-sukSouth Korean model and actor · born 1989Robert HerjavecRobert HerjavecCanadian businessman · born 1962
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September against the other eleven

September 14 is the 4th most common of the 30 days in September. All September birthdays.

September is the most common month of the year

An average September day sees 11,448 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.

10,394
Jan
10,637
Feb
10,658
Mar
10,557
Apr
10,702
May
10,990
Jun
11,238
Jul
11,405
Aug
11,448
Sep
10,872
Oct
10,616
Nov
10,633
Dec
September 13
Births a year11,562
Rank#20
September 14
Births a year11,790
Rank#4
September 15
Births a year11,710
Rank#11

September 14 is the 4th most common of the 15 days around it

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#14
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10
#98
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#7
12
#20
13
#4
14
#11
15
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16
#12
17
#9
18
#3
19
#2
20
#10
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The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

September 14#4 of 36611,790 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on September 14?

About 11,790 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1976, when 10,165 babies were born and it ranked #3 of 366; at its rarest in 1997, with 8,265 births at #309.

Is September 14 a common birthday?

In the United States, September 14 is the 4th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,790 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.

What is the rarest September birthday?

In the United States, September 2: the 118th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 10,653 births a year. The most common September birthday is September 9, the most common of the year.

How precise is the ranking?

In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 11 other dates are within 1% of September 14's count, spread from #1 to #12, 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 September 14 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 24 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Norway, at #161 of 366, and at its most common in Mexico, at #1.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026