Is September 19 a rare birthday? Very common
More common than 99% of all 366 dates.
September 19 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where September 19 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, September 19 ranks in position #3, with 11,800 births a year. 363 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 19 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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September 19 in other countries
September 19 is the 3rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 19 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Costa Rica to #364 in Chile.
Costa Rica
#1 of 366
196 births on an average September 19
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#2 of 366
1,114 births on an average September 19
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Germany
#4 of 366
2,290 births on an average September 19
Destatis, 2014–2025Malaysia
#4 of 366
1,540 births on an average September 19
DOSM, 2000–2022England & Wales
#6 of 366
1,911 births on an average September 19
ONS, 1995–2025Mexico
#6 of 366
5,979 births on an average September 19
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#6 of 366
5,326 births on an average September 19
PSA, 2006–2024Netherlands
#8 of 366
539 births on an average September 19
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#8 of 366
235 births on an average September 19
FSO, 1969–2025Portugal
#9 of 366
325 births on an average September 19
INE Portugal, 1980–2025New Zealand
#13 of 366
169 births on an average September 19
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ireland
#15 of 366
179 births on an average September 19
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#19 of 366
2,996 births on an average September 19
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#20 of 366
59 births on an average September 19
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#22 of 366
150 births on an average September 19
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#27 of 366
1,277 births on an average September 19
INEI, 2019–2025France
#28 of 366
2,253 births on an average September 19
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#28 of 366
348 births on an average September 19
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#35 of 366
58 births on an average September 19
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#58 of 366
338 births on an average September 19
Statbel, 1992–2025Ecuador
#86 of 366
787 births on an average September 19
INEC, 2013–2023Denmark
#103 of 366
172 births on an average September 19
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Brazil
#132 of 366
8,173 births on an average September 19
DATASUS, 1997–2024Norway
#139 of 366
160 births on an average September 19
SSB, 2011–2025Argentina
#226 of 366
1,475 births on an average September 19
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#364 of 366
491 births on an average September 19
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on September 19
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Rachel SennottAmerican actress and comedian · born 1995
George SpringerAmerican baseball player · born 1989
Palmer LuckeyAmerican entrepreneur · born 1992
Jarvis CockerEnglish singer and musician · born 1963
Song Joong-kiSouth Korean actor · born 1985
Brian EpsteinEnglish music entrepreneur · born 1934
Trae YoungAmerican basketball player · born 1998
Henry III of FranceKing of France from 1574 to 1589 · born 1551September against the other eleven
September 19 is the 3rd 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on September 19?
About 11,800 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1978, when 10,728 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 2004, with 8,130 births at #308.
Is September 19 a common birthday?
In the United States, September 19 is the 3rd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,800 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 19'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 19 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 Chile, at #364 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #1.
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