Is September 2 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 68% of all 366 dates.
September 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where September 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, September 2 ranks in position #249, with 10,653 births a year. 248 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #202 to #295, so the exact position is a close thing.
September 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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September 2 in other countries
September 2 is the 118th rarest birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 rarest in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #39 in Chile to #301 in France.
Chile
#39 of 366
720 births on an average September 2
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#41 of 366
5,519 births on an average September 2
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#42 of 366
1,003 births on an average September 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Portugal
#49 of 366
308 births on an average September 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#60 of 366
1,450 births on an average September 2
DOSM, 2000–2022Denmark
#63 of 366
175 births on an average September 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Peru
#65 of 366
1,252 births on an average September 2
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#67 of 366
161 births on an average September 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Netherlands
#76 of 366
519 births on an average September 2
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#79 of 366
147 births on an average September 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Philippines
#86 of 366
4,851 births on an average September 2
PSA, 2006–2024England & Wales
#92 of 366
1,818 births on an average September 2
ONS, 1995–2025Germany
#92 of 366
2,150 births on an average September 2
Destatis, 2014–2025Costa Rica
#99 of 366
174 births on an average September 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Japan
#106 of 366
2,840 births on an average September 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025Hungary
#130 of 366
330 births on an average September 2
KSH, 1970–2020Ecuador
#149 of 366
772 births on an average September 2
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#198 of 366
155 births on an average September 2
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#199 of 366
7,938 births on an average September 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#240 of 366
52 births on an average September 2
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#243 of 366
322 births on an average September 2
Statbel, 1992–2025Ireland
#247 of 366
165 births on an average September 2
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#248 of 366
219 births on an average September 2
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#266 of 366
52 births on an average September 2
CSB, 1996–2025Argentina
#298 of 366
1,399 births on an average September 2
DEIS, 2018–2023France
#301 of 366
2,089 births on an average September 2
INSEE, 1998–2024
Famous people born on September 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Keanu ReevesCanadian actor · born 1964
Keir StarmerPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026 · born 1962
Salma HayekMexican and American actress · born 1966
Mark HarmonAmerican actor · born 1951
Pawan KalyanIndian politician and actor · born 1971
Terry BradshawAmerican football player and sports analyst · born 1948
Sam RiversAmerican bassist · born 1977
Emiliano MartínezArgentine footballer · born 1992September against the other eleven
September 2 is the rarest 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 2?
About 10,653 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2021, when 12,459 babies were born and it ranked #5 of 365; at its rarest in 2007, with 7,854 births at #324.
Is September 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, September 2 is the 118th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,653 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
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. 93 other dates are within 1% of September 2's count, spread from #202 to #295, 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 2 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 France, at #301 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #39.
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