Is September 22 a rare birthday? Very common

More common than 96% of all 366 dates.

September 22 #17
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for September 22: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

September 22 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 11,582in the United States — about 1,002,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium146 peopleof 50,000 were born on September 22
On the day itselfEvery 7 secondsa baby is born on September 22 somewhere in the United States
Star signVirgomore common than 18 of the 31 Virgo birthdays
Half-birthdayMarch 22six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundDecember 30Right around Christmas Eve.
Birth frequency by rank

Where September 22 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, September 22 ranks in position #17, with 11,582 births a year. 349 other dates are rarer. 23 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #13 to #36, so the exact position is a close thing.

September 22#17 · 11,582 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

September 22 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Monday: rank #18 of 365, 10,970 births1970, Tuesday: rank #1 of 365, 12,466 births1971, Wednesday: rank #47 of 365, 10,586 births1972, Friday: rank #30 of 366, 9,782 births1973, Saturday: rank #194 of 365, 8,731 births1974, Sunday: rank #211 of 365, 8,622 births1975, Monday: rank #27 of 365, 9,570 births1976, Wednesday: rank #21 of 366, 9,836 births1977, Thursday: rank #40 of 365, 10,040 births1978, Friday: rank #21 of 365, 10,370 births1979, Saturday: rank #248 of 365, 9,383 births1980, Monday: rank #2 of 366, 11,613 births1981, Tuesday: rank #4 of 365, 11,488 births1982, Wednesday: rank #14 of 365, 11,530 births1983, Thursday: rank #25 of 365, 11,065 births1984, Saturday: rank #242 of 366, 9,857 births1985, Sunday: rank #256 of 365, 9,798 births1986, Monday: rank #8 of 365, 12,156 births1987, Tuesday: rank #2 of 365, 12,256 births1988, Thursday: rank #6 of 366, 12,554 births1989, Friday: rank #2 of 365, 13,256 births1990, Saturday: rank #253 of 365, 10,533 births1991, Sunday: rank #280 of 365, 9,690 births1992, Tuesday: rank #1 of 366, 13,044 births1993, Wednesday: rank #6 of 365, 12,868 births1994, Thursday: rank #18 of 365, 12,590 births1995, Friday: rank #9 of 365, 12,813 births1996, Sunday: rank #284 of 366, 8,694 births1997, Monday: rank #174 of 365, 11,474 births1998, Tuesday: rank #20 of 365, 12,774 births1999, Wednesday: rank #17 of 365, 12,994 births2000, Friday: rank #41 of 366, 12,893 births2001, Saturday: rank #256 of 365, 9,397 births2002, Sunday: rank #309 of 365, 8,091 births2003, Monday: rank #101 of 365, 12,766 births2004, Wednesday: rank #21 of 366, 13,437 births2005, Thursday: rank #25 of 365, 13,721 births2006, Friday: rank #18 of 365, 14,440 births2007, Saturday: rank #259 of 365, 9,489 births2008, Monday: rank #143 of 366, 13,096 births2009, Tuesday: rank #7 of 365, 14,051 births2010, Wednesday: rank #12 of 365, 13,398 births2011, Thursday: rank #41 of 365, 12,964 births2012, Saturday: rank #261 of 366, 8,821 births2013, Sunday: rank #303 of 365, 7,742 births2014, Monday: rank #68 of 365, 12,659 births2015, Tuesday: rank #20 of 365, 13,047 births2016, Thursday: rank #24 of 366, 12,902 births2017, Friday: rank #14 of 365, 12,827 births2018, Saturday: rank #256 of 365, 8,724 births2019, Sunday: rank #315 of 365, 7,418 births2020, Tuesday: rank #39 of 366, 11,619 births2021, Wednesday: rank #30 of 365, 11,978 births2022, Thursday: rank #42 of 365, 11,755 births2023, Friday: rank #54 of 365, 11,431 births2024, Sunday: rank #307 of 366, 7,544 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #265, from #30 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 26.8% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#68
Mon
#12
Tue
#21
Wed
#28
Thu
#24
Fri
#246
Sat
#283
Sun
Most common year
1970#1 of 365Tuesday · 12,466 births
Rarest year
2019#315 of 365Sunday · 7,418 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

September 22 in other countries

September 22 is the 17th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 17 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #2 in Costa Rica and Ireland to #278 in Argentina.

  1. Costa Rica

    #2 of 366

    193 births on an average September 22

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  2. Ireland

    #2 of 366

    186 births on an average September 22

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  3. Chile

    #5 of 366

    793 births on an average September 22

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  4. Germany

    #5 of 366

    2,286 births on an average September 22

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  5. Slovenia

    #6 of 366

    60 births on an average September 22

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  6. England & Wales

    #7 of 366

    1,909 births on an average September 22

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  7. New Zealand

    #7 of 366

    170 births on an average September 22

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  8. France

    #11 of 366

    2,269 births on an average September 22

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  9. Mexico

    #11 of 366

    5,786 births on an average September 22

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  10. Philippines

    #11 of 366

    5,261 births on an average September 22

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  11. Portugal

    #11 of 366

    323 births on an average September 22

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  12. Netherlands

    #12 of 366

    537 births on an average September 22

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  13. Belgium

    #19 of 366

    346 births on an average September 22

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  14. Hungary

    #21 of 366

    349 births on an average September 22

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  15. Malaysia

    #22 of 366

    1,491 births on an average September 22

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  16. Switzerland

    #28 of 366

    232 births on an average September 22

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  17. Japan

    #30 of 366

    2,951 births on an average September 22

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  18. Guatemala

    #66 of 366

    983 births on an average September 22

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  19. Finland

    #71 of 366

    147 births on an average September 22

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  20. Denmark

    #79 of 366

    174 births on an average September 22

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  21. Peru

    #155 of 366

    1,212 births on an average September 22

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  22. Norway

    #163 of 366

    158 births on an average September 22

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  23. Ecuador

    #165 of 366

    769 births on an average September 22

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  24. Brazil

    #170 of 366

    8,045 births on an average September 22

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  25. Latvia

    #172 of 366

    54 births on an average September 22

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  26. Argentina

    #278 of 366

    1,413 births on an average September 22

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
Birthday twins

Famous people born on September 22

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

Billie PiperBillie PiperEnglish actress and former singer · born 1982Andrea BocelliAndrea BocelliItalian tenor · born 1958Tom FeltonTom FeltonEnglish actor · born 1987Anne of ClevesAnne of ClevesQueen of England in 1540 · born 1515Nick CaveNick CaveAustralian musician · born 1957Tatiana MaslanyTatiana MaslanyCanadian actress · born 1985Joan JettJoan JettAmerican singer, songwriter and guitarist · born 1958Bonnie HuntBonnie HuntAmerican actress, comedian, writer and director · born 1961
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September against the other eleven

September 22 is the 13th 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 21
Births a year11,731
Rank#10
September 22
Births a year11,582
Rank#17
September 23
Births a year11,559
Rank#21

September 22 is the 8th rarest of the 15 days around it

#11
15
#13
16
#12
17
#9
18
#3
19
#2
20
#10
21
#17
22
#21
23
#28
24
#22
25
#25
26
#19
27
#45
28
#95
29
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 22#17 of 36611,582 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on September 22?

About 11,582 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1970, when 12,466 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 2019, with 7,418 births at #315.

Is September 22 a common birthday?

In the United States, September 22 is the 17th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,582 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. 23 other dates are within 1% of September 22's count, spread from #13 to #36, 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 22 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #278 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica and Ireland, at #2.

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