Is September 24 a rare birthday? Popular

More common than 93% of all 366 dates.

September 24 #28
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for September 24: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

September 24 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 11,527in the United States — about 997,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium145 peopleof 50,000 were born on September 24
On the day itselfEvery 7 secondsa baby is born on September 24 somewhere in the United States
Star signLibramore common than 25 of the 30 Libra birthdays
Half-birthdayMarch 24six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJanuary 1Right around Christmas.
Birth frequency by rank

Where September 24 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, September 24 ranks in position #28, with 11,527 births a year. 338 other dates are rarer. 34 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #14 to #48, so the exact position is a close thing.

September 24#28 · 11,527 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

September 24 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Wednesday: rank #26 of 365, 10,898 births1970, Thursday: rank #26 of 365, 11,448 births1971, Friday: rank #21 of 365, 10,862 births1972, Sunday: rank #275 of 366, 8,455 births1973, Monday: rank #20 of 365, 9,611 births1974, Tuesday: rank #1 of 365, 10,375 births1975, Wednesday: rank #25 of 365, 9,579 births1976, Friday: rank #7 of 366, 10,052 births1977, Saturday: rank #244 of 365, 9,003 births1978, Sunday: rank #267 of 365, 8,661 births1979, Monday: rank #10 of 365, 10,954 births1980, Wednesday: rank #9 of 366, 11,333 births1981, Thursday: rank #30 of 365, 11,201 births1982, Friday: rank #18 of 365, 11,480 births1983, Saturday: rank #264 of 365, 9,174 births1984, Monday: rank #5 of 366, 11,980 births1985, Tuesday: rank #1 of 365, 12,396 births1986, Wednesday: rank #9 of 365, 12,062 births1987, Thursday: rank #21 of 365, 11,860 births1988, Saturday: rank #257 of 366, 9,978 births1989, Sunday: rank #273 of 365, 9,770 births1990, Monday: rank #49 of 365, 12,740 births1991, Tuesday: rank #3 of 365, 13,443 births1992, Thursday: rank #40 of 366, 12,515 births1993, Friday: rank #24 of 365, 12,591 births1994, Saturday: rank #257 of 365, 9,597 births1995, Sunday: rank #292 of 365, 8,659 births1996, Tuesday: rank #4 of 366, 12,910 births1997, Wednesday: rank #56 of 365, 12,193 births1998, Thursday: rank #25 of 365, 12,708 births1999, Friday: rank #16 of 365, 13,009 births2000, Sunday: rank #308 of 366, 8,392 births2001, Monday: rank #126 of 365, 12,292 births2002, Tuesday: rank #2 of 365, 13,884 births2003, Wednesday: rank #22 of 365, 13,578 births2004, Friday: rank #18 of 366, 13,452 births2005, Saturday: rank #258 of 365, 9,082 births2006, Sunday: rank #302 of 365, 8,252 births2007, Monday: rank #131 of 365, 13,345 births2008, Wednesday: rank #41 of 366, 13,766 births2009, Thursday: rank #19 of 365, 13,819 births2010, Friday: rank #27 of 365, 13,094 births2011, Saturday: rank #267 of 365, 8,416 births2012, Monday: rank #72 of 366, 12,598 births2013, Tuesday: rank #23 of 365, 12,973 births2014, Wednesday: rank #41 of 365, 12,944 births2015, Thursday: rank #28 of 365, 12,942 births2016, Saturday: rank #263 of 366, 8,736 births2017, Sunday: rank #297 of 365, 7,832 births2018, Monday: rank #69 of 365, 11,915 births2019, Tuesday: rank #9 of 365, 12,592 births2020, Thursday: rank #25 of 366, 11,718 births2021, Friday: rank #45 of 365, 11,821 births2022, Saturday: rank #270 of 365, 8,238 births2023, Sunday: rank #304 of 365, 7,383 births2024, Tuesday: rank #19 of 366, 11,782 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #275, from #29 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 28.3% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#60
Mon
#8
Tue
#29
Wed
#27
Thu
#22
Fri
#260
Sat
#290
Sun
Most common year
1974#1 of 365Tuesday · 10,375 births
Rarest year
2000#308 of 366Sunday · 8,392 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2023 was the most recent
Around the world

September 24 in other countries

September 24 is the 28th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 18 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in the Netherlands to #242 in Argentina.

  1. Netherlands

    #1 of 366

    549 births on an average September 24

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  2. Finland

    #4 of 366

    153 births on an average September 24

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  3. Switzerland

    #4 of 366

    237 births on an average September 24

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  4. France

    #5 of 366

    2,278 births on an average September 24

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  5. Portugal

    #6 of 366

    327 births on an average September 24

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  6. Denmark

    #7 of 366

    182 births on an average September 24

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  7. England & Wales

    #8 of 366

    1,907 births on an average September 24

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  8. Ireland

    #10 of 366

    183 births on an average September 24

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  9. New Zealand

    #11 of 366

    169 births on an average September 24

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  10. Chile

    #13 of 366

    767 births on an average September 24

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  11. Guatemala

    #19 of 366

    1,040 births on an average September 24

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  12. Philippines

    #20 of 366

    5,186 births on an average September 24

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  13. Latvia

    #25 of 366

    58 births on an average September 24

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  14. Belgium

    #26 of 366

    344 births on an average September 24

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  15. Japan

    #26 of 366

    2,964 births on an average September 24

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  16. Germany

    #30 of 366

    2,235 births on an average September 24

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  17. Hungary

    #39 of 366

    345 births on an average September 24

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  18. Mexico

    #49 of 366

    5,473 births on an average September 24

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  19. Costa Rica

    #51 of 366

    178 births on an average September 24

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  20. Malaysia

    #53 of 366

    1,461 births on an average September 24

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  21. Peru

    #68 of 366

    1,251 births on an average September 24

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  22. Slovenia

    #71 of 366

    56 births on an average September 24

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  23. Norway

    #102 of 366

    163 births on an average September 24

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  24. Ecuador

    #195 of 366

    761 births on an average September 24

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  25. Brazil

    #220 of 366

    7,872 births on an average September 24

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  26. Argentina

    #242 of 366

    1,456 births on an average September 24

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
Birthday twins

Famous people born on September 24

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

Phil HartmanPhil HartmanCanadian-American actor · born 1948Stephanie McMahonStephanie McMahonAmerican businesswoman and professional wrestler · born 1976Jim HensonJim HensonAmerican puppeteer · born 1936F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican writer · born 1896Linda McCartneyLinda McCartneyAmerican photographer and musician · born 1941Ben PlattBen PlattAmerican actor and singer · born 1993Harriet WalterHarriet WalterEnglish actress · born 1950Konstantin ChernenkoKonstantin ChernenkoLeader of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1985 · born 1911
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September against the other eleven

September 24 is the 12th 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.

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 23
Births a year11,559
Rank#21
September 24
Births a year11,527
Rank#28
September 25
Births a year11,546
Rank#22

September 24 is the 5th rarest of the 15 days around it

#12
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#9
18
#3
19
#2
20
#10
21
#17
22
#21
23
#28
24
#22
25
#25
26
#19
27
#45
28
#95
29
#110
30
#71
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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 24#28 of 36611,527 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on September 24?

About 11,527 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1974, when 10,375 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 2000, with 8,392 births at #308.

Is September 24 a common birthday?

In the United States, September 24 is the 28th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,527 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. 34 other dates are within 1% of September 24's count, spread from #14 to #48, 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 24 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 11 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #242 of 366, and at its most common in the Netherlands, 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