Is September 25 a rare birthday? Popular

More common than 94% of all 366 dates.

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

September 25 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 11,546in the United States — about 997,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium145 peopleof 50,000 were born on September 25
On the day itselfEvery 7 secondsa baby is born on September 25 somewhere in the United States
Star signLibramore common than 27 of the 30 Libra birthdays
Half-birthdayMarch 25six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundJanuary 2Right around New Year's Eve.
Birth frequency by rank

Where September 25 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, September 25 ranks in position #22, with 11,546 births a year. 344 other dates are rarer. 29 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #14 to #43, so the exact position is a close thing.

September 25#22 · 11,546 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

September 25 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Thursday: rank #33 of 365, 10,840 births1970, Friday: rank #4 of 365, 11,916 births1971, Saturday: rank #243 of 365, 9,584 births1972, Monday: rank #22 of 366, 9,835 births1973, Tuesday: rank #1 of 365, 10,089 births1974, Wednesday: rank #14 of 365, 10,043 births1975, Thursday: rank #50 of 365, 9,430 births1976, Saturday: rank #168 of 366, 8,792 births1977, Sunday: rank #267 of 365, 8,617 births1978, Monday: rank #11 of 365, 10,434 births1979, Tuesday: rank #3 of 365, 11,061 births1980, Thursday: rank #40 of 366, 10,977 births1981, Friday: rank #7 of 365, 11,460 births1982, Saturday: rank #253 of 365, 9,792 births1983, Sunday: rank #291 of 365, 8,821 births1984, Tuesday: rank #1 of 366, 12,271 births1985, Wednesday: rank #25 of 365, 11,695 births1986, Thursday: rank #3 of 365, 12,281 births1987, Friday: rank #7 of 365, 12,173 births1988, Sunday: rank #272 of 366, 9,489 births1989, Monday: rank #66 of 365, 12,347 births1990, Tuesday: rank #2 of 365, 13,465 births1991, Wednesday: rank #8 of 365, 13,177 births1992, Friday: rank #14 of 366, 12,774 births1993, Saturday: rank #255 of 365, 9,987 births1994, Sunday: rank #299 of 365, 8,754 births1995, Monday: rank #144 of 365, 11,552 births1996, Wednesday: rank #6 of 366, 12,768 births1997, Thursday: rank #64 of 365, 12,132 births1998, Friday: rank #45 of 365, 12,501 births1999, Saturday: rank #256 of 365, 9,568 births2000, Monday: rank #160 of 366, 12,150 births2001, Tuesday: rank #4 of 365, 13,695 births2002, Wednesday: rank #26 of 365, 13,228 births2003, Thursday: rank #13 of 365, 13,651 births2004, Saturday: rank #259 of 366, 9,006 births2005, Sunday: rank #308 of 365, 7,900 births2006, Monday: rank #98 of 365, 13,525 births2007, Tuesday: rank #19 of 365, 14,513 births2008, Thursday: rank #30 of 366, 13,967 births2009, Friday: rank #64 of 365, 13,253 births2010, Saturday: rank #256 of 365, 8,690 births2011, Sunday: rank #312 of 365, 7,528 births2012, Tuesday: rank #16 of 366, 13,330 births2013, Wednesday: rank #33 of 365, 12,890 births2014, Thursday: rank #44 of 365, 12,848 births2015, Friday: rank #44 of 365, 12,792 births2016, Sunday: rank #309 of 366, 7,846 births2017, Monday: rank #66 of 365, 12,227 births2018, Tuesday: rank #21 of 365, 12,408 births2019, Wednesday: rank #48 of 365, 12,067 births2020, Friday: rank #59 of 366, 11,410 births2021, Saturday: rank #264 of 365, 8,478 births2022, Sunday: rank #334 of 365, 6,974 births2023, Monday: rank #173 of 365, 10,762 births2024, Wednesday: rank #51 of 366, 11,509 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #272, from #38 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 28% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#93
Mon
#8
Tue
#26
Wed
#35
Thu
#31
Fri
#244
Sat
#299
Sun
Most common year
1973#1 of 365Tuesday · 10,089 births
Rarest year
2022#334 of 365Sunday · 6,974 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2022 was the most recent
Around the world

September 25 in other countries

September 25 is the 22nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 20 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Japan and Switzerland to #258 in Argentina.

  1. Japan

    #1 of 366

    3,189 births on an average September 25

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  2. Switzerland

    #1 of 366

    243 births on an average September 25

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  3. England & Wales

    #2 of 366

    1,926 births on an average September 25

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  4. Slovenia

    #3 of 366

    61 births on an average September 25

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  5. Portugal

    #4 of 366

    328 births on an average September 25

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  6. Netherlands

    #6 of 366

    540 births on an average September 25

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  7. Ireland

    #8 of 366

    184 births on an average September 25

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  8. Germany

    #9 of 366

    2,277 births on an average September 25

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  9. New Zealand

    #9 of 366

    170 births on an average September 25

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  10. Costa Rica

    #13 of 366

    185 births on an average September 25

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  11. Philippines

    #13 of 366

    5,219 births on an average September 25

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  12. Denmark

    #14 of 366

    180 births on an average September 25

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  13. France

    #14 of 366

    2,266 births on an average September 25

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  14. Chile

    #20 of 366

    751 births on an average September 25

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  15. Guatemala

    #21 of 366

    1,030 births on an average September 25

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  16. Mexico

    #21 of 366

    5,662 births on an average September 25

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  17. Hungary

    #25 of 366

    348 births on an average September 25

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  18. Malaysia

    #25 of 366

    1,488 births on an average September 25

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  19. Latvia

    #27 of 366

    58 births on an average September 25

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  20. Finland

    #34 of 366

    149 births on an average September 25

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  21. Belgium

    #103 of 366

    333 births on an average September 25

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  22. Norway

    #120 of 366

    161 births on an average September 25

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  23. Ecuador

    #130 of 366

    776 births on an average September 25

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  24. Brazil

    #183 of 366

    8,001 births on an average September 25

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  25. Peru

    #188 of 366

    1,200 births on an average September 25

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  26. Argentina

    #258 of 366

    1,435 births on an average September 25

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
Birthday twins

Famous people born on September 25

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

Bella RamseyBella RamseyEnglish actor · born 2003Christopher ReeveChristopher ReeveAmerican actor and activist · born 1952Michael MadsenMichael MadsenAmerican actor · born 1957Will SmithWill SmithAmerican actor and rapper · born 1968Catherine Zeta-JonesCatherine Zeta-JonesWelsh actress · born 1969Teddy SwimsTeddy SwimsAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1992Michael DouglasMichael DouglasAmerican actor · born 1944Mark HamillMark HamillAmerican actor · born 1951
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September against the other eleven

September 25 is the 14th 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 24
Births a year11,527
Rank#28
September 25
Births a year11,546
Rank#22
September 26
Births a year11,534
Rank#25

September 25 is the 8th rarest of the 15 days around it

#9
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#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
1
#79
2
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 25#22 of 36611,546 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on September 25?

About 11,546 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 10,089 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 2022, with 6,974 births at #334.

Is September 25 a common birthday?

In the United States, September 25 is the 22nd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,546 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. 29 other dates are within 1% of September 25's count, spread from #14 to #43, 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 25 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 10 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #258 of 366, and at its most common in Japan and Switzerland, 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