Is September 29 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 74% of all 366 dates.
September 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where September 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, September 29 ranks in position #95, with 11,210 births a year. 271 other dates are rarer. 37 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #72 to #109, so the exact position is a close thing.
September 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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September 29 in other countries
September 29 is the 95th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 15 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #4 in the Netherlands and New Zealand to #342 in Argentina.
Netherlands
#4 of 366
541 births on an average September 29
CBS, 1995–2025New Zealand
#4 of 366
171 births on an average September 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ireland
#6 of 366
185 births on an average September 29
CSO, 1980–2023England & Wales
#10 of 366
1,903 births on an average September 29
ONS, 1995–2025France
#19 of 366
2,258 births on an average September 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#21 of 366
2,246 births on an average September 29
Destatis, 2014–2025Portugal
#32 of 366
311 births on an average September 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#34 of 366
178 births on an average September 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Chile
#36 of 366
720 births on an average September 29
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#36 of 366
1,475 births on an average September 29
DOSM, 2000–2022Japan
#39 of 366
2,937 births on an average September 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025Philippines
#40 of 366
5,020 births on an average September 29
PSA, 2006–2024Slovenia
#41 of 366
58 births on an average September 29
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#46 of 366
340 births on an average September 29
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#46 of 366
231 births on an average September 29
FSO, 1969–2025Mexico
#52 of 366
5,465 births on an average September 29
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#63 of 366
176 births on an average September 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Finland
#88 of 366
147 births on an average September 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Hungary
#94 of 366
333 births on an average September 29
KSH, 1970–2020Guatemala
#127 of 366
963 births on an average September 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Norway
#172 of 366
157 births on an average September 29
SSB, 2011–2025Latvia
#191 of 366
54 births on an average September 29
CSB, 1996–2025Brazil
#264 of 366
7,710 births on an average September 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#278 of 366
736 births on an average September 29
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#304 of 366
1,140 births on an average September 29
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#342 of 366
1,316 births on an average September 29
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on September 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Kevin DurantAmerican basketball player · born 1988
HalseyAmerican singer · born 1994
Nicholas GalitzineEnglish actor · born 1994
Zachary LeviAmerican actor · born 1980
Ian McShaneEnglish actor · born 1942
Jerry Lee LewisAmerican musician · born 1935
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount NelsonRoyal Navy officer · born 1758
Madeline KahnAmerican actress · born 1942September against the other eleven
September 29 is the 10th 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 29?
About 11,210 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,990 babies were born and it ranked #9 of 365; at its rarest in 2024, with 7,129 births at #326.
Is September 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, September 29 is the 95th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,210 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. 37 other dates are within 1% of September 29's count, spread from #72 to #109, 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 29 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 7 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #342 of 366, and at its most common in the Netherlands and New Zealand, at #4.
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