Is September 3 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 55% of all 366 dates.
September 3 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where September 3 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, September 3 ranks in position #203, with 10,758 births a year. 202 other dates are more common. 91 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #160 to #251, so the exact position is a close thing.
September 3 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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September 3 in other countries
September 3 is the 164th rarest birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 rarest in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #22 in Costa Rica to #256 in Ireland.
Costa Rica
#22 of 366
182 births on an average September 3
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#23 of 366
1,489 births on an average September 3
DOSM, 2000–2022Denmark
#39 of 366
177 births on an average September 3
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Guatemala
#44 of 366
1,001 births on an average September 3
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#54 of 366
5,454 births on an average September 3
INEGI, 2017–2023Slovenia
#62 of 366
56 births on an average September 3
SURS, 2000–2025Ecuador
#71 of 366
790 births on an average September 3
INEC, 2013–2023Philippines
#74 of 366
4,889 births on an average September 3
PSA, 2006–2024Netherlands
#75 of 366
520 births on an average September 3
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#83 of 366
1,823 births on an average September 3
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#96 of 366
2,855 births on an average September 3
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#108 of 366
2,123 births on an average September 3
Destatis, 2014–2025Portugal
#110 of 366
302 births on an average September 3
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Peru
#112 of 366
1,226 births on an average September 3
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#120 of 366
145 births on an average September 3
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Chile
#121 of 366
696 births on an average September 3
DEIS, 1990–2017Norway
#130 of 366
160 births on an average September 3
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#139 of 366
329 births on an average September 3
KSH, 1970–2020New Zealand
#193 of 366
157 births on an average September 3
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#197 of 366
2,140 births on an average September 3
INSEE, 1998–2024Brazil
#205 of 366
7,924 births on an average September 3
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#214 of 366
222 births on an average September 3
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#215 of 366
53 births on an average September 3
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#224 of 366
323 births on an average September 3
Statbel, 1992–2025Argentina
#246 of 366
1,449 births on an average September 3
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#256 of 366
165 births on an average September 3
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on September 3
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Charlie SheenAmerican film and television actor · born 1965
Kaia GerberAmerican model and actress · born 2001
Garrett HedlundAmerican actor · born 1984
Pauline CollinsBritish actress · born 1940
Noah BaumbachAmerican filmmaker · born 1969
Yoane WissaAssociation football player · born 1996
SadhguruIndian yogi and author · born 1957
Al JardineAmerican musician · born 1942September against the other eleven
September 3 is the 2nd 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 3?
About 10,758 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2014, when 13,747 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 365; at its rarest in 2000, with 8,080 births at #323.
Is September 3 a common birthday?
In the United States, September 3 is the 164th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,758 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. 91 other dates are within 1% of September 3's count, spread from #160 to #251, 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 3 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 6 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ireland, at #256 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #22.
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