Is September 5 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 68% of all 366 dates.
September 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where September 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, September 5 ranks in position #118, with 11,025 births a year. 248 other dates are rarer. 43 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #102 to #145, so the exact position is a close thing.
September 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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September 5 in other countries
September 5 is the 118th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #6 in Ecuador to #247 in Argentina.
Ecuador
#6 of 366
817 births on an average September 5
INEC, 2013–2023Mexico
#15 of 366
5,748 births on an average September 5
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#17 of 366
1,042 births on an average September 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#18 of 366
1,498 births on an average September 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Finland
#30 of 366
150 births on an average September 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Chile
#33 of 366
722 births on an average September 5
DEIS, 1990–2017England & Wales
#36 of 366
1,848 births on an average September 5
ONS, 1995–2025Philippines
#44 of 366
5,010 births on an average September 5
PSA, 2006–2024Netherlands
#55 of 366
524 births on an average September 5
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#63 of 366
306 births on an average September 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Costa Rica
#67 of 366
176 births on an average September 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Germany
#86 of 366
2,155 births on an average September 5
Destatis, 2014–2025Peru
#91 of 366
1,236 births on an average September 5
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#92 of 366
160 births on an average September 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Japan
#101 of 366
2,848 births on an average September 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#112 of 366
333 births on an average September 5
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#112 of 366
170 births on an average September 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Latvia
#117 of 366
55 births on an average September 5
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#124 of 366
161 births on an average September 5
SSB, 2011–2025Slovenia
#127 of 366
54 births on an average September 5
SURS, 2000–2025Brazil
#187 of 366
7,990 births on an average September 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#202 of 366
222 births on an average September 5
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#207 of 366
325 births on an average September 5
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#215 of 366
167 births on an average September 5
CSO, 1980–2023France
#223 of 366
2,126 births on an average September 5
INSEE, 1998–2024Argentina
#247 of 366
1,448 births on an average September 5
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on September 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Freddie MercuryBritish rock singer and songwriter · born 1946
Louis XIVKing of France from 1643 to 1715 · born 1638
Michael KeatonAmerican actor · born 1951
Annabelle WallisBritish actress · born 1984
Raquel WelchAmerican actress and model · born 1940
Werner HerzogGerman director, producer, screenwriter · born 1942
Paddy ConsidineEnglish actor, director, screenwriter, and musician · born 1973
Bukayo SakaEnglish footballer · born 2001September against the other eleven
September 5 is the 5th 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 5?
About 11,025 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2018, when 13,046 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 365; at its rarest in 1994, with 8,378 births at #325.
Is September 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, September 5 is the 118th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,025 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. 43 other dates are within 1% of September 5's count, spread from #102 to #145, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 8 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #247 of 366, and at its most common in Ecuador, at #6.
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