Is September 6 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 73% of all 366 dates.
September 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where September 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, September 6 ranks in position #101, with 11,139 births a year. 265 other dates are rarer. 28 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #89 to #117, so the exact position is a close thing.
September 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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September 6 in other countries
September 6 is the 101st most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #10 in Mexico to #313 in Latvia.
Mexico
#10 of 366
5,793 births on an average September 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#12 of 366
1,060 births on an average September 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#14 of 366
1,502 births on an average September 6
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#29 of 366
311 births on an average September 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Netherlands
#47 of 366
525 births on an average September 6
CBS, 1995–2025Philippines
#51 of 366
4,984 births on an average September 6
PSA, 2006–2024England & Wales
#67 of 366
1,829 births on an average September 6
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#74 of 366
707 births on an average September 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Slovenia
#77 of 366
56 births on an average September 6
SURS, 2000–2025Ecuador
#80 of 366
789 births on an average September 6
INEC, 2013–2023Germany
#88 of 366
2,154 births on an average September 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Costa Rica
#95 of 366
174 births on an average September 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Finland
#97 of 366
146 births on an average September 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Denmark
#106 of 366
171 births on an average September 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#115 of 366
331 births on an average September 6
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#120 of 366
332 births on an average September 6
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#141 of 366
2,175 births on an average September 6
INSEE, 1998–2024New Zealand
#157 of 366
158 births on an average September 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Norway
#162 of 366
158 births on an average September 6
SSB, 2011–2025Japan
#166 of 366
2,789 births on an average September 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025Argentina
#189 of 366
1,505 births on an average September 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#196 of 366
1,196 births on an average September 6
INEI, 2019–2025Ireland
#206 of 366
167 births on an average September 6
CSO, 1980–2023Brazil
#229 of 366
7,848 births on an average September 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#282 of 366
216 births on an average September 6
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#313 of 366
50 births on an average September 6
CSB, 1996–2025
Famous people born on September 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Idris ElbaEnglish actor · born 1972
Dolores O'RiordanIrish musician · born 1971
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.American businessman and politician · born 1888
Roger WatersEnglish musician and songwriter · born 1943
Naomie HarrisBritish actress · born 1976
Jane CurtinAmerican actress and comedian · born 1947
Freya AllanEnglish actress · born 2001
Leylah FernandezCanadian tennis player · born 2002September against the other eleven
September 6 is the 7th 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 6?
About 11,139 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1978, when 10,720 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 8,836 births at #331.
Is September 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, September 6 is the 101st most common of 366 dates, with about 11,139 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. 28 other dates are within 1% of September 6's count, spread from #89 to #117, 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 6 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 13 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Latvia, at #313 of 366, and at its most common in Mexico, at #10.
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