Is September 7 a rare birthday? Ordinary

More common than 74% of all 366 dates.

September 7 #96
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for September 7: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

September 7 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 11,202in the United States — about 962,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium141 peopleof 50,000 were born on September 7
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on September 7 somewhere in the United States
Star signVirgorarer than 23 of the 31 Virgo birthdays
Half-birthdayMarch 7six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundDecember 15A long winter night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where September 7 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, September 7 ranks in position #96, with 11,202 births a year. 270 other dates are rarer. 32 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #78 to #110, so the exact position is a close thing.

56 years of records

September 7 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Sunday: rank #286 of 365, 9,196 births1970, Monday: rank #283 of 365, 9,564 births1971, Tuesday: rank #22 of 365, 10,854 births1972, Thursday: rank #24 of 366, 9,824 births1973, Friday: rank #40 of 365, 9,417 births1974, Saturday: rank #228 of 365, 8,550 births1975, Sunday: rank #277 of 365, 7,982 births1976, Tuesday: rank #36 of 366, 9,654 births1977, Wednesday: rank #12 of 365, 10,330 births1978, Thursday: rank #28 of 365, 10,309 births1979, Friday: rank #31 of 365, 10,741 births1980, Sunday: rank #267 of 366, 9,287 births1981, Monday: rank #278 of 365, 9,213 births1982, Tuesday: rank #30 of 365, 11,342 births1983, Wednesday: rank #3 of 365, 11,348 births1984, Friday: rank #12 of 366, 11,760 births1985, Saturday: rank #260 of 365, 9,564 births1986, Sunday: rank #277 of 365, 9,044 births1987, Monday: rank #264 of 365, 9,330 births1988, Wednesday: rank #8 of 366, 12,509 births1989, Thursday: rank #8 of 365, 13,064 births1990, Friday: rank #4 of 365, 13,401 births1991, Saturday: rank #262 of 365, 10,039 births1992, Monday: rank #320 of 366, 8,968 births1993, Tuesday: rank #147 of 365, 11,811 births1994, Wednesday: rank #9 of 365, 12,660 births1995, Thursday: rank #5 of 365, 12,924 births1996, Saturday: rank #256 of 366, 9,396 births1997, Sunday: rank #307 of 365, 8,281 births1998, Monday: rank #304 of 365, 8,428 births1999, Tuesday: rank #122 of 365, 11,969 births2000, Thursday: rank #20 of 366, 13,194 births2001, Friday: rank #7 of 365, 13,465 births2002, Saturday: rank #257 of 365, 9,238 births2003, Sunday: rank #310 of 365, 8,064 births2004, Tuesday: rank #138 of 366, 12,627 births2005, Wednesday: rank #2 of 365, 14,408 births2006, Thursday: rank #1 of 365, 15,161 births2007, Friday: rank #14 of 365, 14,569 births2008, Sunday: rank #309 of 366, 8,113 births2009, Monday: rank #307 of 365, 7,874 births2010, Tuesday: rank #56 of 365, 12,819 births2011, Wednesday: rank #3 of 365, 13,954 births2012, Friday: rank #5 of 366, 13,663 births2013, Saturday: rank #260 of 365, 8,739 births2014, Sunday: rank #316 of 365, 7,752 births2015, Monday: rank #292 of 365, 8,127 births2016, Wednesday: rank #1 of 366, 13,824 births2017, Thursday: rank #3 of 365, 13,544 births2018, Friday: rank #6 of 365, 12,746 births2019, Saturday: rank #257 of 365, 8,801 births2020, Monday: rank #317 of 366, 7,049 births2021, Tuesday: rank #78 of 365, 11,552 births2022, Wednesday: rank #4 of 365, 12,424 births2023, Thursday: rank #4 of 365, 11,996 births2024, Saturday: rank #258 of 366, 8,621 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #274, from #81 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 23.9% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#296
Mon
#79
Tue
#5
Wed
#12
Thu
#15
Fri
#255
Sat
#294
Sun
Most common year
2006#1 of 365Thursday · 15,161 births
Rarest year
1992#320 of 366Monday · 8,968 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

September 7 in other countries

September 7 is the 96th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #7 in Mexico to #358 in Brazil.

  1. Mexico

    #7 of 366

    5,967 births on an average September 7

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023
  2. Chile

    #19 of 366

    752 births on an average September 7

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
  3. Guatemala

    #24 of 366

    1,026 births on an average September 7

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024
  4. Costa Rica

    #30 of 366

    181 births on an average September 7

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024
  5. Portugal

    #40 of 366

    310 births on an average September 7

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025
  6. Malaysia

    #46 of 366

    1,469 births on an average September 7

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022
  7. Philippines

    #49 of 366

    5,001 births on an average September 7

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
  8. Ecuador

    #77 of 366

    790 births on an average September 7

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023
  9. England & Wales

    #81 of 366

    1,823 births on an average September 7

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
  10. Finland

    #82 of 366

    147 births on an average September 7

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025
  11. Netherlands

    #94 of 366

    516 births on an average September 7

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025
  12. Hungary

    #96 of 366

    333 births on an average September 7

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020
  13. Germany

    #98 of 366

    2,140 births on an average September 7

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025
  14. France

    #114 of 366

    2,192 births on an average September 7

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
  15. Ireland

    #114 of 366

    170 births on an average September 7

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023
  16. Denmark

    #115 of 366

    170 births on an average September 7

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025
  17. Japan

    #138 of 366

    2,814 births on an average September 7

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
  18. Belgium

    #145 of 366

    329 births on an average September 7

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025
  19. New Zealand

    #145 of 366

    158 births on an average September 7

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
  20. Slovenia

    #154 of 366

    54 births on an average September 7

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025
  21. Peru

    #183 of 366

    1,201 births on an average September 7

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025
  22. Norway

    #184 of 366

    156 births on an average September 7

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
  23. Argentina

    #202 of 366

    1,492 births on an average September 7

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
  24. Switzerland

    #240 of 366

    220 births on an average September 7

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025
  25. Latvia

    #252 of 366

    52 births on an average September 7

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025
  26. Brazil

    #358 of 366

    6,833 births on an average September 7

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
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September against the other eleven

September 7 is the 9th 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.

September 7 is the 8th rarest of the 15 days around it

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 7#96 of 36611,202 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on September 7?

About 11,202 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2006, when 15,161 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 8,968 births at #320.

Is September 7 a common birthday?

In the United States, September 7 is the 96th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,202 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. 32 other dates are within 1% of September 7's count, spread from #78 to #110, 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 7 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Brazil, at #358 of 366, and at its most common in Mexico, at #7.

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