This Is the Least Common Birthday in the U.S. (No, It's Not Leap Day)
Your birthday is extra special if you were born on one of these rare dates.
![group of friends surprises a woman with a birthday cake](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/birthday-party-surprise.jpg?quality=82&strip=1&resize=640%2C360)
Birthdays always seem to fall on random days, which makes for a great excuse to celebrate during an otherwise slow time of the year. However, a select few people are born on rather rare dates. In fact, according to Zippia, a career research company that created a birthday heat map using the most recent decade-long data from the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s National Center for Health Statistics, the least common birthdays are on or around popular holidays, including Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more. Read on and discover which birthdays are the rarest as well as how many babies, on average, are born on the same day. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, This Is the Most Common Birthday in the U.S.
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February 29
![leap day party streamers](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/leap-day-party.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,462
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July 5
![A man celebrating a birthday at work.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/07/shutterstock_580627342.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,404
18
May 26
![group celebrating a birthday](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/middle-aged-birthday.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,401
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17
December 31
![new years](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/10/shutterstock_507250789.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,394
16
April 13
![100th birthday cake](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/100-birthday.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,389
15
December 23
![Baby girl in pom pom hat](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Baby-girl-in-pom-pom-hat.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,338
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14
April 1
![secretly hilarious things](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/07/shutterstock_606075401.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,300
13
November 28
![Close-up shot of a lovely senior couple exchanging christmas gifts in dining room.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/worst-thing-to-say-when-giving-a-gift.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,096
12
November 26
![birthday cake at home](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/01/shutterstock_418556503.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,044
11
November 24
![kids having birthday toast with no parents](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/kids-birthday-toast.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 10,015
10
October 31
![Group of costumed people having fun and making selfies on Halloween party](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/halloween-indoor-party.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 9,978
9
November 25
![A family celebrates Thanksgiving at the dinner table while a mother and daughter watch on as a grandmother hugs her grandaughter](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/family-enjoying-thanksgiving-dinner-coronavirus.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 9,954
8
November 23
![Portrait of an adorable baby boy laying on the bed at home](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/baby-boy-laying-down.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 9,883
7
November 27
![Two little boys blowing candles on cake at birthday party](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/birthday-cake.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 9,718
6
December 26
![white hands opening ribbon on gift wrapped present](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/white-woman-opening-present.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 9,543
5
January 2
![Candles on Birthday Cakes](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/10/boy-blowing-out-birthday-candles.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 9,307
4
July 4
![fourth of july party](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/07/shutterstock_536682583.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 8,796
3
December 24
![christmas dinner](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/christmas-dinner.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 8,069
2
January 1
![girl on her 18th birthday](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/girl-on-her-18th-birthday.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 7,792
1
December 25
![](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/12/family-christmas-dinner.jpg)
Average number of births per year: 6,574
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