Is August 1 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 86% of all 366 dates.
August 1 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 1 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 1 ranks in position #52, with 11,399 births a year. 314 other dates are rarer. 49 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #32 to #81, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 1 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 1 in other countries
August 1 is the 52nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #14 in Latvia to #358 in Switzerland.
Latvia
#14 of 366
59 births on an average August 1
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#20 of 366
2,248 births on an average August 1
Destatis, 2014–2025Japan
#28 of 366
2,959 births on an average August 1
e-Stat, 1996–2025Hungary
#32 of 366
347 births on an average August 1
KSH, 1970–2020France
#36 of 366
2,244 births on an average August 1
INSEE, 1998–2024Netherlands
#42 of 366
526 births on an average August 1
CBS, 1995–2025Belgium
#43 of 366
340 births on an average August 1
Statbel, 1992–2025Portugal
#52 of 366
307 births on an average August 1
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Slovenia
#52 of 366
57 births on an average August 1
SURS, 2000–2025England & Wales
#58 of 366
1,834 births on an average August 1
ONS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#61 of 366
794 births on an average August 1
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#71 of 366
1,248 births on an average August 1
INEI, 2019–2025Guatemala
#72 of 366
981 births on an average August 1
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Denmark
#82 of 366
173 births on an average August 1
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Mexico
#84 of 366
5,295 births on an average August 1
INEGI, 2017–2023Norway
#99 of 366
163 births on an average August 1
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#110 of 366
145 births on an average August 1
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025New Zealand
#117 of 366
159 births on an average August 1
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#143 of 366
1,406 births on an average August 1
DOSM, 2000–2022Ireland
#155 of 366
169 births on an average August 1
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#160 of 366
1,532 births on an average August 1
DEIS, 2018–2023Philippines
#173 of 366
4,446 births on an average August 1
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#185 of 366
167 births on an average August 1
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Brazil
#240 of 366
7,796 births on an average August 1
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#331 of 366
665 births on an average August 1
DEIS, 1990–2017Switzerland
#358 of 366
202 births on an average August 1
FSO, 1969–2025
Famous people born on August 1
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jason MomoaAmerican actor · born 1979
Karen CarneyEnglish footballer and sports journalist · born 1987
Mrunal ThakurIndian actress · born 1992
Sam MendesBritish filmmaker and stage director · born 1965
CoolioAmerican rapper · born 1963
Jerry GarciaAmerican guitarist and singer · born 1942
John Carroll LynchAmerican character actor and film director · born 1963
Yves Saint LaurentFrench fashion designer · born 1936August against the other eleven
August 1 is the 15th rarest of the 31 days in August. All August birthdays.
August is the 2nd most common month of the year
An average August day sees 11,405 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on August 1?
About 11,399 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2024, when 11,886 babies were born and it ranked #10 of 366; at its rarest in 1971, with 8,574 births at #331.
Is August 1 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 1 is the 52nd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,399 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.
What is the rarest August birthday?
In the United States, August 13: the 103rd most common of all 366 dates, with about 11,121 births a year. The most common August birthday is August 16, the 16th most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 49 other dates are within 1% of August 1's count, spread from #32 to #81, 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 August 1 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 17 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Switzerland, at #358 of 366, and at its most common in Latvia, at #14.
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