Is August 11 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 81% of all 366 dates.
August 11 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 11 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 11 ranks in position #72, with 11,322 births a year. 294 other dates are rarer. 51 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #44 to #95, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 11 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 11 in other countries
August 11 is the 72nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #13 in Belgium to #311 in Argentina.
Belgium
#13 of 366
348 births on an average August 11
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#49 of 366
176 births on an average August 11
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Portugal
#55 of 366
307 births on an average August 11
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Germany
#61 of 366
2,183 births on an average August 11
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#63 of 366
522 births on an average August 11
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#64 of 366
166 births on an average August 11
SSB, 2011–2025New Zealand
#65 of 366
161 births on an average August 11
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#66 of 366
148 births on an average August 11
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025France
#71 of 366
2,213 births on an average August 11
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#78 of 366
1,826 births on an average August 11
ONS, 1995–2025Hungary
#84 of 366
336 births on an average August 11
KSH, 1970–2020Mexico
#97 of 366
5,234 births on an average August 11
INEGI, 2017–2023Slovenia
#128 of 366
54 births on an average August 11
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#135 of 366
225 births on an average August 11
FSO, 1969–2025Malaysia
#154 of 366
1,404 births on an average August 11
DOSM, 2000–2022Ireland
#171 of 366
168 births on an average August 11
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#183 of 366
2,780 births on an average August 11
e-Stat, 1996–2025Latvia
#184 of 366
54 births on an average August 11
CSB, 1996–2025Chile
#186 of 366
689 births on an average August 11
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#187 of 366
4,421 births on an average August 11
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#238 of 366
164 births on an average August 11
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Brazil
#256 of 366
7,733 births on an average August 11
DATASUS, 1997–2024Guatemala
#273 of 366
922 births on an average August 11
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ecuador
#276 of 366
737 births on an average August 11
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#309 of 366
1,137 births on an average August 11
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#311 of 366
1,385 births on an average August 11
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on August 11
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Hulk HoganAmerican professional wrestler · born 1953
Chris HemsworthAustralian actor · born 1983
Joe RoganAmerican podcaster and comedian · born 1967
Viola DavisAmerican actress and producer · born 1965
Steve WozniakAmerican engineer and programmer · born 1950
Alyson StonerAmerican actor, singer, and dancer · born 1993
Jacqueline FernandezSri Lankan actress · born 1985
Embeth DavidtzAmerican and South African actress · born 1965August against the other eleven
August 11 is the 8th 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 11?
About 11,322 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1998, when 12,857 babies were born and it ranked #16 of 365; at its rarest in 1996, with 8,310 births at #318.
Is August 11 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 11 is the 72nd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,322 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. 51 other dates are within 1% of August 11's count, spread from #44 to #95, 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 11 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 Argentina, at #311 of 366, and at its most common in Belgium, at #13.
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