Is August 12 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 85% of all 366 dates.
August 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 12 ranks in position #54, with 11,393 births a year. 312 other dates are rarer. 50 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #33 to #83, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 12 in other countries
August 12 is the 54th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #3 in Belgium to #259 in Argentina.
Belgium
#3 of 366
351 births on an average August 12
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#26 of 366
529 births on an average August 12
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#28 of 366
178 births on an average August 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#31 of 366
170 births on an average August 12
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#39 of 366
149 births on an average August 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Germany
#39 of 366
2,214 births on an average August 12
Destatis, 2014–2025Portugal
#44 of 366
309 births on an average August 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025England & Wales
#53 of 366
1,835 births on an average August 12
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#70 of 366
2,888 births on an average August 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025France
#78 of 366
2,207 births on an average August 12
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#86 of 366
336 births on an average August 12
KSH, 1970–2020Guatemala
#95 of 366
971 births on an average August 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Switzerland
#95 of 366
227 births on an average August 12
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#96 of 366
171 births on an average August 12
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#99 of 366
56 births on an average August 12
CSB, 1996–2025Mexico
#104 of 366
5,207 births on an average August 12
INEGI, 2017–2023Slovenia
#118 of 366
54 births on an average August 12
SURS, 2000–2025Ecuador
#122 of 366
778 births on an average August 12
INEC, 2013–2023New Zealand
#141 of 366
158 births on an average August 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#164 of 366
691 births on an average August 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#165 of 366
4,479 births on an average August 12
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#168 of 366
1,401 births on an average August 12
DOSM, 2000–2022Costa Rica
#184 of 366
167 births on an average August 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Peru
#201 of 366
1,195 births on an average August 12
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#221 of 366
7,872 births on an average August 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#259 of 366
1,434 births on an average August 12
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on August 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
George SorosHungarian and American investor and philanthropist · born 1930
George IVKing of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830 · born 1762
Tyson FuryBritish boxer · born 1988
Casey AffleckAmerican actor · born 1975
Rebecca GayheartAmerican actress · born 1971
Peter KrauseAmerican actor · born 1965
John CazaleAmerican actor · born 1935
Cara DelevingneEnglish model and actress · born 1992August against the other eleven
August 12 is the 14th 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 12?
About 11,393 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1980, when 11,371 babies were born and it ranked #8 of 366; at its rarest in 2007, with 7,866 births at #321.
Is August 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 12 is the 54th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,393 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. 50 other dates are within 1% of August 12's count, spread from #33 to #83, 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 12 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 18 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #259 of 366, and at its most common in Belgium, at #3.
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