Is August 14 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 88% of all 366 dates.
August 14 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 14 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 14 ranks in position #43, with 11,438 births a year. 323 other dates are rarer. 49 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #22 to #71, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 14 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 14 in other countries
August 14 is the 43rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #15 in Germany to #329 in Japan.
Germany
#15 of 366
2,253 births on an average August 14
Destatis, 2014–2025Finland
#18 of 366
150 births on an average August 14
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#29 of 366
58 births on an average August 14
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#32 of 366
343 births on an average August 14
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#45 of 366
525 births on an average August 14
CBS, 1995–2025Mexico
#58 of 366
5,430 births on an average August 14
INEGI, 2017–2023Denmark
#59 of 366
175 births on an average August 14
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Portugal
#76 of 366
305 births on an average August 14
INE Portugal, 1980–2025France
#82 of 366
2,205 births on an average August 14
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#85 of 366
336 births on an average August 14
KSH, 1970–2020England & Wales
#87 of 366
1,821 births on an average August 14
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#90 of 366
704 births on an average August 14
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#95 of 366
1,423 births on an average August 14
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#95 of 366
160 births on an average August 14
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ecuador
#98 of 366
785 births on an average August 14
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#104 of 366
163 births on an average August 14
SSB, 2011–2025Switzerland
#127 of 366
225 births on an average August 14
FSO, 1969–2025Guatemala
#128 of 366
963 births on an average August 14
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Latvia
#130 of 366
55 births on an average August 14
CSB, 1996–2025Costa Rica
#144 of 366
170 births on an average August 14
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Ireland
#144 of 366
169 births on an average August 14
CSO, 1980–2023Philippines
#169 of 366
4,465 births on an average August 14
PSA, 2006–2024Argentina
#227 of 366
1,473 births on an average August 14
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#250 of 366
7,768 births on an average August 14
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#276 of 366
1,154 births on an average August 14
INEI, 2019–2025Japan
#329 of 366
2,659 births on an average August 14
e-Stat, 1996–2025
Famous people born on August 14
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
DoechiiAmerican rapper · born 1998
Mila KunisAmerican actress · born 1983
Halle BerryAmerican actress · born 1966
Steve MartinAmerican comedian, actor, musician and writer · born 1945
Magic JohnsonAmerican basketball player and entrepreneur · born 1959
Mike VrabelAmerican football coach & player · born 1975
Doc HollidayGambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West · born 1851
Tim TebowAmerican football and baseball player · born 1987August against the other eleven
August 14 is the 14th most common 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 14?
About 11,438 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,842 babies were born and it ranked #4 of 365; at its rarest in 2011, with 7,406 births at #319.
Is August 14 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 14 is the 43rd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,438 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 14's count, spread from #22 to #71, 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 14 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 22 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Japan, at #329 of 366, and at its most common in Germany, at #15.
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