Is August 16 a rare birthday? Very common
More common than 96% of all 366 dates.
August 16 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 16 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 16 ranks in position #16, with 11,599 births a year. 350 other dates are rarer. 23 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #11 to #34, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 16 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 16 in other countries
August 16 is the 16th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #26 in Hungary to #318 in Costa Rica.
Hungary
#26 of 366
348 births on an average August 16
KSH, 1970–2020Finland
#32 of 366
149 births on an average August 16
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#39 of 366
58 births on an average August 16
SURS, 2000–2025Norway
#43 of 366
169 births on an average August 16
SSB, 2011–2025Mexico
#46 of 366
5,490 births on an average August 16
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#57 of 366
989 births on an average August 16
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Netherlands
#58 of 366
523 births on an average August 16
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#64 of 366
2,181 births on an average August 16
Destatis, 2014–2025Ecuador
#89 of 366
787 births on an average August 16
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#100 of 366
1,420 births on an average August 16
DOSM, 2000–2022England & Wales
#123 of 366
1,807 births on an average August 16
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#126 of 366
170 births on an average August 16
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#128 of 366
169 births on an average August 16
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025New Zealand
#149 of 366
158 births on an average August 16
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#158 of 366
2,162 births on an average August 16
INSEE, 1998–2024Switzerland
#164 of 366
224 births on an average August 16
FSO, 1969–2025Philippines
#167 of 366
4,473 births on an average August 16
PSA, 2006–2024Latvia
#177 of 366
54 births on an average August 16
CSB, 1996–2025Japan
#210 of 366
2,764 births on an average August 16
e-Stat, 1996–2025Argentina
#223 of 366
1,477 births on an average August 16
DEIS, 2018–2023Belgium
#225 of 366
323 births on an average August 16
Statbel, 1992–2025Peru
#255 of 366
1,166 births on an average August 16
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#270 of 366
7,683 births on an average August 16
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#271 of 366
679 births on an average August 16
DEIS, 1990–2017Portugal
#310 of 366
286 births on an average August 16
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Costa Rica
#318 of 366
160 births on an average August 16
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on August 16
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jannik SinnerItalian tennis player · born 2001
MadonnaAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1958
James CameronCanadian filmmaker and explorer · born 1954
Steve CarellAmerican actor and comedian · born 1962
Cristin MiliotiAmerican actress and musician · born 1985
Angela BassettAmerican actress · born 1958
Taika WaititiNew Zealand filmmaker and actor · born 1975
Rumer WillisAmerican actress · born 1988August against the other eleven
August 16 is the 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 16?
About 11,599 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1983, when 11,270 babies were born and it ranked #5 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 9,006 births at #317.
Is August 16 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 16 is the 16th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,599 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. 23 other dates are within 1% of August 16's count, spread from #11 to #34, 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 16 rarer in other countries?
Yes, in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #318 of 366, and at its most common in Hungary, at #26.
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