Is August 17 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 92% of all 366 dates.
August 17 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 17 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 17 ranks in position #30, with 11,519 births a year. 336 other dates are rarer. 34 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #15 to #49, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 17 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 17 in other countries
August 17 is the 30th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #26 in Slovenia to #292 in Peru.
Slovenia
#26 of 366
58 births on an average August 17
SURS, 2000–2025Hungary
#33 of 366
347 births on an average August 17
KSH, 1970–2020Mexico
#37 of 366
5,570 births on an average August 17
INEGI, 2017–2023Japan
#56 of 366
2,903 births on an average August 17
e-Stat, 1996–2025Denmark
#57 of 366
175 births on an average August 17
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Latvia
#62 of 366
57 births on an average August 17
CSB, 1996–2025France
#86 of 366
2,202 births on an average August 17
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#87 of 366
2,155 births on an average August 17
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#89 of 366
517 births on an average August 17
CBS, 1995–2025Belgium
#93 of 366
334 births on an average August 17
Statbel, 1992–2025Ecuador
#94 of 366
785 births on an average August 17
INEC, 2013–2023Finland
#103 of 366
145 births on an average August 17
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Guatemala
#104 of 366
967 births on an average August 17
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Norway
#119 of 366
161 births on an average August 17
SSB, 2011–2025Chile
#137 of 366
694 births on an average August 17
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#152 of 366
1,405 births on an average August 17
DOSM, 2000–2022Costa Rica
#155 of 366
169 births on an average August 17
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024England & Wales
#167 of 366
1,792 births on an average August 17
ONS, 1995–2025Philippines
#168 of 366
4,469 births on an average August 17
PSA, 2006–2024Portugal
#184 of 366
298 births on an average August 17
INE Portugal, 1980–2025New Zealand
#204 of 366
157 births on an average August 17
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Switzerland
#223 of 366
221 births on an average August 17
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#224 of 366
166 births on an average August 17
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#261 of 366
1,433 births on an average August 17
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#268 of 366
7,703 births on an average August 17
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#292 of 366
1,147 births on an average August 17
INEI, 2019–2025
Famous people born on August 17
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Robert De NiroAmerican actor · born 1943
Larry EllisonAmerican businessman · born 1944
Sean PennAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1960
Austin ButlerAmerican actor · born 1991
Thierry HenryFrench footballer · born 1977
Donnie WahlbergAmerican singer and actor · born 1969
Helen McCroryBritish actress · born 1968
Rayan CherkiFrench footballer · born 2003August against the other eleven
August 17 is the 5th 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 17?
About 11,519 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1999, when 13,201 babies were born and it ranked #8 of 365; at its rarest in 2008, with 7,774 births at #324.
Is August 17 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 17 is the 30th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,519 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. 34 other dates are within 1% of August 17's count, spread from #15 to #49, 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 17 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 25 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Peru, at #292 of 366, and at its most common in Slovenia, 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