Is August 19 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 80% of all 366 dates.
August 19 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 19 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 19 ranks in position #75, with 11,318 births a year. 291 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 19 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 19 in other countries
August 19 is the 75th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #6 in Finland to #343 in Argentina.
Finland
#6 of 366
152 births on an average August 19
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Denmark
#25 of 366
178 births on an average August 19
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#34 of 366
342 births on an average August 19
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#34 of 366
58 births on an average August 19
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#49 of 366
2,203 births on an average August 19
Destatis, 2014–2025Japan
#54 of 366
2,912 births on an average August 19
e-Stat, 1996–2025Latvia
#68 of 366
57 births on an average August 19
CSB, 1996–2025Netherlands
#69 of 366
520 births on an average August 19
CBS, 1995–2025Hungary
#76 of 366
338 births on an average August 19
KSH, 1970–2020France
#87 of 366
2,201 births on an average August 19
INSEE, 1998–2024Norway
#101 of 366
163 births on an average August 19
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#109 of 366
782 births on an average August 19
INEC, 2013–2023Mexico
#113 of 366
5,191 births on an average August 19
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#131 of 366
171 births on an average August 19
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024England & Wales
#131 of 366
1,804 births on an average August 19
ONS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#137 of 366
225 births on an average August 19
FSO, 1969–2025Chile
#147 of 366
692 births on an average August 19
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#148 of 366
1,405 births on an average August 19
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#171 of 366
4,456 births on an average August 19
PSA, 2006–2024Ireland
#183 of 366
168 births on an average August 19
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#190 of 366
945 births on an average August 19
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Peru
#210 of 366
1,190 births on an average August 19
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#231 of 366
156 births on an average August 19
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Portugal
#271 of 366
290 births on an average August 19
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Brazil
#275 of 366
7,665 births on an average August 19
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#343 of 366
1,311 births on an average August 19
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on August 19
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Bill ClintonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 · born 1946
Matthew PerryAmerican and Canadian actor · born 1969
Kyra SedgwickAmerican actress · born 1965
John StamosAmerican actor and musician · born 1963
Kirk CousinsAmerican football player · born 1988
Coco ChanelFrench fashion designer · born 1883
Manny JacintoCanadian actor · born 1987
Nico HülkenbergGerman racing driver · born 1987August against the other eleven
August 19 is the 7th 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 19?
About 11,318 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 11,410 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 365; at its rarest in 2001, with 7,809 births at #323.
Is August 19 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 19 is the 75th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,318 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 19'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 19 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 #343 of 366, and at its most common in Finland, at #6.
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