Is August 2 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 87% of all 366 dates.
August 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 2 ranks in position #50, with 11,401 births a year. 316 other dates are rarer. 50 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #31 to #81, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 2 in other countries
August 2 is the 50th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #8 in Finland to #355 in Costa Rica.
Finland
#8 of 366
152 births on an average August 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#10 of 366
173 births on an average August 2
SSB, 2011–2025Slovenia
#10 of 366
59 births on an average August 2
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#26 of 366
178 births on an average August 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025France
#31 of 366
2,250 births on an average August 2
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#48 of 366
344 births on an average August 2
KSH, 1970–2020Japan
#50 of 366
2,922 births on an average August 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#52 of 366
339 births on an average August 2
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#52 of 366
2,198 births on an average August 2
Destatis, 2014–2025Ecuador
#69 of 366
791 births on an average August 2
INEC, 2013–2023Netherlands
#70 of 366
520 births on an average August 2
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#82 of 366
1,823 births on an average August 2
ONS, 1995–2025Latvia
#89 of 366
56 births on an average August 2
CSB, 1996–2025Mexico
#91 of 366
5,275 births on an average August 2
INEGI, 2017–2023New Zealand
#91 of 366
160 births on an average August 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Peru
#123 of 366
1,223 births on an average August 2
INEI, 2019–2025Portugal
#134 of 366
300 births on an average August 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#144 of 366
1,406 births on an average August 2
DOSM, 2000–2022Argentina
#159 of 366
1,533 births on an average August 2
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#173 of 366
948 births on an average August 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#196 of 366
4,411 births on an average August 2
PSA, 2006–2024Ireland
#207 of 366
167 births on an average August 2
CSO, 1980–2023Brazil
#231 of 366
7,840 births on an average August 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#277 of 366
216 births on an average August 2
FSO, 1969–2025Chile
#308 of 366
673 births on an average August 2
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#355 of 366
154 births on an average August 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on August 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
JD VanceVice President of the United States since 2025 · born 1984
Charli XCXBritish singer · born 1992
Mary-Louise ParkerAmerican actress · born 1964
Sam WorthingtonAustralian actor · born 1976
Peter O'TooleEnglish and Irish actor · born 1932
Edward FurlongAmerican actor · born 1977
James BaldwinAmerican writer and activist · born 1924
Chrystia FreelandCanadian politician and journalist · born 1968August against the other eleven
August 2 is the 16th 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 2?
About 11,401 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,622 babies were born and it ranked #13 of 365; at its rarest in 1998, with 7,876 births at #328.
Is August 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 2 is the 50th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,401 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 2's count, spread from #31 to #81, 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 2 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 19 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #355 of 366, and at its most common in Finland, at #8.
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