Is August 20 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 85% of all 366 dates.
August 20 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 20 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 20 ranks in position #55, with 11,391 births a year. 311 other dates are rarer. 50 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #33 to #83, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 20 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 20 in other countries
August 20 is the 55th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #11 in Denmark to #353 in Hungary.
Denmark
#11 of 366
181 births on an average August 20
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#27 of 366
58 births on an average August 20
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#30 of 366
528 births on an average August 20
CBS, 1995–2025Japan
#37 of 366
2,938 births on an average August 20
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#56 of 366
339 births on an average August 20
Statbel, 1992–2025Guatemala
#80 of 366
979 births on an average August 20
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#82 of 366
5,307 births on an average August 20
INEGI, 2017–2023Germany
#85 of 366
2,155 births on an average August 20
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#100 of 366
1,814 births on an average August 20
ONS, 1995–2025Norway
#103 of 366
163 births on an average August 20
SSB, 2011–2025Costa Rica
#110 of 366
172 births on an average August 20
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024France
#110 of 366
2,193 births on an average August 20
INSEE, 1998–2024Finland
#130 of 366
144 births on an average August 20
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Philippines
#132 of 366
4,579 births on an average August 20
PSA, 2006–2024Portugal
#135 of 366
300 births on an average August 20
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#138 of 366
1,407 births on an average August 20
DOSM, 2000–2022Ecuador
#145 of 366
772 births on an average August 20
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#145 of 366
55 births on an average August 20
CSB, 1996–2025Chile
#155 of 366
692 births on an average August 20
DEIS, 1990–2017Switzerland
#161 of 366
224 births on an average August 20
FSO, 1969–2025New Zealand
#192 of 366
157 births on an average August 20
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Brazil
#208 of 366
7,906 births on an average August 20
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#245 of 366
1,172 births on an average August 20
INEI, 2019–2025Ireland
#275 of 366
164 births on an average August 20
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#336 of 366
1,346 births on an average August 20
DEIS, 2018–2023Hungary
#353 of 366
304 births on an average August 20
KSH, 1970–2020
Famous people born on August 20
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Andrew GarfieldEnglish and American actor · born 1983
Robert PlantEnglish singer · born 1948
Amy AdamsAmerican actress · born 1974
Ke Huy QuanAmerican actor · born 1971
Demi LovatoAmerican singer and actress · born 1992
Rajiv GandhiPrime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989 · born 1944
Fred DurstAmerican musician · born 1970
H. P. LovecraftAmerican writer · born 1890August against the other eleven
August 20 is the 13th 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 20?
About 11,391 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 12,272 babies were born and it ranked #3 of 366; at its rarest in 2000, with 8,122 births at #320.
Is August 20 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 20 is the 55th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,391 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 20's count, spread from #33 to #83, 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 20 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 Hungary, at #353 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #11.
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