Is August 22 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 90% of all 366 dates.
August 22 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 22 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 22 ranks in position #39, with 11,450 births a year. 327 other dates are rarer. 46 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #20 to #66, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 22 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 22 in other countries
August 22 is the 39th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #23 in the Netherlands to #259 in Switzerland.
Netherlands
#23 of 366
530 births on an average August 22
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#40 of 366
58 births on an average August 22
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#45 of 366
177 births on an average August 22
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#50 of 366
2,200 births on an average August 22
Destatis, 2014–2025Mexico
#51 of 366
5,469 births on an average August 22
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#60 of 366
341 births on an average August 22
KSH, 1970–2020Finland
#62 of 366
148 births on an average August 22
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025England & Wales
#66 of 366
1,829 births on an average August 22
ONS, 1995–2025Guatemala
#69 of 366
982 births on an average August 22
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Norway
#78 of 366
165 births on an average August 22
SSB, 2011–2025Japan
#85 of 366
2,868 births on an average August 22
e-Stat, 1996–2025Malaysia
#93 of 366
1,424 births on an average August 22
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#133 of 366
301 births on an average August 22
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Costa Rica
#138 of 366
171 births on an average August 22
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024France
#151 of 366
2,164 births on an average August 22
INSEE, 1998–2024Philippines
#152 of 366
4,524 births on an average August 22
PSA, 2006–2024Ecuador
#159 of 366
770 births on an average August 22
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#183 of 366
326 births on an average August 22
Statbel, 1992–2025New Zealand
#185 of 366
157 births on an average August 22
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#197 of 366
688 births on an average August 22
DEIS, 1990–2017Argentina
#212 of 366
1,483 births on an average August 22
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#217 of 366
53 births on an average August 22
CSB, 1996–2025Ireland
#222 of 366
166 births on an average August 22
CSO, 1980–2023Peru
#248 of 366
1,171 births on an average August 22
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#255 of 366
7,738 births on an average August 22
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#259 of 366
219 births on an average August 22
FSO, 1969–2025
Famous people born on August 22
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Dua LipaEnglish singer · born 1995
Layne StaleyAmerican rock musician · born 1967
Jey UsoAmerican professional wrestler · born 1985
Kristen WiigAmerican actress and comedian · born 1973
LaMelo BallAmerican basketball player · born 2001
Richard ArmitageBritish actor · born 1971
Deng XiaopingLeader of China from 1978 to 1989 · born 1904
James CordenEnglish actor and comedian · born 1978August against the other eleven
August 22 is the 12th 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 22?
About 11,450 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1972, when 10,160 babies were born and it ranked #3 of 366; at its rarest in 1993, with 8,509 births at #332.
Is August 22 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 22 is the 39th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,450 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. 46 other dates are within 1% of August 22's count, spread from #20 to #66, 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 22 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 Switzerland, at #259 of 366, and at its most common in the Netherlands, at #23.
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