Is August 23 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 90% of all 366 dates.
August 23 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 23 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 23 ranks in position #38, with 11,451 births a year. 328 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 23 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 23 in other countries
August 23 is the 38th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #35 in Norway to #322 in Ireland.
Norway
#35 of 366
170 births on an average August 23
SSB, 2011–2025Guatemala
#43 of 366
1,002 births on an average August 23
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#43 of 366
5,509 births on an average August 23
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#66 of 366
340 births on an average August 23
KSH, 1970–2020Netherlands
#72 of 366
520 births on an average August 23
CBS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#75 of 366
176 births on an average August 23
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Finland
#77 of 366
147 births on an average August 23
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Denmark
#80 of 366
174 births on an average August 23
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Malaysia
#81 of 366
1,435 births on an average August 23
DOSM, 2000–2022Slovenia
#85 of 366
56 births on an average August 23
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#109 of 366
2,120 births on an average August 23
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#116 of 366
1,809 births on an average August 23
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#121 of 366
2,828 births on an average August 23
e-Stat, 1996–2025France
#128 of 366
2,182 births on an average August 23
INSEE, 1998–2024Philippines
#142 of 366
4,543 births on an average August 23
PSA, 2006–2024Argentina
#167 of 366
1,525 births on an average August 23
DEIS, 2018–2023Belgium
#169 of 366
328 births on an average August 23
Statbel, 1992–2025Portugal
#179 of 366
298 births on an average August 23
INE Portugal, 1980–2025New Zealand
#180 of 366
157 births on an average August 23
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ecuador
#184 of 366
763 births on an average August 23
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#195 of 366
54 births on an average August 23
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#197 of 366
222 births on an average August 23
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#282 of 366
7,615 births on an average August 23
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#286 of 366
1,148 births on an average August 23
INEI, 2019–2025Chile
#288 of 366
677 births on an average August 23
DEIS, 1990–2017Ireland
#322 of 366
162 births on an average August 23
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on August 23
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Kobe BryantAmerican basketball player · born 1978
River PhoenixAmerican actor · born 1970
Louis XVIKing of France from 1774 to 1792 · born 1754
Cameron NorrieBritish professional tennis player · born 1995
Joanne FroggattEnglish actress · born 1980
Keith MoonEnglish rock drummer · born 1946
Jeremy LinAmerican basketball player · born 1988
Barbara EdenAmerican actress and singer · born 1931August against the other eleven
August 23 is the 11th 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 23?
About 11,451 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1977, when 10,413 babies were born and it ranked #7 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 9,017 births at #316.
Is August 23 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 23 is the 38th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,451 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 23'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 23 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 Ireland, at #322 of 366, and at its most common in Norway, at #35.
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