Is August 24 a rare birthday? Popular

More common than 89% of all 366 dates.

August 24 #40
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for August 24: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

August 24 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 11,447in the United States — about 980,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium144 peopleof 50,000 were born on August 24
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on August 24 somewhere in the United States
Star signVirgorarer than 19 of the 31 Virgo birthdays
Half-birthdayFebruary 24six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundDecember 1A long winter night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where August 24 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, August 24 ranks in position #40, with 11,447 births a year. 326 other dates are rarer. 47 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #21 to #68, so the exact position is a close thing.

August 24#40 · 11,447 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

August 24 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Sunday: rank #298 of 365, 9,084 births1970, Monday: rank #157 of 365, 10,456 births1971, Tuesday: rank #40 of 365, 10,704 births1972, Thursday: rank #98 of 366, 9,410 births1973, Friday: rank #53 of 365, 9,348 births1974, Saturday: rank #240 of 365, 8,486 births1975, Sunday: rank #278 of 365, 7,982 births1976, Tuesday: rank #17 of 366, 9,877 births1977, Wednesday: rank #33 of 365, 10,118 births1978, Thursday: rank #43 of 365, 10,168 births1979, Friday: rank #51 of 365, 10,571 births1980, Sunday: rank #280 of 366, 9,103 births1981, Monday: rank #37 of 365, 11,147 births1982, Tuesday: rank #10 of 365, 11,577 births1983, Wednesday: rank #61 of 365, 10,815 births1984, Friday: rank #61 of 366, 11,162 births1985, Saturday: rank #262 of 365, 9,473 births1986, Sunday: rank #285 of 365, 8,940 births1987, Monday: rank #147 of 365, 11,056 births1988, Wednesday: rank #58 of 366, 11,931 births1989, Thursday: rank #31 of 365, 12,736 births1990, Friday: rank #40 of 365, 12,842 births1991, Saturday: rank #268 of 365, 9,896 births1992, Monday: rank #177 of 366, 11,754 births1993, Tuesday: rank #9 of 365, 12,844 births1994, Wednesday: rank #63 of 365, 12,176 births1995, Thursday: rank #39 of 365, 12,381 births1996, Saturday: rank #266 of 366, 9,130 births1997, Sunday: rank #322 of 365, 8,053 births1998, Monday: rank #182 of 365, 11,627 births1999, Tuesday: rank #14 of 365, 13,035 births2000, Thursday: rank #62 of 366, 12,737 births2001, Friday: rank #65 of 365, 12,736 births2002, Saturday: rank #264 of 365, 8,932 births2003, Sunday: rank #317 of 365, 7,858 births2004, Tuesday: rank #35 of 366, 13,250 births2005, Wednesday: rank #63 of 365, 13,304 births2006, Thursday: rank #59 of 365, 13,886 births2007, Friday: rank #58 of 365, 13,935 births2008, Sunday: rank #313 of 366, 7,929 births2009, Monday: rank #188 of 365, 12,483 births2010, Tuesday: rank #35 of 365, 12,989 births2011, Wednesday: rank #59 of 365, 12,766 births2012, Friday: rank #38 of 366, 12,978 births2013, Saturday: rank #262 of 365, 8,724 births2014, Sunday: rank #324 of 365, 7,585 births2015, Monday: rank #119 of 365, 12,274 births2016, Wednesday: rank #48 of 366, 12,610 births2017, Thursday: rank #23 of 365, 12,698 births2018, Friday: rank #44 of 365, 12,172 births2019, Saturday: rank #260 of 365, 8,658 births2020, Monday: rank #101 of 366, 11,165 births2021, Tuesday: rank #18 of 365, 12,127 births2022, Wednesday: rank #32 of 365, 11,905 births2023, Thursday: rank #41 of 365, 11,496 births2024, Saturday: rank #263 of 366, 8,408 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #281, from #63 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 27.3% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#139
Mon
#22
Tue
#52
Wed
#50
Thu
#51
Fri
#261
Sat
#302
Sun
Most common year
1993#9 of 365Tuesday · 12,844 births
Rarest year
2014#324 of 365Sunday · 7,585 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

August 24 in other countries

August 24 is the 40th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #24 in Denmark to #302 in Brazil.

  1. Denmark

    #24 of 366

    179 births on an average August 24

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  2. Mexico

    #32 of 366

    5,599 births on an average August 24

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  3. Netherlands

    #61 of 366

    523 births on an average August 24

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  4. Finland

    #78 of 366

    147 births on an average August 24

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  5. Portugal

    #79 of 366

    304 births on an average August 24

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  6. Hungary

    #88 of 366

    335 births on an average August 24

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  7. Malaysia

    #94 of 366

    1,424 births on an average August 24

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  8. Guatemala

    #101 of 366

    969 births on an average August 24

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  9. New Zealand

    #103 of 366

    160 births on an average August 24

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  10. Germany

    #106 of 366

    2,125 births on an average August 24

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  11. France

    #108 of 366

    2,194 births on an average August 24

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  12. Norway

    #113 of 366

    162 births on an average August 24

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  13. Philippines

    #134 of 366

    4,571 births on an average August 24

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  14. Slovenia

    #138 of 366

    54 births on an average August 24

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  15. Belgium

    #142 of 366

    329 births on an average August 24

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  16. Latvia

    #144 of 366

    55 births on an average August 24

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  17. Japan

    #151 of 366

    2,801 births on an average August 24

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  18. Costa Rica

    #159 of 366

    169 births on an average August 24

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  19. England & Wales

    #172 of 366

    1,790 births on an average August 24

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  20. Argentina

    #177 of 366

    1,519 births on an average August 24

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  21. Ecuador

    #191 of 366

    761 births on an average August 24

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  22. Switzerland

    #200 of 366

    222 births on an average August 24

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  23. Ireland

    #231 of 366

    166 births on an average August 24

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  24. Peru

    #278 of 366

    1,153 births on an average August 24

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  25. Chile

    #279 of 366

    678 births on an average August 24

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  26. Brazil

    #302 of 366

    7,546 births on an average August 24

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
Birthday twins

Famous people born on August 24

Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.

Karoline LeavittKaroline LeavittWhite House press secretary · born 1997Vince McMahonVince McMahonAmerican professional wrestling promoter · born 1945Chad Michael MurrayChad Michael MurrayAmerican actor · born 1981Stephen FryStephen FryEnglish actor and comedian · born 1957Dave ChappelleDave ChappelleAmerican comedian and actor · born 1973Jared HarrisJared HarrisBritish actor · born 1961Hideo KojimaHideo KojimaJapanese video game designer · born 1963Rupert GrintRupert GrintEnglish actor · born 1988
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August against the other eleven

August 24 is the 13th 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.

10,394
Jan
10,637
Feb
10,658
Mar
10,557
Apr
10,702
May
10,990
Jun
11,238
Jul
11,405
Aug
11,448
Sep
10,872
Oct
10,616
Nov
10,633
Dec
August 23
Births a year11,451
Rank#38
August 24
Births a year11,447
Rank#40
August 25
Births a year11,281
Rank#83

August 24 is the 8th rarest of the 15 days around it

#30
17
#48
18
#75
19
#55
20
#58
21
#39
22
#38
23
#40
24
#83
25
#88
26
#70
27
#31
28
#36
29
#23
30
#33
31
The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

August 24#40 of 36611,447 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on August 24?

About 11,447 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1993, when 12,844 babies were born and it ranked #9 of 365; at its rarest in 2014, with 7,585 births at #324.

Is August 24 a common birthday?

In the United States, August 24 is the 40th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,447 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. 47 other dates are within 1% of August 24's count, spread from #21 to #68, 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 24 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 24 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Brazil, at #302 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #24.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026