Is August 25 a rare birthday? Popular

More common than 78% of all 366 dates.

August 25 #83
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for August 25: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

August 25 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 11,281in the United States — about 973,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium142 peopleof 50,000 were born on August 25
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on August 25 somewhere in the United States
Star signVirgorarer than 21 of the 31 Virgo birthdays
Half-birthdayFebruary 25six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundDecember 2A long winter night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where August 25 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, August 25 ranks in position #83, with 11,281 births a year. 283 other dates are rarer. 43 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #54 to #97, so the exact position is a close thing.

August 25#83 · 11,281 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

August 25 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Monday: rank #76 of 365, 10,586 births1970, Tuesday: rank #28 of 365, 11,384 births1971, Wednesday: rank #99 of 365, 10,334 births1972, Friday: rank #39 of 366, 9,716 births1973, Saturday: rank #259 of 365, 8,320 births1974, Sunday: rank #292 of 365, 7,854 births1975, Monday: rank #53 of 365, 9,414 births1976, Wednesday: rank #57 of 366, 9,481 births1977, Thursday: rank #42 of 365, 10,022 births1978, Friday: rank #40 of 365, 10,186 births1979, Saturday: rank #255 of 365, 9,325 births1980, Monday: rank #51 of 366, 10,910 births1981, Tuesday: rank #11 of 365, 11,407 births1982, Wednesday: rank #48 of 365, 11,153 births1983, Thursday: rank #80 of 365, 10,724 births1984, Saturday: rank #272 of 366, 9,254 births1985, Sunday: rank #280 of 365, 9,128 births1986, Monday: rank #67 of 365, 11,333 births1987, Tuesday: rank #38 of 365, 11,670 births1988, Thursday: rank #42 of 366, 12,106 births1989, Friday: rank #43 of 365, 12,540 births1990, Saturday: rank #271 of 365, 10,053 births1991, Sunday: rank #323 of 365, 9,126 births1992, Tuesday: rank #20 of 366, 12,707 births1993, Wednesday: rank #59 of 365, 12,326 births1994, Thursday: rank #80 of 365, 12,076 births1995, Friday: rank #58 of 365, 12,208 births1996, Sunday: rank #324 of 366, 8,212 births1997, Monday: rank #216 of 365, 11,094 births1998, Tuesday: rank #12 of 365, 12,908 births1999, Wednesday: rank #51 of 365, 12,595 births2000, Friday: rank #80 of 366, 12,623 births2001, Saturday: rank #267 of 365, 9,048 births2002, Sunday: rank #318 of 365, 7,833 births2003, Monday: rank #148 of 365, 12,411 births2004, Wednesday: rank #100 of 366, 12,849 births2005, Thursday: rank #36 of 365, 13,558 births2006, Friday: rank #79 of 365, 13,692 births2007, Saturday: rank #267 of 365, 9,108 births2008, Monday: rank #187 of 366, 12,868 births2009, Tuesday: rank #32 of 365, 13,648 births2010, Wednesday: rank #31 of 365, 13,078 births2011, Thursday: rank #52 of 365, 12,869 births2012, Saturday: rank #266 of 366, 8,567 births2013, Sunday: rank #315 of 365, 7,591 births2014, Monday: rank #117 of 365, 12,270 births2015, Tuesday: rank #13 of 365, 13,149 births2016, Thursday: rank #28 of 366, 12,816 births2017, Friday: rank #37 of 365, 12,511 births2018, Saturday: rank #263 of 365, 8,559 births2019, Sunday: rank #320 of 365, 7,308 births2020, Tuesday: rank #33 of 366, 11,664 births2021, Wednesday: rank #33 of 365, 11,964 births2022, Thursday: rank #24 of 365, 11,976 births2023, Friday: rank #99 of 365, 11,143 births2024, Sunday: rank #320 of 366, 7,184 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #288, from #61 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 28% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#114
Mon
#23
Tue
#60
Wed
#48
Thu
#59
Fri
#265
Sat
#312
Sun
Most common year
1981#11 of 365Tuesday · 11,407 births
Rarest year
1996#324 of 366Sunday · 8,212 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

August 25 in other countries

August 25 is the 83rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #44 in Denmark to #325 in Argentina.

  1. Denmark

    #44 of 366

    177 births on an average August 25

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  2. Finland

    #54 of 366

    148 births on an average August 25

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  3. Mexico

    #57 of 366

    5,434 births on an average August 25

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  4. Belgium

    #73 of 366

    336 births on an average August 25

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  5. Germany

    #79 of 366

    2,161 births on an average August 25

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  6. Malaysia

    #86 of 366

    1,431 births on an average August 25

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  7. Netherlands

    #90 of 366

    517 births on an average August 25

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  8. Ireland

    #97 of 366

    171 births on an average August 25

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  9. Hungary

    #98 of 366

    333 births on an average August 25

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  10. Costa Rica

    #104 of 366

    173 births on an average August 25

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  11. Slovenia

    #110 of 366

    55 births on an average August 25

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  12. Norway

    #122 of 366

    161 births on an average August 25

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  13. Japan

    #129 of 366

    2,819 births on an average August 25

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  14. Philippines

    #139 of 366

    4,550 births on an average August 25

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024

  15. New Zealand

    #142 of 366

    158 births on an average August 25

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  16. France

    #143 of 366

    2,170 births on an average August 25

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  17. Portugal

    #160 of 366

    299 births on an average August 25

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  18. Ecuador

    #187 of 366

    762 births on an average August 25

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  19. Latvia

    #203 of 366

    54 births on an average August 25

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  20. Switzerland

    #229 of 366

    220 births on an average August 25

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  21. Guatemala

    #235 of 366

    932 births on an average August 25

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  22. Chile

    #251 of 366

    681 births on an average August 25

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  23. Brazil

    #261 of 366

    7,717 births on an average August 25

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  24. Peru

    #310 of 366

    1,137 births on an average August 25

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  25. England & Wales

    #320 of 366

    1,744 births on an average August 25

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  26. Argentina

    #325 of 366

    1,362 births on an average August 25

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
Birthday twins

Famous people born on August 25

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

Blake LivelyBlake LivelyAmerican actress · born 1987Alexander SkarsgårdAlexander SkarsgårdSwedish actor · born 1976Sean ConnerySean ConneryScottish actor · born 1930Tim BurtonTim BurtonAmerican filmmaker · born 1958Gene SimmonsGene SimmonsIsraeli-American musician and songwriter · born 1949Tom HollanderTom HollanderBritish actor · born 1967Billy Ray CyrusBilly Ray CyrusAmerican country singer and actor · born 1961Rachel BilsonRachel BilsonAmerican actress · born 1981
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August against the other eleven

August 25 is the 5th 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.

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 24
Births a year11,447
Rank#40
August 25
Births a year11,281
Rank#83
August 26
Births a year11,253
Rank#88

August 25 is the 3rd rarest of the 15 days around it

#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
#125
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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

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on August 25?

About 11,281 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1981, when 11,407 babies were born and it ranked #11 of 365; at its rarest in 1996, with 8,212 births at #324.

Is August 25 a common birthday?

In the United States, August 25 is the 83rd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,281 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. 43 other dates are within 1% of August 25's count, spread from #54 to #97, 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 25 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 21 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #325 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #44.

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