Is August 26 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 76% of all 366 dates.
August 26 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 26 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 26 ranks in position #88, with 11,253 births a year. 278 other dates are rarer. 38 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #62 to #100, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 26 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 26 in other countries
August 26 is the 88th most common birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 most common in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #59 in Latvia to #312 in Argentina.
Latvia
#59 of 366
57 births on an average August 26
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#66 of 366
2,180 births on an average August 26
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#67 of 366
175 births on an average August 26
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Malaysia
#82 of 366
1,434 births on an average August 26
DOSM, 2000–2022Belgium
#85 of 366
335 births on an average August 26
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#89 of 366
56 births on an average August 26
SURS, 2000–2025Mexico
#96 of 366
5,238 births on an average August 26
INEGI, 2017–2023Norway
#96 of 366
163 births on an average August 26
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#98 of 366
515 births on an average August 26
CBS, 1995–2025New Zealand
#99 of 366
160 births on an average August 26
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Portugal
#109 of 366
302 births on an average August 26
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Finland
#111 of 366
145 births on an average August 26
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Japan
#114 of 366
2,833 births on an average August 26
e-Stat, 1996–2025Guatemala
#117 of 366
965 births on an average August 26
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ireland
#129 of 366
170 births on an average August 26
CSO, 1980–2023France
#140 of 366
2,177 births on an average August 26
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#157 of 366
328 births on an average August 26
KSH, 1970–2020Philippines
#166 of 366
4,478 births on an average August 26
PSA, 2006–2024Ecuador
#180 of 366
763 births on an average August 26
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#187 of 366
1,200 births on an average August 26
INEI, 2019–2025Costa Rica
#220 of 366
165 births on an average August 26
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#221 of 366
685 births on an average August 26
DEIS, 1990–2017England & Wales
#261 of 366
1,758 births on an average August 26
ONS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#268 of 366
217 births on an average August 26
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#281 of 366
7,629 births on an average August 26
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#312 of 366
1,385 births on an average August 26
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on August 26
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Macaulay CulkinAmerican actor and musician · born 1980
Cassie VenturaAmerican singer, dancer, actress, and model · born 1986
Keke PalmerAmerican actress, singer, and television host · born 1993
Mother TeresaAlbanian-Indian Catholic saint · born 1910
John MulaneyAmerican comedian, actor, and writer · born 1982
Melissa McCarthyAmerican actress · born 1970
Dylan O'BrienAmerican actor · born 1991
Chris PineAmerican actor · born 1980August against the other eleven
August 26 is the 3rd 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 26?
About 11,253 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1975, when 9,907 babies were born and it ranked #7 of 365; at its rarest in 1990, with 9,340 births at #320.
Is August 26 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 26 is the 88th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,253 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. 38 other dates are within 1% of August 26's count, spread from #62 to #100, 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 26 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 #312 of 366, and at its most common in Latvia, at #59.
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