Is August 27 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 81% of all 366 dates.
August 27 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 27 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 27 ranks in position #70, with 11,328 births a year. 296 other dates are rarer. 51 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #43 to #94, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 27 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 27 in other countries
August 27 is the 70th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #38 in Denmark to #309 in England & Wales.
Denmark
#38 of 366
177 births on an average August 27
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#80 of 366
518 births on an average August 27
CBS, 1995–2025Mexico
#107 of 366
5,202 births on an average August 27
INEGI, 2017–2023Germany
#111 of 366
2,117 births on an average August 27
Destatis, 2014–2025New Zealand
#114 of 366
159 births on an average August 27
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Japan
#117 of 366
2,830 births on an average August 27
e-Stat, 1996–2025Malaysia
#120 of 366
1,412 births on an average August 27
DOSM, 2000–2022France
#134 of 366
2,179 births on an average August 27
INSEE, 1998–2024Slovenia
#140 of 366
54 births on an average August 27
SURS, 2000–2025Costa Rica
#145 of 366
170 births on an average August 27
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#150 of 366
4,524 births on an average August 27
PSA, 2006–2024Latvia
#153 of 366
55 births on an average August 27
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#154 of 366
329 births on an average August 27
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#158 of 366
158 births on an average August 27
SSB, 2011–2025Portugal
#166 of 366
298 births on an average August 27
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Finland
#173 of 366
141 births on an average August 27
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Guatemala
#174 of 366
948 births on an average August 27
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Chile
#193 of 366
688 births on an average August 27
DEIS, 1990–2017Hungary
#198 of 366
326 births on an average August 27
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#216 of 366
167 births on an average August 27
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#245 of 366
220 births on an average August 27
FSO, 1969–2025Ecuador
#254 of 366
746 births on an average August 27
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#262 of 366
1,163 births on an average August 27
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#274 of 366
1,421 births on an average August 27
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#285 of 366
7,606 births on an average August 27
DATASUS, 1997–2024England & Wales
#309 of 366
1,748 births on an average August 27
ONS, 1995–2025
Famous people born on August 27
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Paul ReubensAmerican actor and comedian · born 1952
Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident of the United States from 1963 to 1969 · born 1908
Ange PostecoglouSoccer manager · born 1965
Aaron PaulAmerican actor · born 1979
Patrick J. AdamsCanadian and American actor · born 1981
Peter StormareSwedish actor · born 1953
Ariana GreenblattAmerican actress · born 2007
Kathy HochulGovernor of New York since 2021 · born 1958August against the other eleven
August 27 is the 9th 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 27?
About 11,328 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1974, when 10,075 babies were born and it ranked #11 of 365; at its rarest in 2023, with 6,973 births at #329.
Is August 27 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 27 is the 70th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,328 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. 51 other dates are within 1% of August 27's count, spread from #43 to #94, 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 27 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 England & Wales, at #309 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #38.
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