Is August 28 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 92% of all 366 dates.
August 28 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 28 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 28 ranks in position #31, with 11,515 births a year. 335 other dates are rarer. 36 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #15 to #51, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 28 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 28 in other countries
August 28 is the 31st most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #35 in Mexico to #339 in Ireland.
Mexico
#35 of 366
5,584 births on an average August 28
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#42 of 366
179 births on an average August 28
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#47 of 366
1,000 births on an average August 28
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#49 of 366
1,466 births on an average August 28
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#65 of 366
306 births on an average August 28
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Germany
#67 of 366
2,180 births on an average August 28
Destatis, 2014–2025Finland
#81 of 366
147 births on an average August 28
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Netherlands
#83 of 366
518 births on an average August 28
CBS, 1995–2025Philippines
#95 of 366
4,764 births on an average August 28
PSA, 2006–2024Denmark
#101 of 366
172 births on an average August 28
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#107 of 366
333 births on an average August 28
Statbel, 1992–2025Hungary
#121 of 366
331 births on an average August 28
KSH, 1970–2020Slovenia
#122 of 366
54 births on an average August 28
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#130 of 366
2,818 births on an average August 28
e-Stat, 1996–2025Norway
#133 of 366
160 births on an average August 28
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#139 of 366
775 births on an average August 28
INEC, 2013–2023France
#148 of 366
2,166 births on an average August 28
INSEE, 1998–2024Chile
#157 of 366
692 births on an average August 28
DEIS, 1990–2017Latvia
#166 of 366
54 births on an average August 28
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#198 of 366
1,196 births on an average August 28
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#220 of 366
221 births on an average August 28
FSO, 1969–2025New Zealand
#223 of 366
156 births on an average August 28
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#238 of 366
1,765 births on an average August 28
ONS, 1995–2025Argentina
#251 of 366
1,446 births on an average August 28
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#271 of 366
7,681 births on an average August 28
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ireland
#339 of 366
160 births on an average August 28
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on August 28
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
David FincherAmerican filmmaker · born 1962
Shania TwainCanadian country singer and songwriter · born 1965
Luis GuzmánPuerto Rican actor · born 1956
Marissa BodeAmerican actress · born 2000
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGerman writer and polymath · born 1749
Valtteri BottasFinnish racing driver · born 1989
Jack KirbyAmerican comic book artist · born 1917
Roxie RokerAmerican actress · born 1929August against the other eleven
August 28 is the 6th 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 28?
About 11,515 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1979, when 11,049 babies were born and it ranked #4 of 365; at its rarest in 2005, with 7,618 births at #322.
Is August 28 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 28 is the 31st most common of 366 dates, with about 11,515 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. 36 other dates are within 1% of August 28's count, spread from #15 to #51, 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 28 rarer in other countries?
Yes, in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ireland, at #339 of 366, and at its most common in Mexico, 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