Is August 29 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 90% of all 366 dates.
August 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 29 ranks in position #36, with 11,479 births a year. 330 other dates are rarer. 44 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #17 to #61, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 29 in other countries
August 29 is the 36th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #7 in Finland to #301 in Argentina.
Finland
#7 of 366
152 births on an average August 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Mexico
#55 of 366
5,444 births on an average August 29
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#56 of 366
989 births on an average August 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Costa Rica
#62 of 366
176 births on an average August 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Netherlands
#73 of 366
520 births on an average August 29
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#74 of 366
174 births on an average August 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#97 of 366
2,144 births on an average August 29
Destatis, 2014–2025Malaysia
#106 of 366
1,417 births on an average August 29
DOSM, 2000–2022Norway
#118 of 366
161 births on an average August 29
SSB, 2011–2025Portugal
#121 of 366
301 births on an average August 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#126 of 366
4,618 births on an average August 29
PSA, 2006–2024Latvia
#178 of 366
54 births on an average August 29
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#189 of 366
1,200 births on an average August 29
INEI, 2019–2025Hungary
#194 of 366
326 births on an average August 29
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#204 of 366
325 births on an average August 29
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#208 of 366
2,132 births on an average August 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Japan
#219 of 366
2,759 births on an average August 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#220 of 366
685 births on an average August 29
DEIS, 1990–2017England & Wales
#229 of 366
1,767 births on an average August 29
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#231 of 366
52 births on an average August 29
SURS, 2000–2025Ireland
#234 of 366
166 births on an average August 29
CSO, 1980–2023Ecuador
#235 of 366
753 births on an average August 29
INEC, 2013–2023Switzerland
#250 of 366
219 births on an average August 29
FSO, 1969–2025New Zealand
#277 of 366
154 births on an average August 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Brazil
#300 of 366
7,552 births on an average August 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#301 of 366
1,397 births on an average August 29
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on August 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Michael JacksonAmerican singer · born 1958
Liam PayneEnglish singer and songwriter · born 1993
Richard AttenboroughEnglish actor and film director · born 1923
Ingrid BergmanSwedish actress · born 1915
John McCainAmerican politician and naval officer · born 1936
Carla GuginoAmerican actress · born 1971
NagarjunaIndian actor and film producer · born 1959
Elliott GouldAmerican actor · born 1938August against the other eleven
August 29 is the 10th 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 29?
About 11,479 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2019, when 12,598 babies were born and it ranked #7 of 365; at its rarest in 2004, with 7,695 births at #321.
Is August 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 29 is the 36th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,479 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. 44 other dates are within 1% of August 29's count, spread from #17 to #61, 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 29 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 Argentina, at #301 of 366, and at its most common in Finland, at #7.
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