Is August 3 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 83% of all 366 dates.
August 3 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 3 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 3 ranks in position #63, with 11,346 births a year. 303 other dates are rarer. 54 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #37 to #91, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 3 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 3 in other countries
August 3 is the 63rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #25 in Norway to #308 in Costa Rica.
Norway
#25 of 366
171 births on an average August 3
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#30 of 366
347 births on an average August 3
KSH, 1970–2020France
#44 of 366
2,237 births on an average August 3
INSEE, 1998–2024Slovenia
#49 of 366
57 births on an average August 3
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#58 of 366
2,189 births on an average August 3
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#58 of 366
57 births on an average August 3
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#60 of 366
175 births on an average August 3
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#65 of 366
522 births on an average August 3
CBS, 1995–2025Japan
#71 of 366
2,883 births on an average August 3
e-Stat, 1996–2025Mexico
#71 of 366
5,362 births on an average August 3
INEGI, 2017–2023Belgium
#74 of 366
336 births on an average August 3
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#117 of 366
1,809 births on an average August 3
ONS, 1995–2025New Zealand
#132 of 366
158 births on an average August 3
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Switzerland
#136 of 366
225 births on an average August 3
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#142 of 366
143 births on an average August 3
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Guatemala
#143 of 366
956 births on an average August 3
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Portugal
#146 of 366
300 births on an average August 3
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Argentina
#149 of 366
1,543 births on an average August 3
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#160 of 366
769 births on an average August 3
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#171 of 366
1,400 births on an average August 3
DOSM, 2000–2022Peru
#171 of 366
1,206 births on an average August 3
INEI, 2019–2025Ireland
#179 of 366
168 births on an average August 3
CSO, 1980–2023Philippines
#189 of 366
4,420 births on an average August 3
PSA, 2006–2024Brazil
#243 of 366
7,788 births on an average August 3
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#298 of 366
675 births on an average August 3
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#308 of 366
161 births on an average August 3
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on August 3
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Tom BradyAmerican football player and commentator · born 1977
Martin SheenAmerican actor · born 1940
Martha StewartAmerican businesswoman, writer, TV personality · born 1941
James HetfieldAmerican musician · born 1963
Evangeline LillyCanadian actress · born 1979
Jules BianchiFrench racing driver · born 1989
Jay NorthAmerican actor · born 1951
Brahim DíazMorocco international footballer · born 1999August against the other eleven
August 3 is the 11th 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 3?
About 11,346 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,940 babies were born and it ranked #13 of 365; at its rarest in 2003, with 7,702 births at #325.
Is August 3 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 3 is the 63rd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,346 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. 54 other dates are within 1% of August 3's count, spread from #37 to #91, 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 3 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 19 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #308 of 366, and at its most common in Norway, at #25.
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