Is August 30 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 94% of all 366 dates.
August 30 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 30 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 30 ranks in position #23, with 11,546 births a year. 343 other dates are rarer. 29 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #14 to #43, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 30 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 30 in other countries
August 30 is the 23rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #33 in Mexico to #354 in Peru.
Mexico
#33 of 366
5,598 births on an average August 30
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#36 of 366
1,010 births on an average August 30
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Slovenia
#54 of 366
57 births on an average August 30
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#82 of 366
518 births on an average August 30
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#93 of 366
303 births on an average August 30
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#102 of 366
172 births on an average August 30
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#112 of 366
2,117 births on an average August 30
Destatis, 2014–2025Philippines
#113 of 366
4,689 births on an average August 30
PSA, 2006–2024Finland
#114 of 366
145 births on an average August 30
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Malaysia
#117 of 366
1,413 births on an average August 30
DOSM, 2000–2022Norway
#140 of 366
160 births on an average August 30
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#146 of 366
772 births on an average August 30
INEC, 2013–2023Hungary
#168 of 366
328 births on an average August 30
KSH, 1970–2020Chile
#181 of 366
689 births on an average August 30
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#218 of 366
165 births on an average August 30
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Argentina
#222 of 366
1,477 births on an average August 30
DEIS, 2018–2023France
#229 of 366
2,124 births on an average August 30
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#239 of 366
1,764 births on an average August 30
ONS, 1995–2025Belgium
#251 of 366
321 births on an average August 30
Statbel, 1992–2025Latvia
#251 of 366
52 births on an average August 30
CSB, 1996–2025Japan
#267 of 366
2,722 births on an average August 30
e-Stat, 1996–2025Switzerland
#274 of 366
217 births on an average August 30
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#296 of 366
164 births on an average August 30
CSO, 1980–2023Brazil
#298 of 366
7,570 births on an average August 30
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#315 of 366
153 births on an average August 30
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Peru
#354 of 366
1,084 births on an average August 30
INEI, 2019–2025
Famous people born on August 30
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Cameron DiazAmerican actress · born 1972
Warren BuffettAmerican investor and philanthropist · born 1930
Drake MayeAmerican football player · born 2002
Mary ShelleyEnglish writer · born 1797
Peggy LiptonAmerican actress · born 1946
John PhillipsAmerican musician · born 1935
Fred HamptonAfrican-American activist · born 1948
Alexander LukashenkoPresident of Belarus since 1994 · born 1954August against the other eleven
August 30 is the 3rd 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 30?
About 11,546 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1977, when 10,418 babies were born and it ranked #6 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 8,829 births at #332.
Is August 30 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 30 is the 23rd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,546 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. 29 other dates are within 1% of August 30's count, spread from #14 to #43, 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 30 rarer in other countries?
Yes, in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Peru, at #354 of 366, and at its most common in Mexico, at #33.
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