Is August 5 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 77% of all 366 dates.
August 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 5 ranks in position #84, with 11,275 births a year. 282 other dates are rarer. 41 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #57 to #98, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 5 in other countries
August 5 is the 84th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #10 in Denmark to #276 in Argentina.
Denmark
#10 of 366
181 births on an average August 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Latvia
#11 of 366
60 births on an average August 5
CSB, 1996–2025Japan
#31 of 366
2,950 births on an average August 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025Netherlands
#35 of 366
527 births on an average August 5
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#54 of 366
2,195 births on an average August 5
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#57 of 366
57 births on an average August 5
SURS, 2000–2025Ecuador
#59 of 366
794 births on an average August 5
INEC, 2013–2023France
#62 of 366
2,217 births on an average August 5
INSEE, 1998–2024Norway
#68 of 366
166 births on an average August 5
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#75 of 366
338 births on an average August 5
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#88 of 366
335 births on an average August 5
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#89 of 366
1,820 births on an average August 5
ONS, 1995–2025Guatemala
#105 of 366
967 births on an average August 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ireland
#107 of 366
171 births on an average August 5
CSO, 1980–2023New Zealand
#109 of 366
159 births on an average August 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#117 of 366
145 births on an average August 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Portugal
#123 of 366
301 births on an average August 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#132 of 366
5,148 births on an average August 5
INEGI, 2017–2023Malaysia
#137 of 366
1,407 births on an average August 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Peru
#168 of 366
1,206 births on an average August 5
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#179 of 366
224 births on an average August 5
FSO, 1969–2025Philippines
#184 of 366
4,423 births on an average August 5
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#186 of 366
167 births on an average August 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Brazil
#235 of 366
7,821 births on an average August 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#256 of 366
680 births on an average August 5
DEIS, 1990–2017Argentina
#276 of 366
1,419 births on an average August 5
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on August 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
YungbludEnglish musician · born 1997
James GunnAmerican filmmaker · born 1966
Anthony EdwardsAmerican basketball player · born 2001
Loni AndersonAmerican actress · born 1945
Neil ArmstrongAmerican astronaut · born 1930
KajolIndian actress · born 1974
Mark StrongBritish actor · born 1963
Jesse WilliamsAmerican actor, director, producer · born 1980August against the other eleven
August 5 is the 4th 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 5?
About 11,275 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1981, when 11,438 babies were born and it ranked #8 of 365; at its rarest in 2018, with 7,264 births at #323.
Is August 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 5 is the 84th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,275 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. 41 other dates are within 1% of August 5's count, spread from #57 to #98, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 16 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #276 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #10.
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