Is August 6 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 76% of all 366 dates.
August 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 6 ranks in position #89, with 11,238 births a year. 277 other dates are rarer. 38 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #63 to #101, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 6 in other countries
August 6 is the 89th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #5 in Denmark to #330 in Peru.
Denmark
#5 of 366
182 births on an average August 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#33 of 366
527 births on an average August 6
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#36 of 366
170 births on an average August 6
SSB, 2011–2025Japan
#47 of 366
2,926 births on an average August 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025France
#54 of 366
2,228 births on an average August 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Latvia
#71 of 366
57 births on an average August 6
CSB, 1996–2025Slovenia
#73 of 366
56 births on an average August 6
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#80 of 366
2,160 births on an average August 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Hungary
#81 of 366
337 births on an average August 6
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#86 of 366
335 births on an average August 6
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#88 of 366
1,820 births on an average August 6
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#142 of 366
300 births on an average August 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Switzerland
#142 of 366
225 births on an average August 6
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#154 of 366
143 births on an average August 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Guatemala
#161 of 366
951 births on an average August 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#163 of 366
1,402 births on an average August 6
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#184 of 366
5,005 births on an average August 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Ecuador
#186 of 366
762 births on an average August 6
INEC, 2013–2023New Zealand
#230 of 366
156 births on an average August 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#234 of 366
4,356 births on an average August 6
PSA, 2006–2024Brazil
#242 of 366
7,790 births on an average August 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#250 of 366
1,447 births on an average August 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#254 of 366
165 births on an average August 6
CSO, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#293 of 366
161 births on an average August 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#318 of 366
671 births on an average August 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#330 of 366
1,121 births on an average August 6
INEI, 2019–2025
Famous people born on August 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Michelle YeohMalaysian actress · born 1962
Vera FarmigaAmerican actress and singer · born 1973
M. Night ShyamalanAmerican filmmaker · born 1970
Andy WarholAmerican artist and filmmaker · born 1928
Lucille BallAmerican actress · born 1911
Geri HalliwellEnglish singer · born 1972
Elliott SmithAmerican musician · born 1969
Robert MitchumAmerican actor · born 1917August against the other eleven
August 6 is the 2nd 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 6?
About 11,238 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 11,897 babies were born and it ranked #9 of 366; at its rarest in 2006, with 7,781 births at #327.
Is August 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 6 is the 89th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,238 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. 38 other dates are within 1% of August 6's count, spread from #63 to #101, 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 6 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Peru, at #330 of 366, and at its most common in Denmark, at #5.
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