Is August 8 a rare birthday? Very common
More common than 95% of all 366 dates.
August 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 8 ranks in position #18, with 11,579 births a year. 348 other dates are rarer. 23 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #13 to #36, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 8 in other countries
August 8 is the 18th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 13 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Germany to #257 in Chile.
Germany
#1 of 366
2,314 births on an average August 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#2 of 366
62 births on an average August 8
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#5 of 366
152 births on an average August 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Japan
#7 of 366
3,081 births on an average August 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Ecuador
#11 of 366
812 births on an average August 8
INEC, 2013–2023Malaysia
#11 of 366
1,510 births on an average August 8
DOSM, 2000–2022Netherlands
#11 of 366
538 births on an average August 8
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#15 of 366
59 births on an average August 8
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#19 of 366
180 births on an average August 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#27 of 366
344 births on an average August 8
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#28 of 366
1,856 births on an average August 8
ONS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#37 of 366
232 births on an average August 8
FSO, 1969–2025New Zealand
#39 of 366
163 births on an average August 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#51 of 366
2,228 births on an average August 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Ireland
#55 of 366
174 births on an average August 8
CSO, 1980–2023Mexico
#61 of 366
5,421 births on an average August 8
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#72 of 366
339 births on an average August 8
KSH, 1970–2020Guatemala
#74 of 366
980 births on an average August 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#77 of 366
4,885 births on an average August 8
PSA, 2006–2024Norway
#83 of 366
164 births on an average August 8
SSB, 2011–2025Costa Rica
#96 of 366
174 births on an average August 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#99 of 366
303 births on an average August 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Peru
#175 of 366
1,205 births on an average August 8
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#184 of 366
7,999 births on an average August 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#203 of 366
1,490 births on an average August 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#257 of 366
680 births on an average August 8
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on August 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Roger FedererSwiss tennis player · born 1981
Dustin HoffmanAmerican actor · born 1937
Chris EubankEnglish boxer · born 1966
A'ja WilsonAmerican basketball player · born 1996
Shawn MendesCanadian singer · born 1998
Princess BeatriceBritish princess · born 1988
Ryan GarciaAmerican boxer · born 1998
Keith CarradineAmerican actor · born 1949August against the other eleven
August 8 is the 2nd 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 8?
About 11,579 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2008, when 15,182 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 366; at its rarest in 2004, with 7,649 births at #324.
Is August 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 8 is the 18th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,579 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. 23 other dates are within 1% of August 8's count, spread from #13 to #36, 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 8 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 18 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Chile, at #257 of 366, and at its most common in Germany, at #1.
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