Is August 9 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 92% of all 366 dates.
August 9 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where August 9 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, August 9 ranks in position #32, with 11,511 births a year. 334 other dates are rarer. 38 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #15 to #53, so the exact position is a close thing.
August 9 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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August 9 in other countries
August 9 is the 32nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #10 in Finland to #286 in Chile.
Finland
#10 of 366
152 births on an average August 9
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#21 of 366
171 births on an average August 9
SSB, 2011–2025Ireland
#38 of 366
174 births on an average August 9
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#60 of 366
2,900 births on an average August 9
e-Stat, 1996–2025Denmark
#66 of 366
175 births on an average August 9
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025England & Wales
#68 of 366
1,828 births on an average August 9
ONS, 1995–2025Germany
#74 of 366
2,171 births on an average August 9
Destatis, 2014–2025France
#75 of 366
2,208 births on an average August 9
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#76 of 366
5,338 births on an average August 9
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#80 of 366
337 births on an average August 9
KSH, 1970–2020Netherlands
#84 of 366
518 births on an average August 9
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#106 of 366
55 births on an average August 9
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#109 of 366
333 births on an average August 9
Statbel, 1992–2025Malaysia
#114 of 366
1,414 births on an average August 9
DOSM, 2000–2022Latvia
#127 of 366
55 births on an average August 9
CSB, 1996–2025Guatemala
#136 of 366
958 births on an average August 9
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#168 of 366
157 births on an average August 9
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Argentina
#176 of 366
1,519 births on an average August 9
DEIS, 2018–2023Portugal
#183 of 366
298 births on an average August 9
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Costa Rica
#211 of 366
165 births on an average August 9
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#213 of 366
4,396 births on an average August 9
PSA, 2006–2024Ecuador
#218 of 366
758 births on an average August 9
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#250 of 366
1,170 births on an average August 9
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#252 of 366
7,766 births on an average August 9
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#260 of 366
219 births on an average August 9
FSO, 1969–2025Chile
#286 of 366
677 births on an average August 9
DEIS, 1990–2017
Famous people born on August 9
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Virginia GiuffreAmerican and Australian advocate · born 1983
Bill SkarsgårdSwedish actor and model · born 1990
Deion SandersAmerican football coach and former player · born 1967
Whitney HoustonAmerican singer and actress · born 1963
King VonAmerican rapper · born 1994
Sam ElliottAmerican actor · born 1944
Anna KendrickAmerican actress · born 1985
Melanie GriffithAmerican actress · born 1957August against the other eleven
August 9 is the 7th 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 9?
About 11,511 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,643 babies were born and it ranked #11 of 365; at its rarest in 1987, with 8,637 births at #326.
Is August 9 a common birthday?
In the United States, August 9 is the 32nd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,511 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 9's count, spread from #15 to #53, 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 9 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 24 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Chile, at #286 of 366, and at its most common in Finland, 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