Is December 1 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 62% of all 366 dates.
December 1 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 1 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 1 ranks in position #139, with 10,938 births a year. 227 other dates are rarer. 57 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #117 to #174, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 1 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 1 in other countries
December 1 is the 139th most common birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 most common in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #72 in Costa Rica to #357 in Portugal.
Costa Rica
#72 of 366
176 births on an average December 1
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#96 of 366
4,759 births on an average December 1
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#108 of 366
5,200 births on an average December 1
INEGI, 2017–2023Malaysia
#110 of 366
1,416 births on an average December 1
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#186 of 366
157 births on an average December 1
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Latvia
#218 of 366
53 births on an average December 1
CSB, 1996–2025France
#221 of 366
2,126 births on an average December 1
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#263 of 366
1,955 births on an average December 1
Destatis, 2014–2025Ecuador
#283 of 366
736 births on an average December 1
INEC, 2013–2023Japan
#283 of 366
2,713 births on an average December 1
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#289 of 366
50 births on an average December 1
SURS, 2000–2025Chile
#303 of 366
674 births on an average December 1
DEIS, 1990–2017Finland
#303 of 366
135 births on an average December 1
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Switzerland
#312 of 366
210 births on an average December 1
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#314 of 366
163 births on an average December 1
CSO, 1980–2023Brazil
#322 of 366
7,453 births on an average December 1
DATASUS, 1997–2024Guatemala
#324 of 366
903 births on an average December 1
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Argentina
#327 of 366
1,362 births on an average December 1
DEIS, 2018–2023Belgium
#327 of 366
312 births on an average December 1
Statbel, 1992–2025Hungary
#331 of 366
309 births on an average December 1
KSH, 1970–2020Denmark
#333 of 366
154 births on an average December 1
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#335 of 366
477 births on an average December 1
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#336 of 366
1,737 births on an average December 1
ONS, 1995–2025Peru
#339 of 366
1,113 births on an average December 1
INEI, 2019–2025Norway
#341 of 366
132 births on an average December 1
SSB, 2011–2025Portugal
#357 of 366
274 births on an average December 1
INE Portugal, 1980–2025
Famous people born on December 1
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Zoë KravitzAmerican actress and singer and model · born 1988
Sarah SilvermanAmerican comedian and actress · born 1970
Richard PryorAmerican comedian and actor · born 1940
Katherine LaNasaAmerican actress · born 1966
Bette MidlerAmerican actress and singer · born 1945
Matthew ShepardAmerican hate crime and murder victim · born 1976
Riz AhmedBritish-Pakistani actor and rapper · born 1982
Treat WilliamsAmerican actor · born 1951December against the other eleven
December 1 is the 12th most common of the 31 days in December. All December birthdays.
December is the 4th rarest month of the year
An average December day sees 10,633 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on December 1?
About 10,938 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2015, when 13,185 babies were born and it ranked #12 of 365; at its rarest in 1991, with 8,658 births at #358.
Is December 1 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 1 is the 139th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,938 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest December birthday?
In the United States, December 25: the rarest of all 366 dates, with about 6,546 births a year. The most common December birthday is December 28, the 6th most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 57 other dates are within 1% of December 1's count, spread from #117 to #174, 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 December 1 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 22 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Portugal, at #357 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #72.
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