Is December 11 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 78% of all 366 dates.
December 11 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 11 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 11 ranks in position #286, with 10,569 births a year. 285 other dates are more common. 82 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #241 to #323, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 11 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 11 in other countries
December 11 is the 81st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 11 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #105 in Costa Rica to #356 in Ecuador.
Costa Rica
#105 of 366
173 births on an average December 11
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#111 of 366
159 births on an average December 11
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#117 of 366
4,634 births on an average December 11
PSA, 2006–2024Chile
#167 of 366
690 births on an average December 11
DEIS, 1990–2017France
#182 of 366
2,148 births on an average December 11
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#200 of 366
4,966 births on an average December 11
INEGI, 2017–2023Portugal
#228 of 366
294 births on an average December 11
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Argentina
#245 of 366
1,452 births on an average December 11
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#248 of 366
930 births on an average December 11
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#250 of 366
2,736 births on an average December 11
e-Stat, 1996–2025Hungary
#266 of 366
319 births on an average December 11
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#288 of 366
51 births on an average December 11
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#292 of 366
1,936 births on an average December 11
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#293 of 366
1,752 births on an average December 11
ONS, 1995–2025Netherlands
#315 of 366
481 births on an average December 11
CBS, 1995–2025Malaysia
#317 of 366
1,348 births on an average December 11
DOSM, 2000–2022Ireland
#318 of 366
163 births on an average December 11
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#323 of 366
209 births on an average December 11
FSO, 1969–2025Peru
#324 of 366
1,124 births on an average December 11
INEI, 2019–2025Belgium
#331 of 366
311 births on an average December 11
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#339 of 366
153 births on an average December 11
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Brazil
#341 of 366
7,346 births on an average December 11
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#346 of 366
48 births on an average December 11
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#350 of 366
128 births on an average December 11
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#353 of 366
127 births on an average December 11
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#356 of 366
691 births on an average December 11
INEC, 2013–2023
Famous people born on December 11
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Hailee SteinfeldAmerican actress and singer · born 1996
Rey MysterioAmerican professional wrestler · born 1974
Teri GarrAmerican actress · born 1944
Jermaine JacksonAmerican musician · born 1954
John KerryAmerican politician and diplomat · born 1943
Rita MorenoPuerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer · born 1931
Matthew TkachukAmerican ice hockey player · born 1997
Dilip KumarIndian actor · born 1922December against the other eleven
December 11 is the 7th rarest 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 11?
About 10,569 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1979, when 10,308 babies were born and it ranked #75 of 365; at its rarest in 2016, with 6,964 births at #361.
Is December 11 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 11 is the 81st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,569 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.
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. 82 other dates are within 1% of December 11's count, spread from #241 to #323, 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 11 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 Ecuador, at #356 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #105.
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