Is December 12 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 67% of all 366 dates.
December 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 12 ranks in position #123, with 10,987 births a year. 243 other dates are rarer. 45 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #110 to #155, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 12 in other countries
December 12 is the 123rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #31 in Malaysia to #347 in Denmark.
Malaysia
#31 of 366
1,478 births on an average December 12
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#47 of 366
162 births on an average December 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#73 of 366
4,891 births on an average December 12
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#74 of 366
176 births on an average December 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#102 of 366
701 births on an average December 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#103 of 366
2,843 births on an average December 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#119 of 366
301 births on an average December 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#123 of 366
964 births on an average December 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#128 of 366
5,151 births on an average December 12
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#174 of 366
2,151 births on an average December 12
INSEE, 1998–2024Ireland
#181 of 366
168 births on an average December 12
CSO, 1980–2023Germany
#185 of 366
2,011 births on an average December 12
Destatis, 2014–2025Argentina
#192 of 366
1,500 births on an average December 12
DEIS, 2018–2023England & Wales
#217 of 366
1,771 births on an average December 12
ONS, 1995–2025Latvia
#236 of 366
53 births on an average December 12
CSB, 1996–2025Netherlands
#238 of 366
491 births on an average December 12
CBS, 1995–2025Hungary
#248 of 366
321 births on an average December 12
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#262 of 366
7,715 births on an average December 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024Belgium
#280 of 366
319 births on an average December 12
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#280 of 366
216 births on an average December 12
FSO, 1969–2025Ecuador
#286 of 366
733 births on an average December 12
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#288 of 366
1,148 births on an average December 12
INEI, 2019–2025Slovenia
#290 of 366
50 births on an average December 12
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#320 of 366
134 births on an average December 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#327 of 366
135 births on an average December 12
SSB, 2011–2025Denmark
#347 of 366
152 births on an average December 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025
Famous people born on December 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Frank SinatraAmerican singer and actor · born 1915
Jennifer ConnellyAmerican actress · born 1970
Connie FrancisAmerican singer and actress · born 1937
RajinikanthIndian actor · born 1950
Mayim BialikAmerican actress, television personality, and author · born 1975
Regina HallAmerican actress · born 1970
Otto WarmbierAmerican imprisoned in North Korea · born 1994
Michael OliseProfessional footballer · born 2001December against the other eleven
December 12 is the 10th 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 12?
About 10,987 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2012, when 14,436 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 366; at its rarest in 1993, with 8,085 births at #359.
Is December 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 12 is the 123rd most common of 366 dates, with about 10,987 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. 45 other dates are within 1% of December 12's count, spread from #110 to #155, 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 12 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 Denmark, at #347 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #31.
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