Is December 13 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 72% of all 366 dates.
December 13 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 13 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 13 ranks in position #262, with 10,628 births a year. 261 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #215 to #302, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 13 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 13 in other countries
December 13 is the 105th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 14 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #97 in New Zealand to #354 in Germany.
New Zealand
#97 of 366
160 births on an average December 13
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#143 of 366
4,541 births on an average December 13
PSA, 2006–2024France
#159 of 366
2,161 births on an average December 13
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#195 of 366
4,984 births on an average December 13
INEGI, 2017–2023Ireland
#213 of 366
167 births on an average December 13
CSO, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#221 of 366
165 births on an average December 13
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#249 of 366
1,379 births on an average December 13
DOSM, 2000–2022Argentina
#256 of 366
1,436 births on an average December 13
DEIS, 2018–2023Hungary
#269 of 366
319 births on an average December 13
KSH, 1970–2020Portugal
#296 of 366
287 births on an average December 13
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#304 of 366
910 births on an average December 13
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#309 of 366
2,691 births on an average December 13
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#325 of 366
668 births on an average December 13
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#325 of 366
1,123 births on an average December 13
INEI, 2019–2025Norway
#332 of 366
134 births on an average December 13
SSB, 2011–2025Switzerland
#332 of 366
208 births on an average December 13
FSO, 1969–2025Belgium
#348 of 366
304 births on an average December 13
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#350 of 366
47 births on an average December 13
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#351 of 366
152 births on an average December 13
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Finland
#351 of 366
128 births on an average December 13
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Netherlands
#351 of 366
471 births on an average December 13
CBS, 1995–2025Brazil
#352 of 366
7,269 births on an average December 13
DATASUS, 1997–2024England & Wales
#352 of 366
1,727 births on an average December 13
ONS, 1995–2025Latvia
#352 of 366
47 births on an average December 13
CSB, 1996–2025Ecuador
#353 of 366
696 births on an average December 13
INEC, 2013–2023Germany
#354 of 366
1,859 births on an average December 13
Destatis, 2014–2025
Famous people born on December 13
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Taylor SwiftAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1989
Dick Van DykeAmerican actor and comedian · born 1925
Katherine SchwarzeneggerAmerican writer · born 1989
Emma CorrinEnglish actor · born 1995
Steve BuscemiAmerican actor and director · born 1957
Jamie FoxxAmerican comedian, actor and singer · born 1967
Christopher PlummerCanadian actor · born 1929
Aga Khan IVImam of Nizari Isma'ilism from 1957 to 2025 · born 1936December against the other eleven
December 13 is the 10th 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 13?
About 10,628 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2022, when 11,467 babies were born and it ranked #83 of 365; at its rarest in 2020, with 6,152 births at #364.
Is December 13 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 13 is the 105th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,628 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of December 13's count, spread from #215 to #302, 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 13 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 Germany, at #354 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #97.
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