Is December 14 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 55% of all 366 dates.
December 14 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 14 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 14 ranks in position #167, with 10,859 births a year. 199 other dates are rarer. 76 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #130 to #206, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 14 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 14 in other countries
December 14 is the 167th 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 #69 in Ireland to #350 in the Netherlands and Norway.
Ireland
#69 of 366
173 births on an average December 14
CSO, 1980–2023France
#84 of 366
2,203 births on an average December 14
INSEE, 1998–2024New Zealand
#88 of 366
160 births on an average December 14
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#89 of 366
5,278 births on an average December 14
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#118 of 366
4,633 births on an average December 14
PSA, 2006–2024Chile
#119 of 366
697 births on an average December 14
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#124 of 366
172 births on an average December 14
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#175 of 366
298 births on an average December 14
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Argentina
#190 of 366
1,503 births on an average December 14
DEIS, 2018–2023Malaysia
#259 of 366
1,376 births on an average December 14
DOSM, 2000–2022Belgium
#281 of 366
319 births on an average December 14
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#290 of 366
214 births on an average December 14
FSO, 1969–2025Guatemala
#296 of 366
914 births on an average December 14
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Hungary
#299 of 366
314 births on an average December 14
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#318 of 366
50 births on an average December 14
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#319 of 366
1,745 births on an average December 14
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#324 of 366
49 births on an average December 14
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#325 of 366
155 births on an average December 14
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Peru
#327 of 366
1,123 births on an average December 14
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#329 of 366
7,420 births on an average December 14
DATASUS, 1997–2024Japan
#333 of 366
2,642 births on an average December 14
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#337 of 366
1,895 births on an average December 14
Destatis, 2014–2025Finland
#345 of 366
129 births on an average December 14
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#346 of 366
704 births on an average December 14
INEC, 2013–2023Netherlands
#350 of 366
471 births on an average December 14
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#350 of 366
128 births on an average December 14
SSB, 2011–2025
Famous people born on December 14
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
George VIKing of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 · born 1895
Vanessa HudgensAmerican actress and singer · born 1988
RaphinhaBrazilian footballer · born 1996
James ComeyAmerican lawyer · born 1960
Jane BirkinBritish actress and singer · born 1946
Michael OwenEnglish footballer · born 1979
Raj KapoorIndian actor and filmmaker · born 1924
DK MetcalfAmerican football player · born 1997December against the other eleven
December 14 is the 14th 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 14?
About 10,859 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1999, when 12,667 babies were born and it ranked #43 of 365; at its rarest in 1986, with 8,080 births at #363.
Is December 14 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 14 is the 167th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,859 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. 76 other dates are within 1% of December 14's count, spread from #130 to #206, 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 14 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 19 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Netherlands and Norway, at #350 of 366, and at its most common in Ireland, at #69.
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