Is December 16 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 58% of all 366 dates.
December 16 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 16 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 16 ranks in position #155, with 10,878 births a year. 211 other dates are rarer. 73 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #124 to #197, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 16 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 16 in other countries
December 16 is the 155th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #33 in Ireland to #344 in Finland.
Ireland
#33 of 366
175 births on an average December 16
CSO, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#53 of 366
177 births on an average December 16
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#70 of 366
161 births on an average December 16
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#74 of 366
2,211 births on an average December 16
INSEE, 1998–2024Belgium
#81 of 366
336 births on an average December 16
Statbel, 1992–2025Portugal
#111 of 366
302 births on an average December 16
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#122 of 366
4,622 births on an average December 16
PSA, 2006–2024Hungary
#189 of 366
326 births on an average December 16
KSH, 1970–2020Chile
#209 of 366
687 births on an average December 16
DEIS, 1990–2017England & Wales
#213 of 366
1,773 births on an average December 16
ONS, 1995–2025Mexico
#214 of 366
4,945 births on an average December 16
INEGI, 2017–2023Germany
#217 of 366
1,987 births on an average December 16
Destatis, 2014–2025Japan
#227 of 366
2,751 births on an average December 16
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#243 of 366
52 births on an average December 16
SURS, 2000–2025Malaysia
#253 of 366
1,378 births on an average December 16
DOSM, 2000–2022Switzerland
#264 of 366
218 births on an average December 16
FSO, 1969–2025Argentina
#281 of 366
1,412 births on an average December 16
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#282 of 366
1,149 births on an average December 16
INEI, 2019–2025Guatemala
#297 of 366
912 births on an average December 16
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Brazil
#303 of 366
7,541 births on an average December 16
DATASUS, 1997–2024Denmark
#306 of 366
157 births on an average December 16
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#317 of 366
481 births on an average December 16
CBS, 1995–2025Latvia
#330 of 366
49 births on an average December 16
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#331 of 366
134 births on an average December 16
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#332 of 366
711 births on an average December 16
INEC, 2013–2023Finland
#344 of 366
129 births on an average December 16
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025
Famous people born on December 16
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jane AustenEnglish novelist · born 1775
Theo JamesBritish actor and producer · born 1984
Catherine of AragonQueen of England from 1509 to 1533 · born 1485
Ludwig van BeethovenGerman composer · born 1770
Krysten RitterAmerican actress · born 1981
Kai CenatAmerican internet personality and online streamer · born 2001
Benjamin BrattAmerican actor · born 1963
Philip K. DickAmerican science fiction author · born 1928December against the other eleven
December 16 is the 13th 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 16?
About 10,878 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 11,022 babies were born and it ranked #16 of 365; at its rarest in 2001, with 7,309 births at #359.
Is December 16 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 16 is the 155th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,878 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. 73 other dates are within 1% of December 16's count, spread from #124 to #197, 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 16 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 Finland, at #344 of 366, and at its most common in Ireland, at #33.
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