Is December 22 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 66% of all 366 dates.
December 22 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 22 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 22 ranks in position #124, with 10,983 births a year. 242 other dates are rarer. 45 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #111 to #156, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 22 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 22 in other countries
December 22 is the 124th 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 #60 in New Zealand to #355 in Guatemala.
New Zealand
#60 of 366
162 births on an average December 22
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Japan
#77 of 366
2,875 births on an average December 22
e-Stat, 1996–2025Costa Rica
#81 of 366
175 births on an average December 22
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024England & Wales
#124 of 366
1,807 births on an average December 22
ONS, 1995–2025Mexico
#135 of 366
5,142 births on an average December 22
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#158 of 366
4,507 births on an average December 22
PSA, 2006–2024Belgium
#184 of 366
326 births on an average December 22
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#220 of 366
493 births on an average December 22
CBS, 1995–2025Malaysia
#228 of 366
1,384 births on an average December 22
DOSM, 2000–2022Brazil
#234 of 366
7,829 births on an average December 22
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#282 of 366
1,410 births on an average December 22
DEIS, 2018–2023Hungary
#287 of 366
318 births on an average December 22
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#300 of 366
163 births on an average December 22
CSO, 1980–2023Germany
#301 of 366
1,929 births on an average December 22
Destatis, 2014–2025Ecuador
#303 of 366
725 births on an average December 22
INEC, 2013–2023Switzerland
#314 of 366
210 births on an average December 22
FSO, 1969–2025Chile
#316 of 366
671 births on an average December 22
DEIS, 1990–2017Slovenia
#318 of 366
50 births on an average December 22
SURS, 2000–2025France
#324 of 366
2,070 births on an average December 22
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#332 of 366
283 births on an average December 22
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Latvia
#333 of 366
49 births on an average December 22
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#343 of 366
153 births on an average December 22
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#352 of 366
127 births on an average December 22
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#352 of 366
1,088 births on an average December 22
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#353 of 366
127 births on an average December 22
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Guatemala
#355 of 366
855 births on an average December 22
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024
Famous people born on December 22
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Ralph FiennesEnglish actor and director · born 1962
Srinivasa RamanujanIndian mathematician · born 1887
Jean-Michel BasquiatAmerican artist · born 1960
Ted CruzAmerican politician and attorney · born 1970
Jack DraperBritish tennis player · born 2001
Vanessa ParadisFrench singer, model and actress · born 1972
Meghan TrainorAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1993
Maurice GibbBritish musician · born 1949December against the other eleven
December 22 is the 11th 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 22?
About 10,983 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1998, when 13,286 babies were born and it ranked #5 of 365; at its rarest in 1985, with 8,259 births at #359.
Is December 22 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 22 is the 124th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,983 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 22's count, spread from #111 to #156, 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 22 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 22 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Guatemala, at #355 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #60.
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