Is December 26 a rare birthday? Rare
Rarer than 99% of all 366 dates.
December 26 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 26 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 26 ranks in position #361, with 9,215 births a year. 360 other dates are more common.
December 26 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 26 in other countries
December 26 is the 6th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 17 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #6 in Chile to #366 in England & Wales, Ireland and the Netherlands.
Chile
#6 of 366
789 births on an average December 26
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#10 of 366
3,065 births on an average December 26
e-Stat, 1996–2025Argentina
#95 of 366
1,604 births on an average December 26
DEIS, 2018–2023Mexico
#144 of 366
5,107 births on an average December 26
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#191 of 366
167 births on an average December 26
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#198 of 366
943 births on an average December 26
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Brazil
#204 of 366
7,932 births on an average December 26
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#289 of 366
732 births on an average December 26
INEC, 2013–2023Philippines
#302 of 366
4,232 births on an average December 26
PSA, 2006–2024France
#332 of 366
2,060 births on an average December 26
INSEE, 1998–2024Peru
#344 of 366
1,104 births on an average December 26
INEI, 2019–2025Belgium
#355 of 366
289 births on an average December 26
Statbel, 1992–2025Malaysia
#359 of 366
1,290 births on an average December 26
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#360 of 366
266 births on an average December 26
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#363 of 366
122 births on an average December 26
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Latvia
#363 of 366
39 births on an average December 26
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#364 of 366
1,500 births on an average December 26
Destatis, 2014–2025Hungary
#364 of 366
266 births on an average December 26
KSH, 1970–2020Slovenia
#364 of 366
39 births on an average December 26
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#364 of 366
181 births on an average December 26
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#365 of 366
104 births on an average December 26
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025New Zealand
#365 of 366
120 births on an average December 26
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Norway
#365 of 366
108 births on an average December 26
SSB, 2011–2025England & Wales
#366 of 366
1,294 births on an average December 26
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#366 of 366
107 births on an average December 26
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#366 of 366
356 births on an average December 26
CBS, 1995–2025
Famous people born on December 26
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Mao ZedongLeader of China from 1949 to 1976 · born 1893
Jared LetoAmerican actor and musician · born 1971
Kit HaringtonBritish actor · born 1986
Jade ThirlwallEnglish singer · born 1992
Lars UlrichDanish drummer · born 1963
John WalshAmerican television presenter · born 1945
Eden SherAmerican actress · born 1991
Aaron RamseyWelsh former footballer · born 1990December against the other eleven
December 26 is the 3rd 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 26?
About 9,215 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 9,910 babies were born and it ranked #182 of 365; at its rarest in 2020, with 6,051 births at #365.
Is December 26 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 26 is the 6th rarest of 366 dates, with about 9,215 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.
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?
For December 26 the rank is stable. Only 2 dates sit within 1% of its count, so the order does not depend on which years you count. In the crowded middle, dozens of dates can sit within a single percent of each other.
Is December 26 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 12 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in England & Wales, Ireland and the Netherlands, at #366 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #6.
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