Is December 27 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 85% of all 366 dates.
December 27 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 27 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 27 ranks in position #56, with 11,389 births a year. 310 other dates are rarer. 49 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #34 to #83, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 27 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 27 in other countries
December 27 is the 56th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Chile to #363 in England & Wales.
Chile
#1 of 366
813 births on an average December 27
DEIS, 1990–2017Argentina
#2 of 366
1,829 births on an average December 27
DEIS, 2018–2023Mexico
#19 of 366
5,708 births on an average December 27
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#30 of 366
1,016 births on an average December 27
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#32 of 366
2,950 births on an average December 27
e-Stat, 1996–2025Costa Rica
#65 of 366
176 births on an average December 27
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#75 of 366
305 births on an average December 27
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Belgium
#87 of 366
335 births on an average December 27
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#102 of 366
2,197 births on an average December 27
INSEE, 1998–2024Ecuador
#133 of 366
776 births on an average December 27
INEC, 2013–2023Philippines
#148 of 366
4,533 births on an average December 27
PSA, 2006–2024Latvia
#151 of 366
55 births on an average December 27
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#173 of 366
1,206 births on an average December 27
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#180 of 366
8,014 births on an average December 27
DATASUS, 1997–2024Germany
#243 of 366
1,966 births on an average December 27
Destatis, 2014–2025Switzerland
#284 of 366
216 births on an average December 27
FSO, 1969–2025Denmark
#303 of 366
157 births on an average December 27
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#320 of 366
311 births on an average December 27
KSH, 1970–2020Slovenia
#323 of 366
49 births on an average December 27
SURS, 2000–2025Malaysia
#334 of 366
1,332 births on an average December 27
DOSM, 2000–2022Netherlands
#358 of 366
458 births on an average December 27
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#360 of 366
124 births on an average December 27
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#361 of 366
120 births on an average December 27
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#361 of 366
149 births on an average December 27
CSO, 1980–2023New Zealand
#361 of 366
143 births on an average December 27
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#363 of 366
1,616 births on an average December 27
ONS, 1995–2025
Famous people born on December 27
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Timothée ChalametAmerican and French actor · born 1995
Salman KhanIndian actor and film producer · born 1965
Hayley WilliamsAmerican singer · born 1988
Olivia CookeBritish actress · born 1993
ChynaAmerican professional wrestler and bodybuilder · born 1969
Brock PurdyAmerican football player · born 1999
Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress · born 1901
John AmosAmerican actor · born 1939December against the other eleven
December 27 is the 6th 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 27?
About 11,389 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2007, when 15,301 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 8,448 births at #358.
Is December 27 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 27 is the 56th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,389 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.
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. 49 other dates are within 1% of December 27's count, spread from #34 to #83, 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 27 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 21 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in England & Wales, at #363 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #1.
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