Is December 28 a rare birthday? Very common
More common than 99% of all 366 dates.
December 28 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 28 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 28 ranks in position #6, with 11,779 births a year. 360 other dates are rarer. 11 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #2 to #13, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 28 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 28 in other countries
December 28 is the 6th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #15 in Argentina and Chile to #360 in England & Wales.
Argentina
#15 of 366
1,748 births on an average December 28
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#15 of 366
761 births on an average December 28
DEIS, 1990–2017France
#64 of 366
2,216 births on an average December 28
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#67 of 366
5,391 births on an average December 28
INEGI, 2017–2023Latvia
#97 of 366
56 births on an average December 28
CSB, 1996–2025Philippines
#106 of 366
4,702 births on an average December 28
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#108 of 366
173 births on an average December 28
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#126 of 366
330 births on an average December 28
KSH, 1970–2020Guatemala
#129 of 366
962 births on an average December 28
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ecuador
#132 of 366
776 births on an average December 28
INEC, 2013–2023Portugal
#137 of 366
300 births on an average December 28
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#141 of 366
2,810 births on an average December 28
e-Stat, 1996–2025Netherlands
#161 of 366
498 births on an average December 28
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#168 of 366
166 births on an average December 28
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#171 of 366
2,022 births on an average December 28
Destatis, 2014–2025Brazil
#211 of 366
7,902 births on an average December 28
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#270 of 366
155 births on an average December 28
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Slovenia
#275 of 366
51 births on an average December 28
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#285 of 366
215 births on an average December 28
FSO, 1969–2025Peru
#289 of 366
1,148 births on an average December 28
INEI, 2019–2025Malaysia
#302 of 366
1,359 births on an average December 28
DOSM, 2000–2022Finland
#328 of 366
132 births on an average December 28
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#329 of 366
162 births on an average December 28
CSO, 1980–2023Belgium
#333 of 366
311 births on an average December 28
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#356 of 366
126 births on an average December 28
SSB, 2011–2025England & Wales
#360 of 366
1,687 births on an average December 28
ONS, 1995–2025
Famous people born on December 28
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Denzel WashingtonAmerican actor · born 1954
Maggie SmithBritish actress · born 1934
Woodrow WilsonPresident of the United States from 1913 to 1921 · born 1856
Sienna MillerBritish actress · born 1981
Joe ManganielloAmerican actor · born 1976
Stan LeeAmerican comic book writer · born 1922
Elaine HendrixAmerican actress · born 1970
Seth MeyersAmerican comedian and TV host · born 1973December against the other eleven
December 28 is the 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 28?
About 11,779 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2001, when 13,918 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 1986, with 8,286 births at #350.
Is December 28 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 28 is the 6th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,779 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. 11 other dates are within 1% of December 28's count, spread from #2 to #13, 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 28 rarer in other countries?
Yes, in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in England & Wales, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina and Chile, at #15.
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