Is December 29 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 94% of all 366 dates.
December 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 29 ranks in position #24, with 11,535 births a year. 342 other dates are rarer. 31 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #14 to #45, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 29 in other countries
December 29 is the 24th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #48 in New Zealand to #361 in Norway.
New Zealand
#48 of 366
162 births on an average December 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#62 of 366
1,832 births on an average December 29
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#80 of 366
705 births on an average December 29
DEIS, 1990–2017Ireland
#113 of 366
170 births on an average December 29
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#125 of 366
507 births on an average December 29
CBS, 1995–2025Mexico
#138 of 366
5,133 births on an average December 29
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#178 of 366
168 births on an average December 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Hungary
#179 of 366
327 births on an average December 29
KSH, 1970–2020Philippines
#182 of 366
4,424 births on an average December 29
PSA, 2006–2024Germany
#184 of 366
2,012 births on an average December 29
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#186 of 366
54 births on an average December 29
CSB, 1996–2025France
#192 of 366
2,143 births on an average December 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Denmark
#264 of 366
160 births on an average December 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#274 of 366
320 births on an average December 29
Statbel, 1992–2025Argentina
#275 of 366
1,420 births on an average December 29
DEIS, 2018–2023Portugal
#282 of 366
289 births on an average December 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#284 of 366
735 births on an average December 29
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#316 of 366
7,485 births on an average December 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Slovenia
#327 of 366
49 births on an average December 29
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#327 of 366
209 births on an average December 29
FSO, 1969–2025Peru
#332 of 366
1,121 births on an average December 29
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#347 of 366
129 births on an average December 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Japan
#347 of 366
2,421 births on an average December 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025Malaysia
#353 of 366
1,310 births on an average December 29
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#356 of 366
846 births on an average December 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Norway
#361 of 366
123 births on an average December 29
SSB, 2011–2025
Famous people born on December 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Alison BrieAmerican actress and writer · born 1982
Ted DansonAmerican actor · born 1947
Jude LawEnglish actor · born 1972
Jon VoightAmerican actor · born 1938
Marianne FaithfullEnglish singer and actress · born 1946
Diego LunaMexican actor and filmmaker · born 1979
Shawn HatosyAmerican actor · born 1975
Danny McBrideAmerican actor and comedian · born 1976December against the other eleven
December 29 is the 3rd 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 29?
About 11,535 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1998, when 13,637 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 1974, with 7,383 births at #343.
Is December 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 29 is the 24th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,535 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. 31 other dates are within 1% of December 29's count, spread from #14 to #45, 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 29 rarer in other countries?
Yes, in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Norway, at #361 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #48.
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