Is December 30 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 90% of all 366 dates.
December 30 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 30 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 30 ranks in position #37, with 11,459 births a year. 329 other dates are rarer. 43 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #20 to #63, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 30 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 30 in other countries
December 30 is the 37th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #38 in New Zealand to #362 in Norway.
New Zealand
#38 of 366
163 births on an average December 30
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#42 of 366
1,840 births on an average December 30
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#49 of 366
174 births on an average December 30
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#184 of 366
496 births on an average December 30
CBS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#199 of 366
166 births on an average December 30
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Germany
#246 of 366
1,964 births on an average December 30
Destatis, 2014–2025Hungary
#276 of 366
318 births on an average December 30
KSH, 1970–2020Denmark
#294 of 366
158 births on an average December 30
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025France
#304 of 366
2,087 births on an average December 30
INSEE, 1998–2024Philippines
#306 of 366
4,223 births on an average December 30
PSA, 2006–2024Belgium
#319 of 366
314 births on an average December 30
Statbel, 1992–2025Malaysia
#337 of 366
1,324 births on an average December 30
DOSM, 2000–2022Slovenia
#340 of 366
49 births on an average December 30
SURS, 2000–2025Portugal
#342 of 366
281 births on an average December 30
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#347 of 366
4,591 births on an average December 30
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#352 of 366
613 births on an average December 30
DEIS, 1990–2017Finland
#352 of 366
127 births on an average December 30
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#353 of 366
1,086 births on an average December 30
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#354 of 366
1,197 births on an average December 30
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#354 of 366
47 births on an average December 30
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#354 of 366
203 births on an average December 30
FSO, 1969–2025Japan
#356 of 366
2,165 births on an average December 30
e-Stat, 1996–2025Brazil
#359 of 366
6,803 births on an average December 30
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#359 of 366
674 births on an average December 30
INEC, 2013–2023Guatemala
#360 of 366
805 births on an average December 30
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Norway
#362 of 366
120 births on an average December 30
SSB, 2011–2025
Famous people born on December 30
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
LeBron JamesAmerican basketball player · born 1984
Tiger WoodsAmerican professional golfer · born 1975
Joe RootEnglish cricketer · born 1990
Eliza DushkuAmerican actress · born 1980
Patti SmithAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1946
Kristin KreukCanadian actress · born 1982
VSouth Korean singer · born 1995
Carson WentzAmerican football player · born 1992December against the other eleven
December 30 is the 5th 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 30?
About 11,459 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 12,232 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 1973, with 7,365 births at #345.
Is December 30 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 30 is the 37th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,459 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. 43 other dates are within 1% of December 30's count, spread from #20 to #63, 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 30 rarer in other countries?
Yes, in all 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Norway, at #362 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #38.
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