Is December 4 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 60% of all 366 dates.
December 4 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 4 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 4 ranks in position #221, with 10,717 births a year. 220 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #178 to #271, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 4 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 4 in other countries
December 4 is the 146th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 13 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #100 in Costa Rica to #353 in the Netherlands.
Costa Rica
#100 of 366
174 births on an average December 4
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#108 of 366
4,691 births on an average December 4
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#161 of 366
5,071 births on an average December 4
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#185 of 366
689 births on an average December 4
DEIS, 1990–2017France
#225 of 366
2,126 births on an average December 4
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#236 of 366
932 births on an average December 4
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#239 of 366
156 births on an average December 4
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#246 of 366
1,379 births on an average December 4
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#263 of 366
291 births on an average December 4
INE Portugal, 1980–2025England & Wales
#268 of 366
1,757 births on an average December 4
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#270 of 366
2,721 births on an average December 4
e-Stat, 1996–2025Argentina
#287 of 366
1,409 births on an average December 4
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#315 of 366
720 births on an average December 4
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#319 of 366
1,126 births on an average December 4
INEI, 2019–2025Latvia
#326 of 366
49 births on an average December 4
CSB, 1996–2025Brazil
#333 of 366
7,398 births on an average December 4
DATASUS, 1997–2024Finland
#335 of 366
131 births on an average December 4
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#338 of 366
160 births on an average December 4
CSO, 1980–2023Belgium
#341 of 366
306 births on an average December 4
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#341 of 366
1,888 births on an average December 4
Destatis, 2014–2025Norway
#345 of 366
130 births on an average December 4
SSB, 2011–2025Slovenia
#345 of 366
48 births on an average December 4
SURS, 2000–2025Hungary
#349 of 366
307 births on an average December 4
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#351 of 366
205 births on an average December 4
FSO, 1969–2025Denmark
#352 of 366
151 births on an average December 4
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#353 of 366
466 births on an average December 4
CBS, 1995–2025
Famous people born on December 4
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Diogo JotaPortuguese footballer · born 1996
Jelly RollAmerican rapper and singer · born 1984
Tony ToddAmerican actor · born 1954
Jay-ZAmerican rapper and businessman · born 1969
Marisa TomeiAmerican actress · born 1964
Jeff BridgesAmerican actor · born 1949
Fred ArmisenAmerican comedian and actor · born 1966
Max HollowayAmerican mixed martial artist · born 1991December against the other eleven
December 4 is the 12th 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 4?
About 10,717 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2013, when 12,771 babies were born and it ranked #40 of 365; at its rarest in 1983, with 7,974 births at #363.
Is December 4 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 4 is the 146th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,717 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
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. 93 other dates are within 1% of December 4's count, spread from #178 to #271, 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 4 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 22 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Netherlands, at #353 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #100.
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