Is December 5 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 60% of all 366 dates.
December 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 5 ranks in position #219, with 10,726 births a year. 218 other dates are more common. 94 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #174 to #268, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 5 in other countries
December 5 is the 148th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 10 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #77 in Costa Rica to #363 in the Netherlands.
Costa Rica
#77 of 366
175 births on an average December 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#94 of 366
4,772 births on an average December 5
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#99 of 366
1,420 births on an average December 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Slovenia
#112 of 366
55 births on an average December 5
SURS, 2000–2025Chile
#120 of 366
697 births on an average December 5
DEIS, 1990–2017New Zealand
#131 of 366
159 births on an average December 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Guatemala
#140 of 366
957 births on an average December 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#147 of 366
5,098 births on an average December 5
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#230 of 366
2,124 births on an average December 5
INSEE, 1998–2024Japan
#231 of 366
2,748 births on an average December 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#267 of 366
1,757 births on an average December 5
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#275 of 366
290 births on an average December 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Finland
#295 of 366
136 births on an average December 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Argentina
#296 of 366
1,401 births on an average December 5
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#305 of 366
1,139 births on an average December 5
INEI, 2019–2025Ecuador
#308 of 366
722 births on an average December 5
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#324 of 366
7,442 births on an average December 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Latvia
#327 of 366
49 births on an average December 5
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#335 of 366
1,898 births on an average December 5
Destatis, 2014–2025Hungary
#337 of 366
308 births on an average December 5
KSH, 1970–2020Ireland
#342 of 366
160 births on an average December 5
CSO, 1980–2023Norway
#344 of 366
130 births on an average December 5
SSB, 2011–2025Switzerland
#348 of 366
205 births on an average December 5
FSO, 1969–2025Belgium
#349 of 366
302 births on an average December 5
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#358 of 366
148 births on an average December 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#363 of 366
428 births on an average December 5
CBS, 1995–2025
Famous people born on December 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Walt DisneyAmerican animator, producer and entrepreneur · born 1901
Frankie MunizAmerican actor and racing driver · born 1985
Strom ThurmondAmerican politician · born 1902
Paula PattonAmerican actress · born 1975
Martin Van BurenPresident of the United States from 1837 to 1841 · born 1782
Conan GrayAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1998
Little RichardAmerican musician · born 1932
Randal Kolo MuaniFrench footballer · born 1998December against the other eleven
December 5 is the 13th 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 5?
About 10,726 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1972, when 9,677 babies were born and it ranked #43 of 366; at its rarest in 1993, with 8,095 births at #358.
Is December 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 5 is the 148th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,726 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. 94 other dates are within 1% of December 5's count, spread from #174 to #268, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 18 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Netherlands, at #363 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #77.
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