Is December 6 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 57% of all 366 dates.
December 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 6 ranks in position #209, with 10,743 births a year. 208 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #170 to #257, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 6 in other countries
December 6 is the 158th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 13 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #114 in the Philippines to #363 in Finland.
Philippines
#114 of 366
4,661 births on an average December 6
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#120 of 366
172 births on an average December 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#125 of 366
5,156 births on an average December 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Malaysia
#126 of 366
1,411 births on an average December 6
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#139 of 366
957 births on an average December 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024France
#185 of 366
2,146 births on an average December 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Argentina
#194 of 366
1,498 births on an average December 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#231 of 366
683 births on an average December 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Portugal
#255 of 366
292 births on an average December 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#284 of 366
2,713 births on an average December 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025Peru
#300 of 366
1,142 births on an average December 6
INEI, 2019–2025Hungary
#308 of 366
312 births on an average December 6
KSH, 1970–2020New Zealand
#313 of 366
153 births on an average December 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ecuador
#317 of 366
719 births on an average December 6
INEC, 2013–2023Slovenia
#317 of 366
50 births on an average December 6
SURS, 2000–2025Ireland
#333 of 366
161 births on an average December 6
CSO, 1980–2023England & Wales
#341 of 366
1,732 births on an average December 6
ONS, 1995–2025Latvia
#342 of 366
48 births on an average December 6
CSB, 1996–2025Brazil
#345 of 366
7,335 births on an average December 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Denmark
#348 of 366
152 births on an average December 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#348 of 366
129 births on an average December 6
SSB, 2011–2025Germany
#350 of 366
1,873 births on an average December 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Switzerland
#350 of 366
205 births on an average December 6
FSO, 1969–2025Belgium
#352 of 366
298 births on an average December 6
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#356 of 366
459 births on an average December 6
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#363 of 366
116 births on an average December 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025
Famous people born on December 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Andrew CuomoAmerican lawyer and politician · born 1957
Giannis AntetokounmpoNigerian-Greek basketball player · born 1994
Randy RhoadsAmerican guitarist · born 1956
Shreyas IyerIndian cricketer · born 1994
Jasprit BumrahIndian cricketer · born 1993
Henry VI of EnglandKing of England (1422–1461, 1470–1471) · born 1421
Johnny ManzielAmerican football player · born 1992
Ravindra JadejaIndian cricketer · born 1988December against the other eleven
December 6 is the 14th 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 6?
About 10,743 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2022, when 11,671 babies were born and it ranked #53 of 365; at its rarest in 2009, with 7,018 births at #361.
Is December 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 6 is the 158th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,743 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of December 6's count, spread from #170 to #257, 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 6 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 19 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Finland, at #363 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #114.
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