Is December 8 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 76% of all 366 dates.
December 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where December 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, December 8 ranks in position #278, with 10,584 births a year. 277 other dates are more common. 86 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #234 to #320, so the exact position is a close thing.
December 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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December 8 in other countries
December 8 is the 89th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 17 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #30 in the Philippines to #363 in Argentina.
Philippines
#30 of 366
5,100 births on an average December 8
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#112 of 366
172 births on an average December 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#159 of 366
158 births on an average December 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#171 of 366
5,047 births on an average December 8
INEGI, 2017–2023Ireland
#202 of 366
167 births on an average December 8
CSO, 1980–2023France
#205 of 366
2,133 births on an average December 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Malaysia
#264 of 366
1,374 births on an average December 8
DOSM, 2000–2022Germany
#295 of 366
1,936 births on an average December 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#312 of 366
156 births on an average December 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Guatemala
#321 of 366
904 births on an average December 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#322 of 366
2,672 births on an average December 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#331 of 366
1,738 births on an average December 8
ONS, 1995–2025Latvia
#331 of 366
49 births on an average December 8
CSB, 1996–2025Finland
#332 of 366
131 births on an average December 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#335 of 366
710 births on an average December 8
INEC, 2013–2023Hungary
#336 of 366
308 births on an average December 8
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#337 of 366
308 births on an average December 8
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#341 of 366
49 births on an average December 8
SURS, 2000–2025Brazil
#347 of 366
7,314 births on an average December 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Norway
#349 of 366
128 births on an average December 8
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#352 of 366
469 births on an average December 8
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#356 of 366
203 births on an average December 8
FSO, 1969–2025Chile
#358 of 366
513 births on an average December 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Portugal
#358 of 366
273 births on an average December 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Peru
#359 of 366
1,046 births on an average December 8
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#363 of 366
979 births on an average December 8
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on December 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
DharmendraIndian actor and politician · born 1935
Philip RiversAmerican football player · born 1981
Mary, Queen of ScotsQueen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 · born 1542
Nicki MinajTrinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter · born 1982
Sinéad O'ConnorIrish singer · born 1966
Jim MorrisonAmerican singer · born 1943
David CarradineAmerican actor · born 1936
Kim BasingerAmerican actress · born 1953December against the other eleven
December 8 is the 9th 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 8?
About 10,584 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1970, when 11,220 babies were born and it ranked #47 of 365; at its rarest in 1991, with 8,580 births at #361.
Is December 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, December 8 is the 89th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,584 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.
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. 86 other dates are within 1% of December 8's count, spread from #234 to #320, 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 8 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 Argentina, at #363 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #30.
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