Is February 1 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 56% of all 366 dates.
February 1 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 1 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 1 ranks in position #206, with 10,751 births a year. 205 other dates are more common. 83 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #168 to #251, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 1 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 1 in other countries
February 1 is the 161st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #29 in Argentina to #362 in Malaysia.
Argentina
#29 of 366
1,721 births on an average February 1
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#45 of 366
1,261 births on an average February 1
INEI, 2019–2025Chile
#71 of 366
708 births on an average February 1
DEIS, 1990–2017Guatemala
#85 of 366
976 births on an average February 1
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#146 of 366
2,806 births on an average February 1
e-Stat, 1996–2025Mexico
#150 of 366
5,087 births on an average February 1
INEGI, 2017–2023Switzerland
#158 of 366
224 births on an average February 1
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#164 of 366
8,054 births on an average February 1
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ireland
#173 of 366
168 births on an average February 1
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#174 of 366
54 births on an average February 1
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#197 of 366
326 births on an average February 1
Statbel, 1992–2025Costa Rica
#212 of 366
165 births on an average February 1
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Finland
#216 of 366
139 births on an average February 1
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Netherlands
#219 of 366
493 births on an average February 1
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#222 of 366
1,770 births on an average February 1
ONS, 1995–2025Denmark
#225 of 366
162 births on an average February 1
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#226 of 366
1,981 births on an average February 1
Destatis, 2014–2025Norway
#240 of 366
152 births on an average February 1
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#250 of 366
747 births on an average February 1
INEC, 2013–2023Portugal
#250 of 366
292 births on an average February 1
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#253 of 366
4,327 births on an average February 1
PSA, 2006–2024France
#260 of 366
2,108 births on an average February 1
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#264 of 366
320 births on an average February 1
KSH, 1970–2020Slovenia
#281 of 366
51 births on an average February 1
SURS, 2000–2025New Zealand
#347 of 366
152 births on an average February 1
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#362 of 366
1,282 births on an average February 1
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on February 1
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Lisa Marie PresleyAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1968
Julia GarnerAmerican actress · born 1994
Michael C. HallAmerican actor · born 1971
Harry StylesEnglish singer, songwriter and actor · born 1994
Clark GableAmerican actor · born 1901
Brandon LeeAmerican actor and martial artist · born 1965
Ronda RouseyAmerican mixed martial artist · born 1987
Boris YeltsinPresident of Russia from 1991 to 1999 · born 1931February against the other eleven
February 1 is the 6th most common of the 29 days in February. All February birthdays.
February is the 5th rarest month of the year
An average February day sees 10,637 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on February 1?
About 10,751 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1972, when 9,663 babies were born and it ranked #49 of 366; at its rarest in 2004, with 7,178 births at #362.
Is February 1 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 1 is the 161st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,751 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest February birthday?
In the United States, February 29: the 14th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 9,906 births on each February 29. The most common February birthday is February 14, the 94th most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 83 other dates are within 1% of February 1's count, spread from #168 to #251, 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 February 1 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #362 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #29.
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