Is February 12 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 65% of all 366 dates.
February 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 12 ranks in position #240, with 10,675 births a year. 239 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #193 to #286, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 12 in other countries
February 12 is the 127th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #65 in Switzerland to #340 in Japan and Malaysia.
Switzerland
#65 of 366
229 births on an average February 12
FSO, 1969–2025Peru
#81 of 366
1,241 births on an average February 12
INEI, 2019–2025New Zealand
#113 of 366
159 births on an average February 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Hungary
#120 of 366
331 births on an average February 12
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#136 of 366
8,158 births on an average February 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024Costa Rica
#149 of 366
170 births on an average February 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#154 of 366
692 births on an average February 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Denmark
#166 of 366
166 births on an average February 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#170 of 366
2,023 births on an average February 12
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#190 of 366
54 births on an average February 12
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#200 of 366
155 births on an average February 12
SSB, 2011–2025Argentina
#217 of 366
1,481 births on an average February 12
DEIS, 2018–2023England & Wales
#223 of 366
1,770 births on an average February 12
ONS, 1995–2025Netherlands
#226 of 366
492 births on an average February 12
CBS, 1995–2025Guatemala
#230 of 366
934 births on an average February 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024France
#258 of 366
2,110 births on an average February 12
INSEE, 1998–2024Slovenia
#266 of 366
51 births on an average February 12
SURS, 2000–2025Belgium
#267 of 366
320 births on an average February 12
Statbel, 1992–2025Finland
#285 of 366
136 births on an average February 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Portugal
#301 of 366
287 births on an average February 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#303 of 366
163 births on an average February 12
CSO, 1980–2023Philippines
#310 of 366
4,191 births on an average February 12
PSA, 2006–2024Ecuador
#325 of 366
715 births on an average February 12
INEC, 2013–2023Mexico
#326 of 366
4,690 births on an average February 12
INEGI, 2017–2023Japan
#340 of 366
2,607 births on an average February 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025Malaysia
#340 of 366
1,321 births on an average February 12
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on February 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Abraham LincolnPresident of the United States from 1861 to 1865 · born 1809
Josh BrolinAmerican actor · born 1968
Christina RicciAmerican actress · born 1980
Khvicha KvaratskheliaGeorgian footballer · born 2001
Darren AronofskyAmerican filmmaker · born 1969
Charles DarwinEnglish naturalist and biologist · born 1809
Bill RussellAmerican basketball player and coach · born 1934
Chynna PhillipsAmerican singer · born 1968February against the other eleven
February 12 is the 11th 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 12?
About 10,675 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,786 babies were born and it ranked #29 of 365; at its rarest in 2006, with 7,315 births at #351.
Is February 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 12 is the 127th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,675 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. 93 other dates are within 1% of February 12's count, spread from #193 to #286, 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 12 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 11 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Japan and Malaysia, at #340 of 366, and at its most common in Switzerland, at #65.
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