Is February 13 a rare birthday? Rare

Rarer than 93% of all 366 dates.

February 13 #342
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for February 13: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

February 13 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 10,375in the United States — about 892,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium131 peopleof 50,000 were born on February 13
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on February 13 somewhere in the United States
Star signAquariusthe rarest of the 30 Aquarius birthdays
Half-birthdayAugust 13six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundMay 23A spring evening, apparently.
Birth frequency by rank

Where February 13 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, February 13 ranks in position #342, with 10,375 births a year. 341 other dates are more common. 28 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #321 to #349, so the exact position is a close thing.

February 13#342 · 10,375 a year11,9006,546#1#366
56 years of records

February 13 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Thursday: rank #243 of 365, 9,606 births1970, Friday: rank #209 of 365, 10,110 births1971, Saturday: rank #268 of 365, 9,314 births1972, Sunday: rank #306 of 366, 8,009 births1973, Tuesday: rank #150 of 365, 8,896 births1974, Wednesday: rank #173 of 365, 8,808 births1975, Thursday: rank #198 of 365, 8,762 births1976, Friday: rank #197 of 366, 8,666 births1977, Sunday: rank #302 of 365, 8,085 births1978, Monday: rank #240 of 365, 8,975 births1979, Tuesday: rank #191 of 365, 9,663 births1980, Wednesday: rank #235 of 366, 9,790 births1981, Friday: rank #251 of 365, 9,670 births1982, Saturday: rank #293 of 365, 8,963 births1983, Sunday: rank #321 of 365, 8,558 births1984, Monday: rank #231 of 366, 9,977 births1985, Wednesday: rank #235 of 365, 10,306 births1986, Thursday: rank #228 of 365, 10,442 births1987, Friday: rank #249 of 365, 10,256 births1988, Saturday: rank #332 of 366, 8,720 births1989, Monday: rank #250 of 365, 10,703 births1990, Tuesday: rank #179 of 365, 11,969 births1991, Wednesday: rank #219 of 365, 11,499 births1992, Thursday: rank #217 of 366, 11,534 births1993, Saturday: rank #276 of 365, 9,197 births1994, Sunday: rank #343 of 365, 8,171 births1995, Monday: rank #249 of 365, 10,351 births1996, Tuesday: rank #188 of 366, 11,322 births1997, Thursday: rank #197 of 365, 11,288 births1998, Friday: rank #214 of 365, 11,203 births1999, Saturday: rank #306 of 365, 8,298 births2000, Sunday: rank #340 of 366, 7,801 births2001, Tuesday: rank #197 of 365, 12,012 births2002, Wednesday: rank #206 of 365, 11,814 births2003, Thursday: rank #194 of 365, 12,086 births2004, Friday: rank #239 of 366, 11,572 births2005, Sunday: rank #341 of 365, 7,312 births2006, Monday: rank #244 of 365, 11,763 births2007, Tuesday: rank #161 of 365, 13,214 births2008, Wednesday: rank #178 of 366, 12,922 births2009, Friday: rank #244 of 365, 11,638 births2010, Saturday: rank #294 of 365, 7,872 births2011, Sunday: rank #358 of 365, 6,786 births2012, Monday: rank #248 of 366, 10,876 births2013, Wednesday: rank #221 of 365, 11,508 births2014, Thursday: rank #244 of 365, 11,295 births2015, Friday: rank #247 of 365, 11,321 births2016, Saturday: rank #305 of 366, 7,931 births2017, Monday: rank #245 of 365, 10,886 births2018, Tuesday: rank #211 of 365, 11,199 births2019, Wednesday: rank #225 of 365, 10,818 births2020, Thursday: rank #188 of 366, 10,781 births2021, Saturday: rank #307 of 365, 7,349 births2022, Sunday: rank #351 of 365, 6,673 births2023, Monday: rank #248 of 365, 9,906 births2024, Tuesday: rank #203 of 366, 10,645 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #315, from #217 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 25% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#244
Mon
#185
Tue
#212
Wed
#214
Thu
#231
Fri
#298
Sat
#333
Sun
Most common year
1973#150 of 365Tuesday · 8,896 births
Rarest year
2011#358 of 365Sunday · 6,786 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2022 was the most recent
Around the world

February 13 in other countries

February 13 is the 25th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 6 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #108 in Peru to #363 in the Philippines.

  1. Peru

    #108 of 366

    1,227 births on an average February 13

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025

  2. Hungary

    #137 of 366

    330 births on an average February 13

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020

  3. Brazil

    #176 of 366

    8,032 births on an average February 13

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024

  4. New Zealand

    #190 of 366

    157 births on an average February 13

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023

  5. Japan

    #195 of 366

    2,772 births on an average February 13

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025

  6. Denmark

    #201 of 366

    163 births on an average February 13

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025

  7. Argentina

    #221 of 366

    1,477 births on an average February 13

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023

  8. Norway

    #242 of 366

    151 births on an average February 13

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025

  9. Guatemala

    #260 of 366

    926 births on an average February 13

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024

  10. Netherlands

    #263 of 366

    489 births on an average February 13

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025

  11. Costa Rica

    #276 of 366

    162 births on an average February 13

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024

  12. Finland

    #277 of 366

    137 births on an average February 13

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025

  13. Switzerland

    #278 of 366

    216 births on an average February 13

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025

  14. Ecuador

    #281 of 366

    736 births on an average February 13

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023

  15. Slovenia

    #286 of 366

    50 births on an average February 13

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025

  16. Germany

    #288 of 366

    1,942 births on an average February 13

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025

  17. Belgium

    #303 of 366

    317 births on an average February 13

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025

  18. France

    #303 of 366

    2,087 births on an average February 13

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024

  19. Latvia

    #311 of 366

    50 births on an average February 13

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025

  20. Chile

    #313 of 366

    671 births on an average February 13

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017

  21. England & Wales

    #322 of 366

    1,743 births on an average February 13

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025

  22. Mexico

    #334 of 366

    4,670 births on an average February 13

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023

  23. Ireland

    #343 of 366

    160 births on an average February 13

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023

  24. Malaysia

    #348 of 366

    1,313 births on an average February 13

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022

  25. Portugal

    #356 of 366

    275 births on an average February 13

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025

  26. Philippines

    #363 of 366

    3,968 births on an average February 13

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
Birthday twins

Famous people born on February 13

Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.

Robbie WilliamsRobbie WilliamsEnglish singer · born 1974Jerry SpringerJerry SpringerAmerican TV personality and politician · born 1944Neal McDonoughNeal McDonoughAmerican actor · born 1966Oliver ReedOliver ReedEnglish actor · born 1938Rachel ReevesRachel ReevesBritish politician · born 1979Sophia LillisSophia LillisAmerican actress · born 2002Memphis DepayMemphis DepayDutch footballer and musician · born 1994Peter GabrielPeter GabrielEnglish musician · born 1950
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February against the other eleven

February 13 is the 2nd rarest 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.

10,394
Jan
10,637
Feb
10,658
Mar
10,557
Apr
10,702
May
10,990
Jun
11,238
Jul
11,405
Aug
11,448
Sep
10,872
Oct
10,616
Nov
10,633
Dec
February 12
Births a year10,675
Rank#240
February 13
Births a year10,375
Rank#342
February 14
Births a year11,222
Rank#94

February 13 is the rarest of the 15 days around it

#294
6
#207
7
#173
8
#228
9
#247
10
#296
11
#240
12
#342
13
#94
14
#145
15
#223
16
#306
17
#322
18
#331
19
#258
20
The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

February 13#342 of 36610,375 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on February 13?

About 10,375 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 8,896 babies were born and it ranked #150 of 365; at its rarest in 2011, with 6,786 births at #358.

Is February 13 a common birthday?

In the United States, February 13 is the 25th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,375 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.

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. 28 other dates are within 1% of February 13's count, spread from #321 to #349, 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 13 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 4 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #363 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #108.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026