Is February 14 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 75% of all 366 dates.
Valentine's Day looks like a holiday and behaves like a weekday: more babies arrive than on an average day.
Valentine's Day in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 14 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 14 ranks in position #94, with 11,222 births a year. 272 other dates are rarer. 37 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #67 to #104, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 14 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 14 in other countries
February 14 is the 94th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Ecuador to #282 in Ireland.
Ecuador
#1 of 366
882 births on an average February 14
INEC, 2013–2023Argentina
#9 of 366
1,788 births on an average February 14
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#64 of 366
711 births on an average February 14
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#76 of 366
1,244 births on an average February 14
INEI, 2019–2025Guatemala
#79 of 366
979 births on an average February 14
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Brazil
#96 of 366
8,331 births on an average February 14
DATASUS, 1997–2024Malaysia
#98 of 366
1,421 births on an average February 14
DOSM, 2000–2022Japan
#108 of 366
2,838 births on an average February 14
e-Stat, 1996–2025New Zealand
#112 of 366
159 births on an average February 14
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Belgium
#114 of 366
333 births on an average February 14
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#115 of 366
511 births on an average February 14
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#120 of 366
226 births on an average February 14
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#127 of 366
330 births on an average February 14
KSH, 1970–2020Philippines
#131 of 366
4,583 births on an average February 14
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#149 of 366
5,088 births on an average February 14
INEGI, 2017–2023Finland
#158 of 366
142 births on an average February 14
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Germany
#160 of 366
2,033 births on an average February 14
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#175 of 366
1,789 births on an average February 14
ONS, 1995–2025France
#183 of 366
2,147 births on an average February 14
INSEE, 1998–2024Latvia
#192 of 366
54 births on an average February 14
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#201 of 366
155 births on an average February 14
SSB, 2011–2025Costa Rica
#216 of 366
165 births on an average February 14
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Slovenia
#217 of 366
52 births on an average February 14
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#256 of 366
161 births on an average February 14
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Portugal
#262 of 366
291 births on an average February 14
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#282 of 366
164 births on an average February 14
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on Valentine's Day
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jimmy HoffaAmerican labor union leader (born 1913, disappeared 1975) · born 1913
Freddie HighmoreEnglish actor · born 1992
Rajaram IChhatrapati of the Marathas from 1689 to 1700 · born 1670
Simon PeggEnglish actor · born 1970
Michael BloombergAmerican businessman and politician · born 1942
BaburMughal emperor from 1526 to 1530 · born 1483
Mark RutteSecretary General of NATO since 2024 · born 1967
Ángel Di MaríaArgentine footballer · born 1988February against the other eleven
February 14 is the 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
Is Valentine's Day a rare birthday?
Not really. Unlike Christmas or the Fourth of July, Valentine's Day is slightly busier than an average day in US records. Parents who can choose a date do not skip it the way they skip Halloween or Independence Day.
How many babies are born on February 14?
About 11,222 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1992, when 12,780 babies were born and it ranked #13 of 366; at its rarest in 2021, with 6,690 births at #343.
Is February 14 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 14 is the 94th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,222 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. 37 other dates are within 1% of February 14's count, spread from #67 to #104, 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 14 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 21 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ireland, at #282 of 366, and at its most common in Ecuador, at #1.
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