Is February 15 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 61% of all 366 dates.
February 15 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 15 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 15 ranks in position #145, with 10,919 births a year. 221 other dates are rarer. 62 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #118 to #180, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 15 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 15 in other countries
February 15 is the 145th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #23 in Peru to #320 in Malaysia.
Peru
#23 of 366
1,280 births on an average February 15
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#46 of 366
1,688 births on an average February 15
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#63 of 366
984 births on an average February 15
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Brazil
#92 of 366
8,388 births on an average February 15
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#98 of 366
701 births on an average February 15
DEIS, 1990–2017Hungary
#105 of 366
332 births on an average February 15
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#138 of 366
225 births on an average February 15
FSO, 1969–2025Denmark
#139 of 366
168 births on an average February 15
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Mexico
#145 of 366
5,105 births on an average February 15
INEGI, 2017–2023New Zealand
#150 of 366
158 births on an average February 15
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ecuador
#182 of 366
763 births on an average February 15
INEC, 2013–2023Ireland
#185 of 366
167 births on an average February 15
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#210 of 366
53 births on an average February 15
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#216 of 366
154 births on an average February 15
SSB, 2011–2025France
#227 of 366
2,125 births on an average February 15
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#233 of 366
1,767 births on an average February 15
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#239 of 366
2,745 births on an average February 15
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#240 of 366
1,968 births on an average February 15
Destatis, 2014–2025Belgium
#256 of 366
321 births on an average February 15
Statbel, 1992–2025Finland
#268 of 366
137 births on an average February 15
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Netherlands
#289 of 366
486 births on an average February 15
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#291 of 366
50 births on an average February 15
SURS, 2000–2025Costa Rica
#299 of 366
161 births on an average February 15
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#304 of 366
287 births on an average February 15
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#318 of 366
4,156 births on an average February 15
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#320 of 366
1,348 births on an average February 15
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on February 15
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Callum TurnerBritish actor · born 1990
Chris FarleyAmerican comedian and actor · born 1964
Megan Thee StallionAmerican rapper and songwriter · born 1995
Jane SeymourAmerican-English actress · born 1951
George RussellBritish racing driver · born 1998
Christopher McDonaldAmerican actor · born 1955
Galileo GalileiItalian physicist and astronomer · born 1564
Louis XVKing of France from 1715 to 1774 · born 1710February against the other eleven
February 15 is the 3rd 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 15?
About 10,919 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1972, when 9,667 babies were born and it ranked #46 of 366; at its rarest in 1976, with 7,330 births at #348.
Is February 15 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 15 is the 145th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,919 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. 62 other dates are within 1% of February 15's count, spread from #118 to #180, 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 15 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 17 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #320 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #23.
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