Is February 17 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 84% of all 366 dates.
February 17 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 17 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 17 ranks in position #306, with 10,516 births a year. 305 other dates are more common. 63 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #268 to #331, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 17 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 17 in other countries
February 17 is the 61st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #76 in New Zealand to #337 in the Philippines.
New Zealand
#76 of 366
161 births on an average February 17
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Peru
#82 of 366
1,241 births on an average February 17
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#84 of 366
1,612 births on an average February 17
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#106 of 366
8,267 births on an average February 17
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#154 of 366
328 births on an average February 17
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#171 of 366
54 births on an average February 17
CSB, 1996–2025Finland
#183 of 366
141 births on an average February 17
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Denmark
#192 of 366
164 births on an average February 17
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#193 of 366
155 births on an average February 17
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#207 of 366
494 births on an average February 17
CBS, 1995–2025Belgium
#211 of 366
324 births on an average February 17
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#216 of 366
1,988 births on an average February 17
Destatis, 2014–2025Chile
#217 of 366
685 births on an average February 17
DEIS, 1990–2017Switzerland
#221 of 366
221 births on an average February 17
FSO, 1969–2025Costa Rica
#254 of 366
163 births on an average February 17
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Slovenia
#258 of 366
51 births on an average February 17
SURS, 2000–2025Mexico
#270 of 366
4,846 births on an average February 17
INEGI, 2017–2023England & Wales
#273 of 366
1,756 births on an average February 17
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#286 of 366
164 births on an average February 17
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#290 of 366
915 births on an average February 17
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024France
#295 of 366
2,091 births on an average February 17
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#298 of 366
287 births on an average February 17
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#304 of 366
2,696 births on an average February 17
e-Stat, 1996–2025Malaysia
#307 of 366
1,356 births on an average February 17
DOSM, 2000–2022Ecuador
#323 of 366
716 births on an average February 17
INEC, 2013–2023Philippines
#337 of 366
4,074 births on an average February 17
PSA, 2006–2024
Famous people born on February 17
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Michael JordanAmerican basketball player and businessman · born 1963
Jeremy Allen WhiteAmerican actor · born 1991
Ed SheeranEnglish singer-songwriter · born 1991
Denise RichardsAmerican actress and model · born 1971
Jensen HuangTaiwanese and American businessman · born 1963
Paris HiltonAmerican media personality · born 1981
Madison KeysAmerican tennis player · born 1995
Jason RitterAmerican actor · born 1980February against the other eleven
February 17 is the 9th 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on February 17?
About 10,516 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,442 babies were born and it ranked #76 of 365; at its rarest in 2002, with 7,310 births at #355.
Is February 17 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 17 is the 61st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,516 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. 63 other dates are within 1% of February 17's count, spread from #268 to #331, 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 17 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 3 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #337 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #76.
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