Is February 2 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 51% of all 366 dates.
February 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 2 ranks in position #187, with 10,796 births a year. 186 other dates are more common. 84 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #149 to #233, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 2 in other countries
February 2 is the 180th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #83 in Argentina to #327 in Malaysia.
Argentina
#83 of 366
1,612 births on an average February 2
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#89 of 366
1,236 births on an average February 2
INEI, 2019–2025Japan
#102 of 366
2,843 births on an average February 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025Brazil
#110 of 366
8,255 births on an average February 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024Germany
#133 of 366
2,065 births on an average February 2
Destatis, 2014–2025New Zealand
#134 of 366
158 births on an average February 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#140 of 366
170 births on an average February 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Chile
#141 of 366
694 births on an average February 2
DEIS, 1990–2017Latvia
#141 of 366
55 births on an average February 2
CSB, 1996–2025Netherlands
#141 of 366
502 births on an average February 2
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#153 of 366
224 births on an average February 2
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#170 of 366
142 births on an average February 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Denmark
#171 of 366
165 births on an average February 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#171 of 366
53 births on an average February 2
SURS, 2000–2025Philippines
#180 of 366
4,429 births on an average February 2
PSA, 2006–2024Norway
#181 of 366
156 births on an average February 2
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#195 of 366
326 births on an average February 2
Statbel, 1992–2025France
#196 of 366
2,140 births on an average February 2
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#207 of 366
941 births on an average February 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#225 of 366
4,930 births on an average February 2
INEGI, 2017–2023Ireland
#236 of 366
166 births on an average February 2
CSO, 1980–2023Hungary
#245 of 366
322 births on an average February 2
KSH, 1970–2020England & Wales
#275 of 366
1,755 births on an average February 2
ONS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#302 of 366
728 births on an average February 2
INEC, 2013–2023Portugal
#305 of 366
286 births on an average February 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#327 of 366
1,339 births on an average February 2
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on February 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
ShakiraColombian singer-songwriter · born 1977
Paul MescalIrish actor · born 1996
Farrah FawcettAmerican actress · born 1947
Ayn RandRussian-American philosopher · born 1905
Christie BrinkleyAmerican model, actress · born 1954
Gerard PiquéSpanish footballer · born 1987
James JoyceIrish novelist and poet · born 1882
Gemma ArtertonEnglish actress · born 1986February against the other eleven
February 2 is the 5th 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 2?
About 10,796 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2022, when 12,510 babies were born and it ranked #3 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 8,619 births at #346.
Is February 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 2 is the 180th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,796 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. 84 other dates are within 1% of February 2's count, spread from #149 to #233, 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 2 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 10 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #327 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #83.
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