Is February 20 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 70% of all 366 dates.
February 20 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 20 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 20 ranks in position #258, with 10,632 births a year. 257 other dates are more common. 88 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #214 to #302, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 20 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 20 in other countries
February 20 is the 109th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #24 in Peru to #317 in Finland.
Peru
#24 of 366
1,280 births on an average February 20
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#77 of 366
8,451 births on an average February 20
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#77 of 366
160 births on an average February 20
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Argentina
#99 of 366
1,600 births on an average February 20
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#108 of 366
782 births on an average February 20
INEC, 2013–2023Hungary
#125 of 366
330 births on an average February 20
KSH, 1970–2020Denmark
#143 of 366
167 births on an average February 20
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#166 of 366
328 births on an average February 20
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#166 of 366
224 births on an average February 20
FSO, 1969–2025Netherlands
#177 of 366
496 births on an average February 20
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#182 of 366
2,012 births on an average February 20
Destatis, 2014–2025Costa Rica
#187 of 366
167 births on an average February 20
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Norway
#188 of 366
156 births on an average February 20
SSB, 2011–2025Ireland
#191 of 366
167 births on an average February 20
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#207 of 366
2,764 births on an average February 20
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#226 of 366
1,768 births on an average February 20
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#227 of 366
684 births on an average February 20
DEIS, 1990–2017Latvia
#235 of 366
53 births on an average February 20
CSB, 1996–2025Portugal
#245 of 366
292 births on an average February 20
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#247 of 366
930 births on an average February 20
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Slovenia
#254 of 366
51 births on an average February 20
SURS, 2000–2025Mexico
#269 of 366
4,846 births on an average February 20
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#282 of 366
2,096 births on an average February 20
INSEE, 1998–2024Malaysia
#282 of 366
1,369 births on an average February 20
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#312 of 366
4,183 births on an average February 20
PSA, 2006–2024Finland
#317 of 366
134 births on an average February 20
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025
Famous people born on February 20
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
RihannaBarbadian singer · born 1988
Ivana TrumpEx-wife of Donald Trump · born 1949
Olivia RodrigoAmerican singer-songwriter and actress · born 2003
Miles TellerAmerican actor · born 1987
Roy CohnAmerican lawyer and prosecutor · born 1927
Kurt CobainAmerican rock musician · born 1967
Justin VerlanderAmerican baseball player · born 1983
Sidney PoitierBahamian-American actor, filmmaker, diplomat and author · born 1927February against the other eleven
February 20 is the 15th 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 20?
About 10,632 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 11,891 babies were born and it ranked #11 of 366; at its rarest in 2005, with 7,248 births at #349.
Is February 20 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 20 is the 109th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,632 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. 88 other dates are within 1% of February 20's count, spread from #214 to #302, 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 20 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 5 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Finland, at #317 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #24.
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