Is February 21 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 68% of all 366 dates.
February 21 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 21 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 21 ranks in position #251, with 10,652 births a year. 250 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #203 to #296, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 21 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 21 in other countries
February 21 is the 116th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #26 in Peru to #357 in Costa Rica.
Peru
#26 of 366
1,279 births on an average February 21
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#74 of 366
1,632 births on an average February 21
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#126 of 366
8,195 births on an average February 21
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#169 of 366
328 births on an average February 21
KSH, 1970–2020Germany
#179 of 366
2,015 births on an average February 21
Destatis, 2014–2025New Zealand
#203 of 366
157 births on an average February 21
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Latvia
#209 of 366
53 births on an average February 21
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#209 of 366
154 births on an average February 21
SSB, 2011–2025Guatemala
#215 of 366
939 births on an average February 21
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Finland
#228 of 366
139 births on an average February 21
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Belgium
#234 of 366
323 births on an average February 21
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#234 of 366
1,766 births on an average February 21
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#242 of 366
165 births on an average February 21
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#242 of 366
490 births on an average February 21
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#249 of 366
219 births on an average February 21
FSO, 1969–2025Japan
#262 of 366
2,725 births on an average February 21
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#264 of 366
679 births on an average February 21
DEIS, 1990–2017Denmark
#267 of 366
160 births on an average February 21
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Malaysia
#270 of 366
1,373 births on an average February 21
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#275 of 366
4,838 births on an average February 21
INEGI, 2017–2023Slovenia
#282 of 366
51 births on an average February 21
SURS, 2000–2025France
#305 of 366
2,084 births on an average February 21
INSEE, 1998–2024Ecuador
#312 of 366
721 births on an average February 21
INEC, 2013–2023Portugal
#322 of 366
284 births on an average February 21
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Philippines
#351 of 366
4,030 births on an average February 21
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#357 of 366
152 births on an average February 21
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on February 21
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Elliot PageCanadian actor and producer · born 1987
Jennifer Love HewittAmerican actress and singer · born 1979
Alan RickmanEnglish actor · born 1946
Kelsey GrammerAmerican actor · born 1955
Sophie TurnerEnglish actress · born 1996
Jordan PeeleAmerican actor, comedian, and filmmaker · born 1979
Mark KellyAmerican politician, astronaut and naval officer · born 1964
Joe AlwynEnglish actor · born 1991February against the other eleven
February 21 is the 13th 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 21?
About 10,652 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,342 babies were born and it ranked #55 of 365; at its rarest in 1988, with 8,422 births at #355.
Is February 21 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 21 is the 116th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,652 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. 93 other dates are within 1% of February 21's count, spread from #203 to #296, 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 21 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 11 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #357 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #26.
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