Is February 22 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 63% of all 366 dates.
February 22 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 22 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 22 ranks in position #135, with 10,954 births a year. 231 other dates are rarer. 55 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #114 to #169, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 22 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 22 in other countries
February 22 is the 135th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #4 in Argentina to #330 in the Philippines.
Argentina
#4 of 366
1,809 births on an average February 22
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#11 of 366
1,292 births on an average February 22
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#79 of 366
8,450 births on an average February 22
DATASUS, 1997–2024Malaysia
#104 of 366
1,419 births on an average February 22
DOSM, 2000–2022Switzerland
#108 of 366
226 births on an average February 22
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#122 of 366
331 births on an average February 22
KSH, 1970–2020Denmark
#134 of 366
168 births on an average February 22
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Japan
#135 of 366
2,815 births on an average February 22
e-Stat, 1996–2025New Zealand
#138 of 366
158 births on an average February 22
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Norway
#166 of 366
158 births on an average February 22
SSB, 2011–2025Germany
#173 of 366
2,018 births on an average February 22
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#186 of 366
167 births on an average February 22
CSO, 1980–2023Slovenia
#186 of 366
53 births on an average February 22
SURS, 2000–2025Latvia
#187 of 366
54 births on an average February 22
CSB, 1996–2025Ecuador
#197 of 366
760 births on an average February 22
INEC, 2013–2023Mexico
#203 of 366
4,964 births on an average February 22
INEGI, 2017–2023Netherlands
#221 of 366
492 births on an average February 22
CBS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#223 of 366
165 births on an average February 22
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#224 of 366
936 births on an average February 22
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Belgium
#239 of 366
322 births on an average February 22
Statbel, 1992–2025Portugal
#265 of 366
290 births on an average February 22
INE Portugal, 1980–2025France
#274 of 366
2,099 births on an average February 22
INSEE, 1998–2024Finland
#280 of 366
136 births on an average February 22
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025England & Wales
#289 of 366
1,753 births on an average February 22
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#305 of 366
673 births on an average February 22
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#330 of 366
4,096 births on an average February 22
PSA, 2006–2024
Famous people born on February 22
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
George WashingtonFounding Father, U.S. president from 1789 to 1797 · born 1732
Drew BarrymoreAmerican actress · born 1975
Steve IrwinAustralian conservationist · born 1962
Robert KardashianAmerican attorney and businessman · born 1944
Niki LaudaAustrian racing driver · born 1949
Kyle MacLachlanAmerican actor · born 1959
Katharine, Duchess of KentMember of the British royal family · born 1933
Ted KennedyAmerican lawyer and politician · born 1932February against the other eleven
February 22 is the 2nd 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 22?
About 10,954 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2022, when 12,911 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 365; at its rarest in 1976, with 7,337 births at #347.
Is February 22 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 22 is the 135th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,954 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. 55 other dates are within 1% of February 22's count, spread from #114 to #169, 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 22 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 18 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #330 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #4.
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