Is February 23 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 62% of all 366 dates.
February 23 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 23 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 23 ranks in position #227, with 10,703 births a year. 226 other dates are more common. 94 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #181 to #275, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 23 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 23 in other countries
February 23 is the 140th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #81 in Argentina to #352 in the Philippines.
Argentina
#81 of 366
1,617 births on an average February 23
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#101 of 366
8,303 births on an average February 23
DATASUS, 1997–2024Latvia
#106 of 366
56 births on an average February 23
CSB, 1996–2025Slovenia
#117 of 366
54 births on an average February 23
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#169 of 366
165 births on an average February 23
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Peru
#178 of 366
1,204 births on an average February 23
INEI, 2019–2025Hungary
#183 of 366
327 births on an average February 23
KSH, 1970–2020New Zealand
#188 of 366
157 births on an average February 23
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Switzerland
#207 of 366
222 births on an average February 23
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#221 of 366
166 births on an average February 23
CSO, 1980–2023Germany
#248 of 366
1,962 births on an average February 23
Destatis, 2014–2025Norway
#261 of 366
149 births on an average February 23
SSB, 2011–2025England & Wales
#272 of 366
1,756 births on an average February 23
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#277 of 366
678 births on an average February 23
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#285 of 366
162 births on an average February 23
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024France
#285 of 366
2,096 births on an average February 23
INSEE, 1998–2024Malaysia
#285 of 366
1,368 births on an average February 23
DOSM, 2000–2022Netherlands
#285 of 366
486 births on an average February 23
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#301 of 366
135 births on an average February 23
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#304 of 366
725 births on an average February 23
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#313 of 366
314 births on an average February 23
Statbel, 1992–2025Guatemala
#316 of 366
906 births on an average February 23
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#323 of 366
4,701 births on an average February 23
INEGI, 2017–2023Portugal
#340 of 366
282 births on an average February 23
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#342 of 366
2,589 births on an average February 23
e-Stat, 1996–2025Philippines
#352 of 366
4,029 births on an average February 23
PSA, 2006–2024
Famous people born on February 23
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Kelly MacdonaldScottish actress · born 1976
Triptii DimriIndian actress · born 1994
W. E. B. Du BoisAmerican sociologist and activist · born 1868
CasemiroBrazilian footballer · born 1992
Michael DellAmerican businessman · born 1965
Andrew WigginsCanadian basketball player · born 1995
Linda NolanIrish singer and actress · born 1959
D'Angelo RussellAmerican basketball player · born 1996February against the other eleven
February 23 is the 9th 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 23?
About 10,703 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,782 babies were born and it ranked #30 of 365; at its rarest in 2014, with 7,024 births at #359.
Is February 23 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 23 is the 140th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,703 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. 94 other dates are within 1% of February 23's count, spread from #181 to #275, 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 23 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 16 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #352 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #81.
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