Is February 28 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 70% of all 366 dates.
February 28 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 28 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 28 ranks in position #255, with 10,639 births a year. 254 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #208 to #301, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 28 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 28 in other countries
February 28 is the 112th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #46 in Peru to #345 in the Philippines.
Peru
#46 of 366
1,261 births on an average February 28
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#51 of 366
1,673 births on an average February 28
DEIS, 2018–2023Switzerland
#73 of 366
228 births on an average February 28
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#88 of 366
8,419 births on an average February 28
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#135 of 366
330 births on an average February 28
KSH, 1970–2020Malaysia
#147 of 366
1,405 births on an average February 28
DOSM, 2000–2022Norway
#169 of 366
157 births on an average February 28
SSB, 2011–2025England & Wales
#186 of 366
1,783 births on an average February 28
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#187 of 366
167 births on an average February 28
CSO, 1980–2023New Zealand
#189 of 366
157 births on an average February 28
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Finland
#204 of 366
140 births on an average February 28
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Belgium
#245 of 366
322 births on an average February 28
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#251 of 366
489 births on an average February 28
CBS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#258 of 366
745 births on an average February 28
INEC, 2013–2023Guatemala
#264 of 366
925 births on an average February 28
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Germany
#271 of 366
1,950 births on an average February 28
Destatis, 2014–2025Mexico
#277 of 366
4,836 births on an average February 28
INEGI, 2017–2023Denmark
#278 of 366
159 births on an average February 28
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Portugal
#279 of 366
289 births on an average February 28
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Latvia
#289 of 366
51 births on an average February 28
CSB, 1996–2025Chile
#290 of 366
676 births on an average February 28
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#294 of 366
161 births on an average February 28
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Japan
#307 of 366
2,693 births on an average February 28
e-Stat, 1996–2025France
#308 of 366
2,084 births on an average February 28
INSEE, 1998–2024Slovenia
#333 of 366
49 births on an average February 28
SURS, 2000–2025Philippines
#345 of 366
4,040 births on an average February 28
PSA, 2006–2024
Famous people born on February 28
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Luka DončićSlovenian basketball player · born 1999
Ali LarterAmerican actress · born 1976
John TurturroAmerican actor · born 1957
Brian JonesEnglish musician · born 1942
Alex CarusoAmerican basketball player · born 1994
Robert Sean LeonardAmerican actor · born 1969
Gilbert GottfriedAmerican comedian · born 1955
Bernadette PetersAmerican actress and singer · born 1948February against the other eleven
February 28 is the 14th 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 28?
About 10,639 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2008, when 13,478 babies were born and it ranked #76 of 366; at its rarest in 2010, with 6,810 births at #359.
Is February 28 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 28 is the 112th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,639 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 28's count, spread from #208 to #301, 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 28 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 13 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in the Philippines, at #345 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #46.
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