Is February 3 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 82% of all 366 dates.
February 3 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 3 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 3 ranks in position #299, with 10,540 births a year. 298 other dates are more common. 77 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #252 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 3 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 3 in other countries
February 3 is the 68th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #114 in Chile to #360 in Malaysia.
Chile
#114 of 366
699 births on an average February 3
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#125 of 366
1,222 births on an average February 3
INEI, 2019–2025Netherlands
#142 of 366
502 births on an average February 3
CBS, 1995–2025New Zealand
#143 of 366
158 births on an average February 3
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Argentina
#144 of 366
1,551 births on an average February 3
DEIS, 2018–2023Brazil
#150 of 366
8,127 births on an average February 3
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#171 of 366
224 births on an average February 3
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#176 of 366
327 births on an average February 3
KSH, 1970–2020Japan
#182 of 366
2,780 births on an average February 3
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#192 of 366
326 births on an average February 3
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#198 of 366
1,999 births on an average February 3
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#219 of 366
166 births on an average February 3
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#220 of 366
163 births on an average February 3
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#227 of 366
52 births on an average February 3
SURS, 2000–2025Latvia
#240 of 366
52 births on an average February 3
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#245 of 366
1,762 births on an average February 3
ONS, 1995–2025Finland
#257 of 366
137 births on an average February 3
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Philippines
#271 of 366
4,301 births on an average February 3
PSA, 2006–2024Norway
#280 of 366
147 births on an average February 3
SSB, 2011–2025Mexico
#290 of 366
4,798 births on an average February 3
INEGI, 2017–2023Ecuador
#292 of 366
730 births on an average February 3
INEC, 2013–2023France
#309 of 366
2,083 births on an average February 3
INSEE, 1998–2024Costa Rica
#321 of 366
159 births on an average February 3
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#330 of 366
900 births on an average February 3
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Portugal
#335 of 366
283 births on an average February 3
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#360 of 366
1,289 births on an average February 3
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on February 3
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Isla FisherAustralian actress · born 1976
Amal ClooneyLebanese, British, and French barrister · born 1978
Nathan LaneAmerican actor · born 1956
Warwick DavisEnglish actor · born 1970
Maura TierneyAmerican actress · born 1965
Maitland WardAmerican actress · born 1977
Blythe DannerAmerican actress · born 1943
Beau BidenAmerican politician and lawyer · born 1969February against the other eleven
February 3 is the 10th 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 3?
About 10,540 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2023, when 11,297 babies were born and it ranked #80 of 365; at its rarest in 1980, with 8,285 births at #357.
Is February 3 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 3 is the 68th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,540 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.
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. 77 other dates are within 1% of February 3's count, spread from #252 to #329, 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 3 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 Malaysia, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #114.
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