Is February 4 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 89% of all 366 dates.
February 4 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 4 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 4 ranks in position #327, with 10,458 births a year. 326 other dates are more common. 55 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #288 to #343, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 4 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 4 in other countries
February 4 is the 40th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #75 in Peru to #351 in Malaysia.
Peru
#75 of 366
1,244 births on an average February 4
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#134 of 366
1,560 births on an average February 4
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#136 of 366
694 births on an average February 4
DEIS, 1990–2017Belgium
#149 of 366
329 births on an average February 4
Statbel, 1992–2025Brazil
#157 of 366
8,098 births on an average February 4
DATASUS, 1997–2024New Zealand
#160 of 366
158 births on an average February 4
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Netherlands
#167 of 366
497 births on an average February 4
CBS, 1995–2025Hungary
#178 of 366
327 births on an average February 4
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#193 of 366
223 births on an average February 4
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#218 of 366
139 births on an average February 4
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#225 of 366
755 births on an average February 4
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#248 of 366
151 births on an average February 4
SSB, 2011–2025France
#252 of 366
2,115 births on an average February 4
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#252 of 366
292 births on an average February 4
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#257 of 366
161 births on an average February 4
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Costa Rica
#260 of 366
163 births on an average February 4
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Germany
#266 of 366
1,952 births on an average February 4
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#273 of 366
164 births on an average February 4
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#280 of 366
2,714 births on an average February 4
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#288 of 366
1,753 births on an average February 4
ONS, 1995–2025Philippines
#290 of 366
4,268 births on an average February 4
PSA, 2006–2024Guatemala
#322 of 366
904 births on an average February 4
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#332 of 366
4,674 births on an average February 4
INEGI, 2017–2023Slovenia
#334 of 366
49 births on an average February 4
SURS, 2000–2025Latvia
#336 of 366
49 births on an average February 4
CSB, 1996–2025Malaysia
#351 of 366
1,312 births on an average February 4
DOSM, 2000–2022
Famous people born on February 4
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Alice CooperAmerican rock singer · born 1948
Rosa ParksAmerican civil rights activist · born 1913
Rasmus HøjlundDanish footballer · born 2003
Hunter BidenAmerican businessman and lobbyist · born 1970
Charles LindberghAmerican aviator · born 1902
Lawrence TaylorAmerican football player · born 1959
Dietrich BonhoefferGerman Lutheran pastor and theologian · born 1906
Dan QuayleVice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 · born 1947February against the other eleven
February 4 is the 5th 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 4?
About 10,458 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 11,266 babies were born and it ranked #81 of 366; at its rarest in 1996, with 7,531 births at #362.
Is February 4 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 4 is the 40th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,458 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. 55 other dates are within 1% of February 4's count, spread from #288 to #343, 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 4 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 4 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Malaysia, at #351 of 366, and at its most common in Peru, at #75.
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