Is February 6 a rare birthday? Uncommon
Rarer than 80% of all 366 dates.
February 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 6 ranks in position #294, with 10,548 births a year. 293 other dates are more common. 80 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #249 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 6 in other countries
February 6 is the 73rd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #60 in Argentina to #360 in New Zealand.
Argentina
#60 of 366
1,654 births on an average February 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Chile
#115 of 366
698 births on an average February 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Brazil
#124 of 366
8,196 births on an average February 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#124 of 366
1,222 births on an average February 6
INEI, 2019–2025Denmark
#131 of 366
169 births on an average February 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#138 of 366
330 births on an average February 6
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#157 of 366
498 births on an average February 6
CBS, 1995–2025Japan
#172 of 366
2,784 births on an average February 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025Norway
#194 of 366
155 births on an average February 6
SSB, 2011–2025Costa Rica
#195 of 366
166 births on an average February 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024England & Wales
#203 of 366
1,777 births on an average February 6
ONS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#205 of 366
759 births on an average February 6
INEC, 2013–2023Slovenia
#211 of 366
52 births on an average February 6
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#218 of 366
1,987 births on an average February 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Guatemala
#225 of 366
936 births on an average February 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Switzerland
#228 of 366
220 births on an average February 6
FSO, 1969–2025France
#240 of 366
2,119 births on an average February 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Hungary
#243 of 366
322 births on an average February 6
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#263 of 366
52 births on an average February 6
CSB, 1996–2025Philippines
#295 of 366
4,256 births on an average February 6
PSA, 2006–2024Finland
#297 of 366
136 births on an average February 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Mexico
#329 of 366
4,689 births on an average February 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Ireland
#337 of 366
161 births on an average February 6
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#339 of 366
282 births on an average February 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#347 of 366
1,313 births on an average February 6
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#360 of 366
144 births on an average February 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023
Famous people born on February 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Ronald ReaganPresident of the United States from 1981 to 1989 · born 1911
Bob MarleyJamaican reggae musician · born 1945
Babe RuthAmerican baseball player · born 1895
Anne, Queen of Great BritainQueen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 · born 1665
Eva BraunWife of Adolf Hitler · born 1912
Axl RoseAmerican singer and songwriter · born 1962
Aaron BurrVice President of the United States from 1801 to 1805 · born 1756
Rip TornAmerican actor · born 1931February against the other eleven
February 6 is the 12th 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 6?
About 10,548 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,232 babies were born and it ranked #71 of 365; at its rarest in 2022, with 6,584 births at #355.
Is February 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 6 is the 73rd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,548 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. 80 other dates are within 1% of February 6's count, spread from #249 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 6 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 7 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in New Zealand, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #60.
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