Is February 8 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 53% of all 366 dates.
February 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where February 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, February 8 ranks in position #173, with 10,836 births a year. 193 other dates are rarer. 79 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #139 to #218, so the exact position is a close thing.
February 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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February 8 in other countries
February 8 is the 173rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #10 in Argentina to #362 in Slovenia.
Argentina
#10 of 366
1,783 births on an average February 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#12 of 366
1,291 births on an average February 8
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#64 of 366
148 births on an average February 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Guatemala
#64 of 366
984 births on an average February 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Mexico
#120 of 366
5,175 births on an average February 8
INEGI, 2017–2023Brazil
#122 of 366
8,211 births on an average February 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#140 of 366
329 births on an average February 8
KSH, 1970–2020Denmark
#151 of 366
167 births on an average February 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025New Zealand
#155 of 366
158 births on an average February 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#156 of 366
692 births on an average February 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Norway
#173 of 366
157 births on an average February 8
SSB, 2011–2025Japan
#174 of 366
2,783 births on an average February 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Philippines
#179 of 366
4,429 births on an average February 8
PSA, 2006–2024Switzerland
#180 of 366
223 births on an average February 8
FSO, 1969–2025Belgium
#187 of 366
326 births on an average February 8
Statbel, 1992–2025Netherlands
#196 of 366
495 births on an average February 8
CBS, 1995–2025France
#200 of 366
2,138 births on an average February 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Ecuador
#239 of 366
750 births on an average February 8
INEC, 2013–2023England & Wales
#244 of 366
1,762 births on an average February 8
ONS, 1995–2025Latvia
#248 of 366
52 births on an average February 8
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#255 of 366
1,958 births on an average February 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#284 of 366
164 births on an average February 8
CSO, 1980–2023Portugal
#319 of 366
284 births on an average February 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#328 of 366
1,338 births on an average February 8
DOSM, 2000–2022Costa Rica
#348 of 366
156 births on an average February 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Slovenia
#362 of 366
43 births on an average February 8
SURS, 2000–2025
Famous people born on February 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Mary SteenburgenAmerican actress · born 1953
James DeanAmerican actor · born 1931
John WilliamsAmerican composer and conductor · born 1932
Klay ThompsonAmerican basketball player · born 1990
Seth GreenAmerican actor and producer · born 1974
Nick NolteAmerican actor · born 1941
Gary ColemanAmerican actor · born 1968
Jack LemmonAmerican actor · born 1925February against the other eleven
February 8 is the 4th 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 8?
About 10,836 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1972, when 9,598 babies were born and it ranked #62 of 366; at its rarest in 1987, with 8,278 births at #357.
Is February 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, February 8 is the 173rd most common of 366 dates, with about 10,836 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. 79 other dates are within 1% of February 8's count, spread from #139 to #218, 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 8 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Slovenia, at #362 of 366, and at its most common in Argentina, at #10.
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