Is July 8 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 93% of all 366 dates.
July 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where July 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, July 8 ranks in position #26, with 11,531 births a year. 340 other dates are rarer. 32 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #14 to #46, so the exact position is a close thing.
July 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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July 8 in other countries
July 8 is the 26th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 9 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #12 in Norway to #356 in Costa Rica.
Norway
#12 of 366
172 births on an average July 8
SSB, 2011–2025Denmark
#22 of 366
179 births on an average July 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Belgium
#24 of 366
345 births on an average July 8
Statbel, 1992–2025Finland
#24 of 366
150 births on an average July 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Germany
#27 of 366
2,241 births on an average July 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#37 of 366
58 births on an average July 8
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#47 of 366
1,837 births on an average July 8
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#48 of 366
174 births on an average July 8
CSO, 1980–2023France
#49 of 366
2,229 births on an average July 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Ecuador
#53 of 366
796 births on an average July 8
INEC, 2013–2023Hungary
#55 of 366
343 births on an average July 8
KSH, 1970–2020Netherlands
#59 of 366
523 births on an average July 8
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#65 of 366
56 births on an average July 8
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#83 of 366
228 births on an average July 8
FSO, 1969–2025Japan
#86 of 366
2,866 births on an average July 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#88 of 366
303 births on an average July 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Peru
#127 of 366
1,221 births on an average July 8
INEI, 2019–2025Philippines
#156 of 366
4,507 births on an average July 8
PSA, 2006–2024Brazil
#171 of 366
8,043 births on an average July 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Malaysia
#189 of 366
1,393 births on an average July 8
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#208 of 366
941 births on an average July 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#211 of 366
156 births on an average July 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#228 of 366
684 births on an average July 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#238 of 366
4,906 births on an average July 8
INEGI, 2017–2023Argentina
#241 of 366
1,456 births on an average July 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Costa Rica
#356 of 366
154 births on an average July 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024
Famous people born on July 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
David CorenswetAmerican actor · born 1993
Maya HawkeAmerican actress · born 1998
Billy CrudupAmerican actor · born 1968
Kevin BaconAmerican actor · born 1958
Son Heung-minSouth Korean footballer · born 1992
Anjelica HustonAmerican actress · born 1951
John D. RockefellerAmerican business magnate · born 1839
Toby KeithAmerican singer · born 1961July against the other eleven
July 8 is the 2nd most common of the 31 days in July. All July birthdays.
July is the 3rd most common month of the year
An average July day sees 11,238 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on July 8?
About 11,531 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1975, when 10,078 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 365; at its rarest in 2012, with 7,480 births at #322.
Is July 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, July 8 is the 26th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,531 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.
What is the rarest July birthday?
In the United States, July 4: the 4th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 8,692 births a year. The most common July birthday is July 7, the 5th most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 32 other dates are within 1% of July 8's count, spread from #14 to #46, 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 July 8 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 22 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Costa Rica, at #356 of 366, and at its most common in Norway, at #12.
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