August Birthdays

August 4 Birthday Statistics

People born on August 4 have a Leo birthday, the Peridot, spinel, and sardonyx birthstone, and the Gladiolus and poppy birth flower. This date is day 217 of a leap-year calendar and has a U.S. birthday rank of #117 out of 366 (2000–2014 births).

#117U.S. rank (2000–2014)LeoZodiacPeridot, spinel, and sardonyxBirthstone149Days left in leap year

August 4 Birthday Overview

A August 4 birthday falls in summer and carries the traditional symbols of August: Peridot, spinel, and sardonyx as the birthstone and Gladiolus and poppy as the birth flower. The zodiac sign is Leo, a Fire sign represented by the Lion.

The U.S. rank compares this date with all 366 calendar birthdays using recorded birth counts from 2000–2014. The counts and calculation method appear below.

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How Common Is August 4?

August 4 ranks #117 of 366 by total births in this U.S. dataset. The file records 174,071 births on this month and day across 2000–2014, or 0.280% of its 62,187,024 recorded births.

Average when this date occurred
11,604.7 births across 15 occurrences
Lowest recorded count for this date
7,600 in 2013
Highest recorded count for this date
13,937 in 2009

These are historical counts for the United States, not a worldwide ranking or a forecast. Weekdays, holidays and year-to-year changes can affect the counts; this comparison does not establish their causes.

Source: U.S. births, 2000–2014, from the Social Security Administration dataset published by FiveThirtyEight. BirthdayStatistics.com aggregates the recorded counts by month and day. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Method and limitations.