February 29 Birthday Statistics
People born on February 29 have a Pisces birthday, the Amethyst birthstone, and the Violet, iris, and primrose birth flower. This date is day 60 of a leap-year calendar and has a U.S. birthday rank of #366 out of 366 (2000–2014 births).
February 29 Birthday Overview
A February 29 birthday falls in winter and carries the traditional symbols of February: Amethyst as the birthstone and Violet, iris, and primrose as the birth flower. The zodiac sign is Pisces, a Water sign represented by the Fish.
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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- Leap day appears only in leap years.
- People born on February 29 are often called leaplings or leap-day babies.
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How Common Is February 29?
February 29 ranks #366 of 366 by total births in this U.S. dataset. The file records 41,869 births on this month and day across 2000–2014, or 0.067% of its 62,187,024 recorded births.
- Average when this date occurred
- 10,467.3 births across 4 occurrences
- Lowest recorded count for this date
- 7,301 in 2004
- Highest recorded count for this date
- 11,895 in 2000
February 29 occurred four times: 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. Its overall rank includes the eleven years when the date did not occur. The average above divides by four, so it answers a different question from the total-birth ranking.
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.