Happy birthday, leaplings! As you know, this February is special: 2024 is a Leap Year. And Leap Day is on Thursday, Feb. 29. Leaplings do something unique: They can calculate their age in in Leap ...

Other celebrities born on February 29 include rapper Ja Rule ... Anthony, Texas is the self-proclaimed "Leap Year Capital of the World." This town in Texas hosts a Quadrennial Leap Year Festival ...

Leap Day (Feb. 29) was included in the data, as well, despite only coming around once every 4 years. The date ranks as the 325th most popular birthday out of 366. An average of 1,753 babies are ...

11 In Sweden in the leap year 1712, the country marked February 29 and 30! Two extra days were added to the calendar to move from the Swedish calendar to the Julian one. 12 Someone born on ...

According to the Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies, the chances of being born on a leap day is about 1 in 1,500. Having a leap day birthday “always drew a lot of attention,” Riford said.

Leap Day is ... also happens to be the birthday of just over 5 million people (aka Leaplings), which technically only get to celebrate their actual birthdate every four years.