Is November 12 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 63% of all 366 dates.
November 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 12 ranks in position #230, with 10,696 births a year. 229 other dates are more common. 93 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #183 to #276, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 12 in other countries
November 12 is the 137th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #46 in New Zealand to #332 in Hungary.
New Zealand
#46 of 366
162 births on an average November 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#59 of 366
4,956 births on an average November 12
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#62 of 366
1,447 births on an average November 12
DOSM, 2000–2022Chile
#94 of 366
702 births on an average November 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#111 of 366
172 births on an average November 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024England & Wales
#115 of 366
1,809 births on an average November 12
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#134 of 366
54 births on an average November 12
SURS, 2000–2025Denmark
#141 of 366
168 births on an average November 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025France
#166 of 366
2,155 births on an average November 12
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#172 of 366
5,047 births on an average November 12
INEGI, 2017–2023Portugal
#182 of 366
298 births on an average November 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#186 of 366
946 births on an average November 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#215 of 366
2,760 births on an average November 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025Ecuador
#226 of 366
755 births on an average November 12
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#261 of 366
1,165 births on an average November 12
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#263 of 366
7,710 births on an average November 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#266 of 366
1,428 births on an average November 12
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#272 of 366
164 births on an average November 12
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#277 of 366
51 births on an average November 12
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#280 of 366
1,946 births on an average November 12
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#284 of 366
487 births on an average November 12
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#287 of 366
136 births on an average November 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Belgium
#292 of 366
318 births on an average November 12
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#302 of 366
212 births on an average November 12
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#309 of 366
141 births on an average November 12
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#332 of 366
309 births on an average November 12
KSH, 1970–2020
Famous people born on November 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Ryan GoslingCanadian actor · born 1980
Anne HathawayAmerican actress · born 1982
Neil YoungCanadian and American musician · born 1945
Grace KellyAmerican actress, Princess of Monaco from 1956 to 1982 · born 1929
Russell WestbrookAmerican basketball player · born 1988
Tonya HardingAmerican figure skater · born 1970
Megan MullallyAmerican actress · born 1958
Wallace ShawnAmerican actor and writer · born 1943November against the other eleven
November 12 is the 10th rarest of the 30 days in November. All November birthdays.
November is the 3rd rarest month of the year
An average November day sees 10,616 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on November 12?
About 10,696 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2013, when 13,516 babies were born and it ranked #2 of 365; at its rarest in 1995, with 7,891 births at #342.
Is November 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 12 is the 137th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,696 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
What is the rarest November birthday?
In the United States, November 26: the 7th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 9,615 births a year. The most common November birthday is November 1, the 102nd most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 93 other dates are within 1% of November 12's count, spread from #183 to #276, 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 November 12 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 12 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Hungary, at #332 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #46.
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