Is November 15 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 65% of all 366 dates.
November 15 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 15 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 15 ranks in position #129, with 10,968 births a year. 237 other dates are rarer. 56 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #111 to #167, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 15 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 15 in other countries
November 15 is the 129th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #33 in Costa Rica to #361 in Brazil.
Costa Rica
#33 of 366
181 births on an average November 15
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#34 of 366
1,011 births on an average November 15
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#69 of 366
4,917 births on an average November 15
PSA, 2006–2024Portugal
#90 of 366
303 births on an average November 15
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#98 of 366
5,217 births on an average November 15
INEGI, 2017–2023Malaysia
#111 of 366
1,415 births on an average November 15
DOSM, 2000–2022France
#117 of 366
2,191 births on an average November 15
INSEE, 1998–2024New Zealand
#146 of 366
158 births on an average November 15
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#164 of 366
1,793 births on an average November 15
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#187 of 366
53 births on an average November 15
SURS, 2000–2025Argentina
#210 of 366
1,486 births on an average November 15
DEIS, 2018–2023Japan
#213 of 366
2,761 births on an average November 15
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#217 of 366
324 births on an average November 15
Statbel, 1992–2025Ecuador
#229 of 366
754 births on an average November 15
INEC, 2013–2023Denmark
#241 of 366
161 births on an average November 15
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Chile
#249 of 366
682 births on an average November 15
DEIS, 1990–2017Latvia
#264 of 366
52 births on an average November 15
CSB, 1996–2025Netherlands
#298 of 366
484 births on an average November 15
CBS, 1995–2025Switzerland
#298 of 366
212 births on an average November 15
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#304 of 366
163 births on an average November 15
CSO, 1980–2023Finland
#307 of 366
135 births on an average November 15
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Germany
#322 of 366
1,919 births on an average November 15
Destatis, 2014–2025Hungary
#326 of 366
310 births on an average November 15
KSH, 1970–2020Norway
#326 of 366
136 births on an average November 15
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#338 of 366
1,115 births on an average November 15
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#361 of 366
6,602 births on an average November 15
DATASUS, 1997–2024
Famous people born on November 15
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Shailene WoodleyAmerican actress · born 1991
Karl-Anthony TownsAmerican basketball player · born 1995
Randy SavageAmerican professional wrestler · born 1952
Jonny Lee MillerBritish actor · born 1972
Erwin RommelGerman field marshal · born 1891
Beverly D'AngeloAmerican actress · born 1951
Anni-Frid LyngstadSwedish singer · born 1945
Mahmoud AbbasPresident of Palestine since 2005 · born 1935November against the other eleven
November 15 is the 5th most common 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 15?
About 10,968 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2007, when 14,149 babies were born and it ranked #43 of 365; at its rarest in 1992, with 8,368 births at #363.
Is November 15 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 15 is the 129th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,968 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. 56 other dates are within 1% of November 15's count, spread from #111 to #167, 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 15 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 19 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Brazil, at #361 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #33.
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