Is November 16 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 64% of all 366 dates.
November 16 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 16 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 16 ranks in position #132, with 10,963 births a year. 234 other dates are rarer. 57 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #112 to #169, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 16 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 16 in other countries
November 16 is the 132nd most common birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 most common in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #69 in New Zealand to #353 in Brazil.
New Zealand
#69 of 366
161 births on an average November 16
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#78 of 366
4,882 births on an average November 16
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#85 of 366
1,432 births on an average November 16
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#93 of 366
5,259 births on an average November 16
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#98 of 366
174 births on an average November 16
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024France
#130 of 366
2,181 births on an average November 16
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#132 of 366
961 births on an average November 16
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Argentina
#161 of 366
1,532 births on an average November 16
DEIS, 2018–2023England & Wales
#219 of 366
1,771 births on an average November 16
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#245 of 366
682 births on an average November 16
DEIS, 1990–2017Portugal
#254 of 366
292 births on an average November 16
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Netherlands
#261 of 366
489 births on an average November 16
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#276 of 366
51 births on an average November 16
SURS, 2000–2025Ecuador
#279 of 366
736 births on an average November 16
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#294 of 366
318 births on an average November 16
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#298 of 366
1,931 births on an average November 16
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#301 of 366
157 births on an average November 16
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Japan
#302 of 366
2,698 births on an average November 16
e-Stat, 1996–2025Ireland
#313 of 366
163 births on an average November 16
CSO, 1980–2023Hungary
#318 of 366
311 births on an average November 16
KSH, 1970–2020Peru
#320 of 366
1,126 births on an average November 16
INEI, 2019–2025Norway
#321 of 366
137 births on an average November 16
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#327 of 366
132 births on an average November 16
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Latvia
#341 of 366
48 births on an average November 16
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#344 of 366
206 births on an average November 16
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#353 of 366
7,262 births on an average November 16
DATASUS, 1997–2024
Famous people born on November 16
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Oswald MosleyBritish fascist politician · born 1896
Christian HornerBritish motorsport executive · born 1973
TiberiusRoman emperor from AD 14 to 37 · born -42
Paul ScholesEnglish footballer · born 1974
Burgess MeredithAmerican actor · born 1907
Sanna MarinPrime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 · born 1985
Aditya Roy KapurIndian actor · born 1985
Bol BolSouth Sudanese-American basketball player · born 1999November against the other eleven
November 16 is the 6th 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 16?
About 10,963 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2010, when 12,978 babies were born and it ranked #36 of 365; at its rarest in 2008, with 7,142 births at #361.
Is November 16 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 16 is the 132nd most common of 366 dates, with about 10,963 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. 57 other dates are within 1% of November 16's count, spread from #112 to #169, 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 16 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 #353 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #69.
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