Is November 17 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 52% of all 366 dates.
November 17 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 17 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 17 ranks in position #178, with 10,815 births a year. 188 other dates are rarer. 83 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #142 to #225, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 17 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 17 in other countries
November 17 is the 178th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #38 in Costa Rica to #342 in Finland.
Costa Rica
#38 of 366
179 births on an average November 17
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#85 of 366
4,862 births on an average November 17
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#120 of 366
159 births on an average November 17
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#139 of 366
5,126 births on an average November 17
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#155 of 366
2,163 births on an average November 17
INSEE, 1998–2024Malaysia
#161 of 366
1,402 births on an average November 17
DOSM, 2000–2022Chile
#169 of 366
690 births on an average November 17
DEIS, 1990–2017England & Wales
#194 of 366
1,779 births on an average November 17
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#222 of 366
295 births on an average November 17
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ireland
#225 of 366
166 births on an average November 17
CSO, 1980–2023Latvia
#258 of 366
52 births on an average November 17
CSB, 1996–2025Germany
#262 of 366
1,956 births on an average November 17
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#274 of 366
51 births on an average November 17
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#288 of 366
916 births on an average November 17
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Belgium
#289 of 366
318 births on an average November 17
Statbel, 1992–2025Japan
#297 of 366
2,705 births on an average November 17
e-Stat, 1996–2025Ecuador
#313 of 366
720 births on an average November 17
INEC, 2013–2023Denmark
#317 of 366
156 births on an average November 17
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#318 of 366
481 births on an average November 17
CBS, 1995–2025Norway
#324 of 366
136 births on an average November 17
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#326 of 366
7,436 births on an average November 17
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#330 of 366
309 births on an average November 17
KSH, 1970–2020Argentina
#341 of 366
1,330 births on an average November 17
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#341 of 366
1,111 births on an average November 17
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#341 of 366
207 births on an average November 17
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#342 of 366
130 births on an average November 17
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025
Famous people born on November 17
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Pam BondiAmerican attorney and politician · born 1965
Leslie BibbAmerican actress and model · born 1973
Martin ScorseseAmerican filmmaker · born 1942
Rachel McAdamsCanadian actress · born 1978
Danny DeVitoAmerican actor, comedian and filmmaker · born 1944
Jeff BuckleyAmerican musician · born 1966
Lorne MichaelsCanadian and American producer · born 1944
Tom EllisWelsh actor · born 1978November against the other eleven
November 17 is the 13th 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 17?
About 10,815 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2022, when 11,701 babies were born and it ranked #50 of 365; at its rarest in 1991, with 8,578 births at #362.
Is November 17 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 17 is the 178th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,815 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. 83 other dates are within 1% of November 17's count, spread from #142 to #225, 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 17 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 Finland, at #342 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #38.
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