Is November 18 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 52% of all 366 dates.
November 18 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 18 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 18 ranks in position #189, with 10,788 births a year. 188 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #150 to #237, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 18 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 18 in other countries
November 18 is the 178th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #48 in the Philippines to #360 in Latvia.
Philippines
#48 of 366
5,002 births on an average November 18
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#56 of 366
177 births on an average November 18
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#96 of 366
1,422 births on an average November 18
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#159 of 366
299 births on an average November 18
INE Portugal, 1980–2025England & Wales
#193 of 366
1,780 births on an average November 18
ONS, 1995–2025France
#194 of 366
2,141 births on an average November 18
INSEE, 1998–2024New Zealand
#194 of 366
157 births on an average November 18
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#203 of 366
687 births on an average November 18
DEIS, 1990–2017Denmark
#204 of 366
163 births on an average November 18
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Mexico
#235 of 366
4,913 births on an average November 18
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#239 of 366
932 births on an average November 18
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#245 of 366
2,739 births on an average November 18
e-Stat, 1996–2025Ireland
#246 of 366
165 births on an average November 18
CSO, 1980–2023Ecuador
#257 of 366
745 births on an average November 18
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#258 of 366
321 births on an average November 18
Statbel, 1992–2025Germany
#270 of 366
1,951 births on an average November 18
Destatis, 2014–2025Peru
#274 of 366
1,157 births on an average November 18
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#301 of 366
7,547 births on an average November 18
DATASUS, 1997–2024Norway
#319 of 366
138 births on an average November 18
SSB, 2011–2025Netherlands
#322 of 366
480 births on an average November 18
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#333 of 366
131 births on an average November 18
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#336 of 366
49 births on an average November 18
SURS, 2000–2025Switzerland
#336 of 366
208 births on an average November 18
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#340 of 366
308 births on an average November 18
KSH, 1970–2020Argentina
#352 of 366
1,269 births on an average November 18
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#360 of 366
44 births on an average November 18
CSB, 1996–2025
Famous people born on November 18
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Owen WilsonAmerican actor · born 1968
Megyn KellyAmerican political commentator and journalist · born 1970
Chloë SevignyAmerican actress and director · born 1974
Delroy LindoAmerican actor · born 1952
Caleb WilliamsAmerican football player · born 2001
Damon Wayans Jr.American actor and comedian · born 1982
Margaret AtwoodCanadian writer · born 1939
Elizabeth PerkinsAmerican actress · born 1960November against the other eleven
November 18 is the 12th 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 18?
About 10,788 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 10,698 babies were born and it ranked #51 of 365; at its rarest in 2001, with 7,371 births at #354.
Is November 18 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 18 is the 178th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,788 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of November 18's count, spread from #150 to #237, 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 18 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 22 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Latvia, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #48.
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