Is November 2 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 69% of all 366 dates.
November 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 2 ranks in position #115, with 11,060 births a year. 251 other dates are rarer. 38 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #98 to #136, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 2 in other countries
November 2 is the 115th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #29 in Malaysia to #365 in Brazil.
Malaysia
#29 of 366
1,481 births on an average November 2
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#71 of 366
161 births on an average November 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#80 of 366
175 births on an average November 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Japan
#131 of 366
2,817 births on an average November 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025Philippines
#138 of 366
4,554 births on an average November 2
PSA, 2006–2024Finland
#156 of 366
143 births on an average November 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Guatemala
#181 of 366
947 births on an average November 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#183 of 366
1,785 births on an average November 2
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#195 of 366
688 births on an average November 2
DEIS, 1990–2017Germany
#211 of 366
1,991 births on an average November 2
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#225 of 366
52 births on an average November 2
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#233 of 366
491 births on an average November 2
CBS, 1995–2025Ireland
#235 of 366
166 births on an average November 2
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#266 of 366
160 births on an average November 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Argentina
#291 of 366
1,404 births on an average November 2
DEIS, 2018–2023France
#297 of 366
2,090 births on an average November 2
INSEE, 1998–2024Latvia
#302 of 366
50 births on an average November 2
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#316 of 366
139 births on an average November 2
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#348 of 366
1,098 births on an average November 2
INEI, 2019–2025Mexico
#351 of 366
4,546 births on an average November 2
INEGI, 2017–2023Portugal
#353 of 366
277 births on an average November 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Switzerland
#353 of 366
204 births on an average November 2
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#356 of 366
302 births on an average November 2
KSH, 1970–2020Belgium
#357 of 366
282 births on an average November 2
Statbel, 1992–2025Ecuador
#362 of 366
630 births on an average November 2
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#365 of 366
5,839 births on an average November 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024
Famous people born on November 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Marie AntoinetteQueen of France from 1774 to 1792 · born 1755
Shah Rukh KhanIndian actor · born 1965
Warren G. HardingPresident of the United States from 1921 to 1923 · born 1865
NellyAmerican rapper · born 1974
David SchwimmerAmerican actor · born 1966
Jordan LoveAmerican football player · born 1998
James K. PolkPresident of the United States from 1845 to 1849 · born 1795
Burt LancasterAmerican actor · born 1913November against the other eleven
November 2 is the 4th 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 2?
About 11,060 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2022, when 11,982 babies were born and it ranked #23 of 365; at its rarest in 1986, with 8,209 births at #356.
Is November 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 2 is the 115th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,060 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. 38 other dates are within 1% of November 2's count, spread from #98 to #136, 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 2 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 23 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Brazil, at #365 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #29.
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