Is November 21 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 71% of all 366 dates.
November 21 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 21 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 21 ranks in position #107, with 11,104 births a year. 259 other dates are rarer. 26 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #95 to #121, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 21 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 21 in other countries
November 21 is the 107th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #48 in Costa Rica to #341 in Ireland.
Costa Rica
#48 of 366
178 births on an average November 21
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#83 of 366
4,867 births on an average November 21
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#92 of 366
1,425 births on an average November 21
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#122 of 366
964 births on an average November 21
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Japan
#158 of 366
2,796 births on an average November 21
e-Stat, 1996–2025France
#163 of 366
2,157 births on an average November 21
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#167 of 366
5,053 births on an average November 21
INEGI, 2017–2023England & Wales
#199 of 366
1,778 births on an average November 21
ONS, 1995–2025New Zealand
#205 of 366
157 births on an average November 21
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Chile
#242 of 366
682 births on an average November 21
DEIS, 1990–2017Portugal
#257 of 366
291 births on an average November 21
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Germany
#272 of 366
1,950 births on an average November 21
Destatis, 2014–2025Latvia
#274 of 366
51 births on an average November 21
CSB, 1996–2025Denmark
#302 of 366
157 births on an average November 21
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#303 of 366
483 births on an average November 21
CBS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#310 of 366
722 births on an average November 21
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#320 of 366
137 births on an average November 21
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#322 of 366
1,124 births on an average November 21
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#323 of 366
7,450 births on an average November 21
DATASUS, 1997–2024Finland
#326 of 366
133 births on an average November 21
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Slovenia
#326 of 366
49 births on an average November 21
SURS, 2000–2025Hungary
#327 of 366
310 births on an average November 21
KSH, 1970–2020Argentina
#333 of 366
1,349 births on an average November 21
DEIS, 2018–2023Belgium
#339 of 366
308 births on an average November 21
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#340 of 366
207 births on an average November 21
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#341 of 366
160 births on an average November 21
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on November 21
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Goldie HawnAmerican actress · born 1945
Isabel MayAmerican actress · born 2000
BjörkIcelandic singer · born 1965
Nikki BellaAmerican professional wrestler · born 1983
Troy AikmanAmerican football player · born 1966
Jena MaloneAmerican actress · born 1984
R. Budd DwyerAmerican politician · born 1939
Justin TuckerAmerican football player · born 1989November against the other eleven
November 21 is the 2nd 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 21?
About 11,104 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2000, when 13,672 babies were born and it ranked #1 of 366; at its rarest in 1993, with 7,912 births at #363.
Is November 21 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 21 is the 107th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,104 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. 26 other dates are within 1% of November 21's count, spread from #95 to #121, 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 21 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 Ireland, at #341 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, 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