Is November 22 a rare birthday? Uncommon

Rarer than 87% of all 366 dates.

November 22 #320
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for November 22: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

November 22 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 10,482in the United States — about 897,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium132 peopleof 50,000 were born on November 22
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on November 22 somewhere in the United States
Star signSagittariusrarer than 23 of the 30 Sagittarius birthdays
Half-birthdayMay 22six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundMarch 1A spring evening, apparently.
Birth frequency by rank

Where November 22 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, November 22 ranks in position #320, with 10,482 births a year. 319 other dates are more common. 63 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #277 to #340, so the exact position is a close thing.

56 years of records

November 22 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Saturday: rank #263 of 365, 9,438 births1970, Sunday: rank #336 of 365, 8,926 births1971, Monday: rank #182 of 365, 9,894 births1972, Wednesday: rank #167 of 366, 9,157 births1973, Thursday: rank #358 of 365, 7,049 births1974, Friday: rank #108 of 365, 9,076 births1975, Saturday: rank #299 of 365, 7,763 births1976, Monday: rank #110 of 366, 9,160 births1977, Tuesday: rank #117 of 365, 9,576 births1978, Wednesday: rank #114 of 365, 9,566 births1979, Thursday: rank #346 of 365, 8,164 births1980, Saturday: rank #316 of 366, 8,680 births1981, Sunday: rank #341 of 365, 8,427 births1982, Monday: rank #139 of 365, 10,481 births1983, Tuesday: rank #56 of 365, 10,868 births1984, Thursday: rank #361 of 366, 8,011 births1985, Friday: rank #98 of 365, 11,058 births1986, Saturday: rank #332 of 365, 8,442 births1987, Sunday: rank #338 of 365, 8,476 births1988, Tuesday: rank #65 of 366, 11,864 births1989, Wednesday: rank #156 of 365, 11,597 births1990, Thursday: rank #355 of 365, 8,834 births1991, Friday: rank #133 of 365, 12,043 births1992, Sunday: rank #353 of 366, 8,506 births1993, Monday: rank #209 of 365, 11,483 births1994, Tuesday: rank #6 of 365, 12,764 births1995, Wednesday: rank #190 of 365, 11,304 births1996, Friday: rank #115 of 366, 11,713 births1997, Saturday: rank #276 of 365, 8,769 births1998, Sunday: rank #354 of 365, 7,649 births1999, Monday: rank #102 of 365, 12,104 births2000, Wednesday: rank #178 of 366, 12,038 births2001, Thursday: rank #356 of 365, 7,363 births2002, Friday: rank #68 of 365, 12,726 births2003, Saturday: rank #289 of 365, 8,473 births2004, Monday: rank #46 of 366, 13,164 births2005, Tuesday: rank #12 of 365, 13,896 births2006, Wednesday: rank #162 of 365, 12,918 births2007, Thursday: rank #353 of 365, 7,475 births2008, Saturday: rank #298 of 366, 8,326 births2009, Sunday: rank #350 of 365, 7,140 births2010, Monday: rank #37 of 365, 12,961 births2011, Tuesday: rank #23 of 365, 13,190 births2012, Thursday: rank #334 of 366, 7,198 births2013, Friday: rank #93 of 365, 12,335 births2014, Saturday: rank #269 of 365, 8,664 births2015, Sunday: rank #329 of 365, 7,427 births2016, Tuesday: rank #22 of 366, 12,909 births2017, Wednesday: rank #212 of 365, 11,324 births2018, Thursday: rank #328 of 365, 7,138 births2019, Friday: rank #118 of 365, 11,500 births2020, Sunday: rank #345 of 366, 6,466 births2021, Monday: rank #90 of 365, 11,499 births2022, Tuesday: rank #6 of 365, 12,353 births2023, Wednesday: rank #116 of 365, 11,058 births2024, Friday: rank #118 of 366, 11,034 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #318, from #154 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 23.5% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#114
Mon
#38
Tue
#162
Wed
#349
Thu
#106
Fri
#293
Sat
#343
Sun
Most common year
1994#6 of 365Tuesday · 12,764 births
Rarest year
1984#361 of 366Thursday · 8,011 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2020 was the most recent
Around the world

November 22 in other countries

November 22 is the 47th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 7 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #71 in Costa Rica to #346 in Ireland.

  1. Costa Rica

    #71 of 366

    176 births on an average November 22

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024
  2. Malaysia

    #72 of 366

    1,440 births on an average November 22

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022
  3. Philippines

    #84 of 366

    4,865 births on an average November 22

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
  4. Mexico

    #90 of 366

    5,277 births on an average November 22

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023
  5. Japan

    #124 of 366

    2,824 births on an average November 22

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
  6. Guatemala

    #164 of 366

    951 births on an average November 22

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024
  7. Chile

    #172 of 366

    690 births on an average November 22

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
  8. France

    #176 of 366

    2,151 births on an average November 22

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
  9. England & Wales

    #225 of 366

    1,769 births on an average November 22

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
  10. New Zealand

    #263 of 366

    155 births on an average November 22

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
  11. Portugal

    #277 of 366

    290 births on an average November 22

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025
  12. Netherlands

    #281 of 366

    487 births on an average November 22

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025
  13. Latvia

    #291 of 366

    51 births on an average November 22

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025
  14. Argentina

    #295 of 366

    1,402 births on an average November 22

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
  15. Slovenia

    #298 of 366

    50 births on an average November 22

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025
  16. Germany

    #299 of 366

    1,929 births on an average November 22

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025
  17. Ecuador

    #307 of 366

    722 births on an average November 22

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023
  18. Switzerland

    #307 of 366

    211 births on an average November 22

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025
  19. Denmark

    #314 of 366

    156 births on an average November 22

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025
  20. Finland

    #321 of 366

    134 births on an average November 22

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025
  21. Belgium

    #325 of 366

    313 births on an average November 22

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025
  22. Peru

    #328 of 366

    1,122 births on an average November 22

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025
  23. Brazil

    #335 of 366

    7,392 births on an average November 22

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
  24. Norway

    #335 of 366

    133 births on an average November 22

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
  25. Hungary

    #339 of 366

    308 births on an average November 22

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020
  26. Ireland

    #346 of 366

    159 births on an average November 22

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023
Zoom out

November against the other eleven

November 22 is the 7th 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.

The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

November 22#320 of 36610,482 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on November 22?

About 10,482 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1994, when 12,764 babies were born and it ranked #6 of 365; at its rarest in 1984, with 8,011 births at #361.

Is November 22 a common birthday?

In the United States, November 22 is the 47th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,482 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.

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. 63 other dates are within 1% of November 22's count, spread from #277 to #340, 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 22 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 7 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ireland, at #346 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #71.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026