Is November 23 a rare birthday? Rare

Rarer than 97% of all 366 dates.

November 23 #354
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for November 23: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

November 23 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 9,902in the United States — about 862,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium125 peopleof 50,000 were born on November 23
On the day itselfEvery 9 secondsa baby is born on November 23 somewhere in the United States
Star signSagittariusrarer than 24 of the 30 Sagittarius birthdays
Half-birthdayMay 23six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundMarch 2A spring evening, apparently.
Birth frequency by rank

Where November 23 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, November 23 ranks in position #354, with 9,902 births a year. 353 other dates are more common.

56 years of records

November 23 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Sunday: rank #322 of 365, 8,866 births1970, Monday: rank #81 of 365, 10,940 births1971, Tuesday: rank #144 of 365, 10,132 births1972, Thursday: rank #359 of 366, 7,403 births1973, Friday: rank #266 of 365, 8,242 births1974, Saturday: rank #275 of 365, 8,103 births1975, Sunday: rank #339 of 365, 7,392 births1976, Tuesday: rank #87 of 366, 9,316 births1977, Wednesday: rank #175 of 365, 9,377 births1978, Thursday: rank #329 of 365, 7,926 births1979, Friday: rank #240 of 365, 9,480 births1980, Sunday: rank #344 of 366, 8,443 births1981, Monday: rank #134 of 365, 10,335 births1982, Tuesday: rank #86 of 365, 10,810 births1983, Wednesday: rank #168 of 365, 10,341 births1984, Friday: rank #253 of 366, 9,689 births1985, Saturday: rank #313 of 365, 8,814 births1986, Sunday: rank #358 of 365, 8,186 births1987, Monday: rank #105 of 365, 11,270 births1988, Wednesday: rank #202 of 366, 10,961 births1989, Thursday: rank #353 of 365, 8,653 births1990, Friday: rank #254 of 365, 10,503 births1991, Saturday: rank #307 of 365, 9,333 births1992, Monday: rank #84 of 366, 12,183 births1993, Tuesday: rank #48 of 365, 12,400 births1994, Wednesday: rank #212 of 365, 11,332 births1995, Thursday: rank #355 of 365, 7,754 births1996, Saturday: rank #297 of 366, 8,535 births1997, Sunday: rank #333 of 365, 7,803 births1998, Monday: rank #122 of 365, 11,942 births1999, Tuesday: rank #32 of 365, 12,804 births2000, Thursday: rank #331 of 366, 7,939 births2001, Friday: rank #259 of 365, 9,332 births2002, Saturday: rank #286 of 365, 8,417 births2003, Sunday: rank #357 of 365, 7,249 births2004, Tuesday: rank #5 of 366, 13,950 births2005, Wednesday: rank #228 of 365, 11,945 births2006, Thursday: rank #345 of 365, 7,420 births2007, Friday: rank #260 of 365, 9,477 births2008, Sunday: rank #358 of 366, 7,201 births2009, Monday: rank #116 of 365, 12,929 births2010, Tuesday: rank #11 of 365, 13,509 births2011, Wednesday: rank #226 of 365, 11,594 births2012, Friday: rank #255 of 366, 9,095 births2013, Saturday: rank #281 of 365, 8,159 births2014, Sunday: rank #329 of 365, 7,503 births2015, Monday: rank #80 of 365, 12,419 births2016, Wednesday: rank #219 of 366, 11,545 births2017, Thursday: rank #324 of 365, 7,410 births2018, Friday: rank #269 of 365, 8,293 births2019, Saturday: rank #276 of 365, 8,095 births2020, Monday: rank #103 of 366, 11,156 births2021, Tuesday: rank #23 of 365, 12,054 births2022, Wednesday: rank #113 of 365, 11,243 births2023, Thursday: rank #308 of 365, 7,223 births2024, Saturday: rank #273 of 366, 8,067 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #316, from #189 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 21.1% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#103
Mon
#55
Tue
#193
Wed
#338
Thu
#257
Fri
#289
Sat
#343
Sun
Most common year
2004#5 of 366Tuesday · 13,950 births
Rarest year
1972#359 of 366Thursday · 7,403 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

November 23 in other countries

November 23 is the 13th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 15 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #32 in Costa Rica to #362 in Japan.

  1. Costa Rica

    #32 of 366

    181 births on an average November 23

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024
  2. Philippines

    #87 of 366

    4,843 births on an average November 23

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
  3. Malaysia

    #89 of 366

    1,427 births on an average November 23

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022
  4. Mexico

    #92 of 366

    5,272 births on an average November 23

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023
  5. France

    #156 of 366

    2,163 births on an average November 23

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
  6. Guatemala

    #192 of 366

    944 births on an average November 23

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024
  7. New Zealand

    #195 of 366

    157 births on an average November 23

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
  8. Portugal

    #238 of 366

    293 births on an average November 23

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025
  9. Chile

    #259 of 366

    680 births on an average November 23

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
  10. Argentina

    #294 of 366

    1,402 births on an average November 23

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
  11. England & Wales

    #301 of 366

    1,749 births on an average November 23

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
  12. Ireland

    #327 of 366

    162 births on an average November 23

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023
  13. Belgium

    #328 of 366

    311 births on an average November 23

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025
  14. Finland

    #329 of 366

    132 births on an average November 23

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025
  15. Hungary

    #329 of 366

    309 births on an average November 23

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020
  16. Slovenia

    #330 of 366

    49 births on an average November 23

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025
  17. Norway

    #334 of 366

    134 births on an average November 23

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
  18. Denmark

    #336 of 366

    154 births on an average November 23

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025
  19. Ecuador

    #338 of 366

    708 births on an average November 23

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023
  20. Germany

    #342 of 366

    1,884 births on an average November 23

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025
  21. Brazil

    #343 of 366

    7,339 births on an average November 23

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
  22. Latvia

    #344 of 366

    48 births on an average November 23

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025
  23. Netherlands

    #344 of 366

    473 births on an average November 23

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025
  24. Peru

    #346 of 366

    1,100 births on an average November 23

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025
  25. Switzerland

    #349 of 366

    205 births on an average November 23

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025
  26. Japan

    #362 of 366

    2,051 births on an average November 23

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
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November against the other eleven

November 23 is the 6th 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 23#354 of 3669,902 births a year

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Questions

Quick answers

How many babies are born on November 23?

About 9,902 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2004, when 13,950 babies were born and it ranked #5 of 366; at its rarest in 1972, with 7,403 births at #359.

Is November 23 a common birthday?

In the United States, November 23 is the 13th rarest of 366 dates, with about 9,902 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?

For November 23 the rank is stable. Only 3 dates sit within 1% of its count, so the order does not depend on which years you count. In the crowded middle, dozens of dates can sit within a single percent of each other.

Is November 23 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 1 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Japan, at #362 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #32.

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