Is November 3 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 53% of all 366 dates.
November 3 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 3 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 3 ranks in position #174, with 10,830 births a year. 192 other dates are rarer. 80 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #139 to #219, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 3 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 3 in other countries
November 3 is the 174th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #20 in Costa Rica to #360 in Ecuador and Japan.
Costa Rica
#20 of 366
182 births on an average November 3
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#35 of 366
5,041 births on an average November 3
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#50 of 366
5,470 births on an average November 3
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#53 of 366
715 births on an average November 3
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#56 of 366
1,456 births on an average November 3
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#97 of 366
971 births on an average November 3
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#100 of 366
160 births on an average November 3
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Slovenia
#119 of 366
54 births on an average November 3
SURS, 2000–2025France
#145 of 366
2,169 births on an average November 3
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#147 of 366
300 births on an average November 3
INE Portugal, 1980–2025England & Wales
#156 of 366
1,795 births on an average November 3
ONS, 1995–2025Denmark
#189 of 366
164 births on an average November 3
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#196 of 366
2,000 births on an average November 3
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#254 of 366
489 births on an average November 3
CBS, 1995–2025Peru
#291 of 366
1,148 births on an average November 3
INEI, 2019–2025Latvia
#303 of 366
50 births on an average November 3
CSB, 1996–2025Ireland
#306 of 366
163 births on an average November 3
CSO, 1980–2023Belgium
#311 of 366
315 births on an average November 3
Statbel, 1992–2025Finland
#311 of 366
134 births on an average November 3
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Switzerland
#317 of 366
210 births on an average November 3
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#319 of 366
7,458 births on an average November 3
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#322 of 366
311 births on an average November 3
KSH, 1970–2020Norway
#323 of 366
136 births on an average November 3
SSB, 2011–2025Argentina
#331 of 366
1,353 births on an average November 3
DEIS, 2018–2023Ecuador
#360 of 366
654 births on an average November 3
INEC, 2013–2023Japan
#360 of 366
2,118 births on an average November 3
e-Stat, 1996–2025
Famous people born on November 3
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
AurangzebMughal emperor from 1658 to 1707 · born 1618
Ian WrightEnglish footballer and pundit · born 1963
Gabe NewellAmerican businessman · born 1962
LuluScottish singer · born 1948
Emperor MeijiEmperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912 · born 1852
Unai EmerySpanish football manager · born 1971
Jim CummingsAmerican voice actor · born 1952
Andrade El IdoloMexican professional wrestler · born 1989November against the other eleven
November 3 is the 11th 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 3?
About 10,830 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2023, when 11,456 babies were born and it ranked #48 of 365; at its rarest in 1985, with 8,442 births at #349.
Is November 3 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 3 is the 174th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,830 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. 80 other dates are within 1% of November 3's count, spread from #139 to #219, 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 3 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ecuador and Japan, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #20.
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