Is November 30 a rare birthday? Ordinary

Rarer than 51% of all 366 dates.

November 30 #188
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for November 30: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

November 30 in numbers

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

Born each year≈ 10,793in the United States — about 925,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium136 peopleof 50,000 were born on November 30
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on November 30 somewhere in the United States
Star signSagittariusmore common than 18 of the 30 Sagittarius birthdays
Half-birthdayMay 30six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundMarch 9A spring evening, apparently.
Birth frequency by rank

Where November 30 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, November 30 ranks in position #188, with 10,793 births a year. 187 other dates are more common. 85 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #150 to #235, so the exact position is a close thing.

56 years of records

November 30 through the years

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

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Sunday: rank #312 of 365, 8,966 births1970, Monday: rank #59 of 365, 11,126 births1971, Tuesday: rank #209 of 365, 9,766 births1972, Thursday: rank #189 of 366, 9,056 births1973, Friday: rank #224 of 365, 8,590 births1974, Saturday: rank #307 of 365, 7,727 births1975, Sunday: rank #331 of 365, 7,497 births1976, Tuesday: rank #50 of 366, 9,550 births1977, Wednesday: rank #176 of 365, 9,371 births1978, Thursday: rank #144 of 365, 9,410 births1979, Friday: rank #166 of 365, 9,758 births1980, Sunday: rank #299 of 366, 8,830 births1981, Monday: rank #158 of 365, 10,217 births1982, Tuesday: rank #56 of 365, 11,074 births1983, Wednesday: rank #250 of 365, 9,921 births1984, Friday: rank #117 of 366, 10,560 births1985, Saturday: rank #328 of 365, 8,696 births1986, Sunday: rank #357 of 365, 8,190 births1987, Monday: rank #142 of 365, 11,085 births1988, Wednesday: rank #148 of 366, 11,229 births1989, Thursday: rank #199 of 365, 11,354 births1990, Friday: rank #227 of 365, 11,523 births1991, Saturday: rank #326 of 365, 9,095 births1992, Monday: rank #222 of 366, 11,454 births1993, Tuesday: rank #83 of 365, 12,140 births1994, Wednesday: rank #162 of 365, 11,643 births1995, Thursday: rank #205 of 365, 11,215 births1996, Saturday: rank #317 of 366, 8,315 births1997, Sunday: rank #351 of 365, 7,593 births1998, Monday: rank #221 of 365, 11,117 births1999, Tuesday: rank #59 of 365, 12,544 births2000, Thursday: rank #108 of 366, 12,473 births2001, Friday: rank #212 of 365, 11,750 births2002, Saturday: rank #311 of 365, 8,007 births2003, Sunday: rank #361 of 365, 7,205 births2004, Tuesday: rank #12 of 366, 13,639 births2005, Wednesday: rank #122 of 365, 12,887 births2006, Thursday: rank #124 of 365, 13,167 births2007, Friday: rank #214 of 365, 12,747 births2008, Sunday: rank #356 of 366, 7,220 births2009, Monday: rank #199 of 365, 12,373 births2010, Tuesday: rank #19 of 365, 13,222 births2011, Wednesday: rank #113 of 365, 12,330 births2012, Friday: rank #214 of 366, 11,593 births2013, Saturday: rank #306 of 365, 7,704 births2014, Sunday: rank #347 of 365, 7,219 births2015, Monday: rank #130 of 365, 12,214 births2016, Wednesday: rank #115 of 366, 12,137 births2017, Thursday: rank #92 of 365, 12,039 births2018, Friday: rank #198 of 365, 11,283 births2019, Saturday: rank #317 of 365, 7,368 births2020, Monday: rank #225 of 366, 10,504 births2021, Tuesday: rank #84 of 365, 11,526 births2022, Wednesday: rank #51 of 365, 11,697 births2023, Thursday: rank #91 of 365, 11,196 births2024, Saturday: rank #327 of 366, 7,062 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #328, from #145 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 30% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#170
Mon
#72
Tue
#142
Wed
#144
Thu
#197
Fri
#317
Sat
#339
Sun
Most common year
2004#12 of 366Tuesday · 13,639 births
Rarest year
2003#361 of 365Sunday · 7,205 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2024 was the most recent
Around the world

November 30 in other countries

November 30 is the 179th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 17 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #135 in the Philippines to #358 in Ecuador.

  1. Philippines

    #135 of 366

    4,567 births on an average November 30

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
  2. Costa Rica

    #141 of 366

    170 births on an average November 30

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024
  3. Mexico

    #162 of 366

    5,063 births on an average November 30

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023
  4. Malaysia

    #221 of 366

    1,385 births on an average November 30

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022
  5. France

    #289 of 366

    2,093 births on an average November 30

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
  6. New Zealand

    #289 of 366

    154 births on an average November 30

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
  7. Portugal

    #293 of 366

    287 births on an average November 30

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025
  8. Slovenia

    #295 of 366

    50 births on an average November 30

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025
  9. Argentina

    #299 of 366

    1,398 births on an average November 30

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
  10. Chile

    #332 of 366

    665 births on an average November 30

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
  11. Norway

    #333 of 366

    134 births on an average November 30

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
  12. Japan

    #338 of 366

    2,623 births on an average November 30

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
  13. Netherlands

    #342 of 366

    473 births on an average November 30

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025
  14. Finland

    #343 of 366

    130 births on an average November 30

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025
  15. Latvia

    #343 of 366

    48 births on an average November 30

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025
  16. Belgium

    #344 of 366

    305 births on an average November 30

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025
  17. Guatemala

    #346 of 366

    881 births on an average November 30

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024
  18. Hungary

    #347 of 366

    307 births on an average November 30

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020
  19. Peru

    #347 of 366

    1,100 births on an average November 30

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025
  20. Germany

    #349 of 366

    1,875 births on an average November 30

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025
  21. Ireland

    #350 of 366

    158 births on an average November 30

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023
  22. Brazil

    #354 of 366

    7,219 births on an average November 30

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
  23. Denmark

    #357 of 366

    149 births on an average November 30

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025
  24. England & Wales

    #357 of 366

    1,706 births on an average November 30

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
  25. Switzerland

    #357 of 366

    202 births on an average November 30

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025
  26. Ecuador

    #358 of 366

    686 births on an average November 30

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023
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November against the other eleven

November 30 is the 13th 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.

November 30 is the 3rd most common of the 15 days around it

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 30#188 of 36610,793 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on November 30?

About 10,793 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2004, when 13,639 babies were born and it ranked #12 of 366; at its rarest in 2003, with 7,205 births at #361.

Is November 30 a common birthday?

In the United States, November 30 is the 179th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,793 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. 85 other dates are within 1% of November 30's count, spread from #150 to #235, 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 30 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 Ecuador, at #358 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #135.

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