Is November 4 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 51% of all 366 dates.
November 4 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 4 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 4 ranks in position #186, with 10,796 births a year. 185 other dates are more common. 84 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #149 to #233, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 4 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 4 in other countries
November 4 is the 181st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #18 in Costa Rica to #353 in Latvia.
Costa Rica
#18 of 366
183 births on an average November 4
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Philippines
#25 of 366
5,138 births on an average November 4
PSA, 2006–2024Chile
#40 of 366
719 births on an average November 4
DEIS, 1990–2017Mexico
#60 of 366
5,428 births on an average November 4
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#61 of 366
985 births on an average November 4
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Malaysia
#101 of 366
1,420 births on an average November 4
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#106 of 366
159 births on an average November 4
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#116 of 366
2,191 births on an average November 4
INSEE, 1998–2024Peru
#142 of 366
1,215 births on an average November 4
INEI, 2019–2025England & Wales
#149 of 366
1,798 births on an average November 4
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#153 of 366
299 births on an average November 4
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Germany
#202 of 366
1,997 births on an average November 4
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#219 of 366
52 births on an average November 4
SURS, 2000–2025Ireland
#249 of 366
165 births on an average November 4
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#255 of 366
489 births on an average November 4
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#263 of 366
160 births on an average November 4
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Brazil
#288 of 366
7,599 births on an average November 4
DATASUS, 1997–2024Belgium
#290 of 366
318 births on an average November 4
Statbel, 1992–2025Hungary
#293 of 366
316 births on an average November 4
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#301 of 366
212 births on an average November 4
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#303 of 366
143 births on an average November 4
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#324 of 366
133 births on an average November 4
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#334 of 366
711 births on an average November 4
INEC, 2013–2023Japan
#335 of 366
2,636 births on an average November 4
e-Stat, 1996–2025Argentina
#339 of 366
1,336 births on an average November 4
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#353 of 366
47 births on an average November 4
CSB, 1996–2025
Famous people born on November 4
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Sean CombsAmerican rapper and producer · born 1969
Matthew McConaugheyAmerican actor · born 1969
Ralph MacchioAmerican actor · born 1961
Loretta SwitAmerican actress · born 1937
Achraf HakimiMorocco international footballer · born 1998
TabuIndian actress · born 1971
Doris RobertsAmerican actress · born 1925
Luís FigoPortuguese footballer · born 1972November against the other eleven
November 4 is the 14th 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.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on November 4?
About 10,796 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1969, when 10,772 babies were born and it ranked #37 of 365; at its rarest in 1973, with 7,245 births at #353.
Is November 4 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 4 is the 181st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,796 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. 84 other dates are within 1% of November 4's count, spread from #149 to #233, 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 4 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 Latvia, at #353 of 366, and at its most common in Costa Rica, at #18.
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