Is November 5 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 51% of all 366 dates.
November 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 5 ranks in position #181, with 10,807 births a year. 185 other dates are rarer. 81 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #146 to #227, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 5 in other countries
November 5 is the 181st most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #15 in the Philippines to #325 in Finland.
Philippines
#15 of 366
5,211 births on an average November 5
PSA, 2006–2024Guatemala
#35 of 366
1,011 births on an average November 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Chile
#38 of 366
720 births on an average November 5
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#49 of 366
178 births on an average November 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Japan
#58 of 366
2,902 births on an average November 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025Malaysia
#67 of 366
1,444 births on an average November 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Portugal
#89 of 366
303 births on an average November 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#94 of 366
5,242 births on an average November 5
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#119 of 366
2,190 births on an average November 5
INSEE, 1998–2024New Zealand
#133 of 366
158 births on an average November 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#169 of 366
1,790 births on an average November 5
ONS, 1995–2025Netherlands
#181 of 366
496 births on an average November 5
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#193 of 366
164 births on an average November 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#198 of 366
53 births on an average November 5
SURS, 2000–2025Ecuador
#200 of 366
760 births on an average November 5
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#214 of 366
1,188 births on an average November 5
INEI, 2019–2025Germany
#227 of 366
1,980 births on an average November 5
Destatis, 2014–2025Belgium
#254 of 366
321 births on an average November 5
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#272 of 366
148 births on an average November 5
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#274 of 366
7,667 births on an average November 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#283 of 366
1,410 births on an average November 5
DEIS, 2018–2023Switzerland
#287 of 366
214 births on an average November 5
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#291 of 366
316 births on an average November 5
KSH, 1970–2020Latvia
#292 of 366
51 births on an average November 5
CSB, 1996–2025Ireland
#316 of 366
163 births on an average November 5
CSO, 1980–2023Finland
#325 of 366
133 births on an average November 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025
Famous people born on November 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Virat KohliIndian cricketer · born 1988
Sam RockwellAmerican actor · born 1968
Kris JennerAmerican media personality · born 1955
Jason KelceAmerican football player · born 1987
Jeffrey SachsAmerican economist · born 1954
Tilda SwintonScottish actress · born 1960
Robert PatrickAmerican actor · born 1958
Odell Beckham Jr.American football player · born 1992November against the other eleven
November 5 is the 15th 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 5?
About 10,807 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2013, when 12,598 babies were born and it ranked #61 of 365; at its rarest in 1972, with 7,465 births at #357.
Is November 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 5 is the 181st most common of 366 dates, with about 10,807 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. 81 other dates are within 1% of November 5's count, spread from #146 to #227, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Finland, at #325 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #15.
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