Is November 8 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 61% of all 366 dates.
November 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 8 ranks in position #144, with 10,919 births a year. 222 other dates are rarer. 62 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #118 to #180, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 8 in other countries
November 8 is the 144th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #16 in the Philippines to #343 in Hungary.
Philippines
#16 of 366
5,211 births on an average November 8
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#17 of 366
183 births on an average November 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#47 of 366
1,468 births on an average November 8
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#53 of 366
992 births on an average November 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024New Zealand
#53 of 366
162 births on an average November 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#65 of 366
5,414 births on an average November 8
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#68 of 366
2,214 births on an average November 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Chile
#92 of 366
703 births on an average November 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Ecuador
#124 of 366
778 births on an average November 8
INEC, 2013–2023England & Wales
#125 of 366
1,805 births on an average November 8
ONS, 1995–2025Belgium
#129 of 366
331 births on an average November 8
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#157 of 366
54 births on an average November 8
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#179 of 366
2,781 births on an average November 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Denmark
#203 of 366
163 births on an average November 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Argentina
#207 of 366
1,487 births on an average November 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Netherlands
#208 of 366
494 births on an average November 8
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#230 of 366
294 births on an average November 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Peru
#231 of 366
1,181 births on an average November 8
INEI, 2019–2025Ireland
#268 of 366
165 births on an average November 8
CSO, 1980–2023Germany
#269 of 366
1,952 births on an average November 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Brazil
#293 of 366
7,584 births on an average November 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Finland
#298 of 366
136 births on an average November 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Latvia
#307 of 366
50 births on an average November 8
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#313 of 366
210 births on an average November 8
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#314 of 366
140 births on an average November 8
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#343 of 366
307 births on an average November 8
KSH, 1970–2020
Famous people born on November 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Parker PoseyAmerican actress · born 1968
Jack OsbourneBritish television personality · born 1985
Matthew RhysWelsh actor · born 1974
SZAAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1989
Gordon RamsayBritish celebrity chef · born 1966
Minnie RipertonAmerican soul singer · born 1947
David MuirAmerican broadcast journalist · born 1973
Alain DelonFrench actor · born 1935November against the other eleven
November 8 is the 7th 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 8?
About 10,919 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2005, when 13,330 babies were born and it ranked #58 of 365; at its rarest in 1998, with 7,615 births at #357.
Is November 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 8 is the 144th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,919 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. 62 other dates are within 1% of November 8's count, spread from #118 to #180, 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 8 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 Hungary, at #343 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #16.
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