Is November 9 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 56% of all 366 dates.
November 9 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where November 9 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, November 9 ranks in position #162, with 10,865 births a year. 204 other dates are rarer. 76 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #128 to #204, so the exact position is a close thing.
November 9 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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November 9 in other countries
November 9 is the 162nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #32 in New Zealand to #322 in Switzerland.
New Zealand
#32 of 366
164 births on an average November 9
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#39 of 366
179 births on an average November 9
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Malaysia
#42 of 366
1,470 births on an average November 9
DOSM, 2000–2022France
#55 of 366
2,224 births on an average November 9
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#70 of 366
5,362 births on an average November 9
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#76 of 366
4,887 births on an average November 9
PSA, 2006–2024Chile
#78 of 366
706 births on an average November 9
DEIS, 1990–2017Ecuador
#137 of 366
775 births on an average November 9
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#146 of 366
329 births on an average November 9
Statbel, 1992–2025England & Wales
#147 of 366
1,798 births on an average November 9
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#158 of 366
299 births on an average November 9
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#169 of 366
950 births on an average November 9
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ireland
#210 of 366
167 births on an average November 9
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#215 of 366
163 births on an average November 9
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Argentina
#235 of 366
1,468 births on an average November 9
DEIS, 2018–2023Netherlands
#266 of 366
488 births on an average November 9
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#282 of 366
1,945 births on an average November 9
Destatis, 2014–2025Japan
#291 of 366
2,708 births on an average November 9
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#292 of 366
50 births on an average November 9
SURS, 2000–2025Norway
#296 of 366
144 births on an average November 9
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#302 of 366
313 births on an average November 9
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#306 of 366
7,520 births on an average November 9
DATASUS, 1997–2024Latvia
#308 of 366
50 births on an average November 9
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#314 of 366
1,129 births on an average November 9
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#316 of 366
134 births on an average November 9
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Switzerland
#322 of 366
209 births on an average November 9
FSO, 1969–2025
Famous people born on November 9
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Edward VIIKing of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910 · born 1841
Eric DaneAmerican actor · born 1972
Daniel NaroditskyAmerican chess grandmaster · born 1995
Hedy LamarrAustrian-American actress and inventor · born 1914
George II of Great BritainKing of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760 · born 1683
Carl SaganAmerican scientist and science communicator · born 1934
Ryan MurphyAmerican television writer and producer · born 1965
Caroline FlackEnglish radio and television presenter · born 1979November against the other eleven
November 9 is the 9th 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 9?
About 10,865 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2023, when 11,432 babies were born and it ranked #53 of 365; at its rarest in 2008, with 7,232 births at #354.
Is November 9 a common birthday?
In the United States, November 9 is the 162nd most common of 366 dates, with about 10,865 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. 76 other dates are within 1% of November 9's count, spread from #128 to #204, 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 9 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 Switzerland, at #322 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #32.
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