Is October 1 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 81% of all 366 dates.
October 1 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 1 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 1 ranks in position #71, with 11,326 births a year. 295 other dates are rarer. 51 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #43 to #94, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 1 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 1 in other countries
October 1 is the 71st most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 18 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #3 in Ireland to #249 in Argentina.
Ireland
#3 of 366
186 births on an average October 1
CSO, 1980–2023New Zealand
#5 of 366
171 births on an average October 1
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Slovenia
#5 of 366
60 births on an average October 1
SURS, 2000–2025France
#7 of 366
2,274 births on an average October 1
INSEE, 1998–2024Latvia
#9 of 366
60 births on an average October 1
CSB, 1996–2025England & Wales
#13 of 366
1,900 births on an average October 1
ONS, 1995–2025Netherlands
#14 of 366
535 births on an average October 1
CBS, 1995–2025Japan
#16 of 366
3,024 births on an average October 1
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#18 of 366
319 births on an average October 1
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Malaysia
#19 of 366
1,497 births on an average October 1
DOSM, 2000–2022Switzerland
#19 of 366
233 births on an average October 1
FSO, 1969–2025Philippines
#21 of 366
5,153 births on an average October 1
PSA, 2006–2024Germany
#26 of 366
2,243 births on an average October 1
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#30 of 366
178 births on an average October 1
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Chile
#31 of 366
722 births on an average October 1
DEIS, 1990–2017Guatemala
#32 of 366
1,013 births on an average October 1
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Belgium
#42 of 366
340 births on an average October 1
Statbel, 1992–2025Finland
#47 of 366
149 births on an average October 1
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Mexico
#68 of 366
5,379 births on an average October 1
INEGI, 2017–2023Hungary
#95 of 366
333 births on an average October 1
KSH, 1970–2020Costa Rica
#126 of 366
172 births on an average October 1
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Norway
#171 of 366
157 births on an average October 1
SSB, 2011–2025Ecuador
#192 of 366
761 births on an average October 1
INEC, 2013–2023Brazil
#227 of 366
7,850 births on an average October 1
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#229 of 366
1,182 births on an average October 1
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#249 of 366
1,448 births on an average October 1
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on October 1
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jimmy CarterPresident of the United States from 1977 to 1981 · born 1924
Julie AndrewsEnglish actress, singer and author · born 1935
Brie LarsonAmerican actress, singer and filmmaker · born 1989
Richard HarrisIrish actor and singer · born 1930
Stephen CollinsAmerican former actor · born 1947
Mason GreenwoodEnglish footballer · born 2001
Vince ZampellaAmerican video game designer · born 1970
Randy QuaidAmerican actor · born 1950October against the other eleven
October 1 is the most common of the 31 days in October. All October birthdays.
October is the 5th most common month of the year
An average October day sees 10,872 births in the United States. September is the busiest month, January the quietest.
Quick answers
How many babies are born on October 1?
About 11,326 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2020, when 11,977 babies were born and it ranked #4 of 366; at its rarest in 2023, with 7,024 births at #324.
Is October 1 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 1 is the 71st most common of 366 dates, with about 11,326 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.
What is the rarest October birthday?
In the United States, October 31: the 11th rarest of all 366 dates, with about 9,798 births a year. The most common October birthday is October 1, the 71st most common of the year.
How precise is the ranking?
In the middle of the calendar it is not exact. 51 other dates are within 1% of October 1's count, spread from #43 to #94, 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 October 1 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 7 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #249 of 366, and at its most common in Ireland, at #3.
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