Is October 10 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 73% of all 366 dates.
October 10 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 10 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 10 ranks in position #100, with 11,142 births a year. 266 other dates are rarer. 28 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #88 to #116, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 10 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 10 in other countries
October 10 is the 100th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 8 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #1 in Malaysia to #306 in Argentina.
Malaysia
#1 of 366
1,565 births on an average October 10
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#14 of 366
5,217 births on an average October 10
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#17 of 366
168 births on an average October 10
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#22 of 366
5,662 births on an average October 10
INEGI, 2017–2023Portugal
#25 of 366
313 births on an average October 10
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#29 of 366
1,017 births on an average October 10
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#38 of 366
1,847 births on an average October 10
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#46 of 366
58 births on an average October 10
SURS, 2000–2025Costa Rica
#76 of 366
175 births on an average October 10
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Germany
#77 of 366
2,169 births on an average October 10
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#77 of 366
519 births on an average October 10
CBS, 1995–2025France
#93 of 366
2,200 births on an average October 10
INSEE, 1998–2024Finland
#94 of 366
146 births on an average October 10
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ireland
#101 of 366
171 births on an average October 10
CSO, 1980–2023Denmark
#146 of 366
167 births on an average October 10
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Norway
#168 of 366
157 births on an average October 10
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#180 of 366
327 births on an average October 10
Statbel, 1992–2025Latvia
#220 of 366
53 births on an average October 10
CSB, 1996–2025Brazil
#226 of 366
7,852 births on an average October 10
DATASUS, 1997–2024Japan
#233 of 366
2,748 births on an average October 10
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#235 of 366
683 births on an average October 10
DEIS, 1990–2017Peru
#238 of 366
1,177 births on an average October 10
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#242 of 366
220 births on an average October 10
FSO, 1969–2025Ecuador
#259 of 366
744 births on an average October 10
INEC, 2013–2023Hungary
#285 of 366
318 births on an average October 10
KSH, 1970–2020Argentina
#306 of 366
1,390 births on an average October 10
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on October 10
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Gavin NewsomGovernor of California since 2019 · born 1967
Brett FavreAmerican football player · born 1969
Dan StevensEnglish actor · born 1982
Bradley WhitfordAmerican actor · born 1959
RekhaIndian actress · born 1954
Charles DanceBritish actor · born 1946
Chris PennAmerican actor · born 1965
Mario LopezAmerican actor · born 1973October against the other eleven
October 10 is the 6th 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 10?
About 11,142 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1978, when 10,361 babies were born and it ranked #22 of 365; at its rarest in 1993, with 8,452 births at #340.
Is October 10 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 10 is the 100th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,142 births a year. That makes it an ordinary birthday: neither rare nor especially common.
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. 28 other dates are within 1% of October 10's count, spread from #88 to #116, 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 10 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 13 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #306 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #1.
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