Is October 12 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 64% of all 366 dates.
October 12 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 12 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 12 ranks in position #133, with 10,956 births a year. 233 other dates are rarer. 55 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #114 to #169, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 12 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 12 in other countries
October 12 is the 133rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #19 in New Zealand to #360 in Brazil.
New Zealand
#19 of 366
168 births on an average October 12
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#24 of 366
1,489 births on an average October 12
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#38 of 366
5,555 births on an average October 12
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#38 of 366
5,026 births on an average October 12
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#43 of 366
179 births on an average October 12
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#60 of 366
986 births on an average October 12
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024France
#63 of 366
2,217 births on an average October 12
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#90 of 366
1,819 births on an average October 12
ONS, 1995–2025Denmark
#137 of 366
168 births on an average October 12
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#145 of 366
501 births on an average October 12
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#153 of 366
2,042 births on an average October 12
Destatis, 2014–2025Portugal
#155 of 366
299 births on an average October 12
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#205 of 366
2,765 births on an average October 12
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#214 of 366
52 births on an average October 12
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#215 of 366
139 births on an average October 12
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Hungary
#240 of 366
322 births on an average October 12
KSH, 1970–2020Ecuador
#241 of 366
750 births on an average October 12
INEC, 2013–2023Ireland
#243 of 366
165 births on an average October 12
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#255 of 366
1,438 births on an average October 12
DEIS, 2018–2023Belgium
#257 of 366
321 births on an average October 12
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#274 of 366
148 births on an average October 12
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#298 of 366
1,143 births on an average October 12
INEI, 2019–2025Switzerland
#319 of 366
209 births on an average October 12
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#337 of 366
49 births on an average October 12
CSB, 1996–2025Chile
#351 of 366
613 births on an average October 12
DEIS, 1990–2017Brazil
#360 of 366
6,695 births on an average October 12
DATASUS, 1997–2024
Famous people born on October 12
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Hugh JackmanAustralian actor and singer · born 1968
Josh HutchersonAmerican actor · born 1992
Edward VIKing of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553 · born 1537
Aleister CrowleyEnglish occultist · born 1875
Mia ThreapletonEnglish actress · born 2000
Dusty RhodesAmerican professional wrestler · born 1945
Brett CooperAmerican political commentator · born 2001
Hiroyuki SanadaJapanese actor · born 1960October against the other eleven
October 12 is the 10th 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 12?
About 10,956 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1976, when 9,622 babies were born and it ranked #40 of 366; at its rarest in 1997, with 7,358 births at #363.
Is October 12 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 12 is the 133rd most common of 366 dates, with about 10,956 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. 55 other dates are within 1% of October 12's count, spread from #114 to #169, 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 12 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 18 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Brazil, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #19.
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