Is October 15 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 57% of all 366 dates.
October 15 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 15 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 15 ranks in position #159, with 10,866 births a year. 207 other dates are rarer. 75 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #128 to #203, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 15 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 15 in other countries
October 15 is the 159th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #35 in New Zealand to #346 in Argentina.
New Zealand
#35 of 366
164 births on an average October 15
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Guatemala
#38 of 366
1,006 births on an average October 15
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#60 of 366
4,952 births on an average October 15
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#71 of 366
1,441 births on an average October 15
DOSM, 2000–2022France
#107 of 366
2,194 births on an average October 15
INSEE, 1998–2024Japan
#116 of 366
2,830 births on an average October 15
e-Stat, 1996–2025Mexico
#117 of 366
5,178 births on an average October 15
INEGI, 2017–2023Costa Rica
#130 of 366
171 births on an average October 15
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#138 of 366
300 births on an average October 15
INE Portugal, 1980–2025England & Wales
#142 of 366
1,802 births on an average October 15
ONS, 1995–2025Denmark
#150 of 366
167 births on an average October 15
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#156 of 366
2,038 births on an average October 15
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#166 of 366
497 births on an average October 15
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#189 of 366
53 births on an average October 15
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#227 of 366
139 births on an average October 15
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#242 of 366
750 births on an average October 15
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#278 of 366
319 births on an average October 15
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#279 of 366
147 births on an average October 15
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#289 of 366
7,595 births on an average October 15
DATASUS, 1997–2024Chile
#295 of 366
676 births on an average October 15
DEIS, 1990–2017Latvia
#301 of 366
50 births on an average October 15
CSB, 1996–2025Hungary
#311 of 366
312 births on an average October 15
KSH, 1970–2020Peru
#312 of 366
1,132 births on an average October 15
INEI, 2019–2025Ireland
#335 of 366
161 births on an average October 15
CSO, 1980–2023Switzerland
#335 of 366
208 births on an average October 15
FSO, 1969–2025Argentina
#346 of 366
1,287 births on an average October 15
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on October 15
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Mira NairIndian American filmmaker · born 1957
Anthony JoshuaBritish boxer · born 1989
Penny MarshallAmerican actress, director, and producer · born 1943
A. P. J. Abdul KalamPresident of India from 2002 to 2007 · born 1931
Friedrich NietzscheGerman philosopher · born 1844
AkbarMughal emperor from 1556 to 1605 · born 1542
Linda LavinAmerican actress and singer · born 1937
Dominic WestEnglish actor · born 1969October against the other eleven
October 15 is the 15th rarest 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 15?
About 10,866 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1996, when 12,272 babies were born and it ranked #42 of 366; at its rarest in 2023, with 6,712 births at #343.
Is October 15 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 15 is the 159th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,866 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. 75 other dates are within 1% of October 15's count, spread from #128 to #203, 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 15 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #346 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #35.
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