Is October 16 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 53% of all 366 dates.
October 16 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 16 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 16 ranks in position #171, with 10,842 births a year. 195 other dates are rarer. 77 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #137 to #214, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 16 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 16 in other countries
October 16 is the 171st most common birthday in the United States. It is not among the 50 most common in any of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #52 in Malaysia to #337 in Argentina.
Malaysia
#52 of 366
1,462 births on an average October 16
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#65 of 366
4,932 births on an average October 16
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#72 of 366
161 births on an average October 16
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#88 of 366
5,281 births on an average October 16
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#89 of 366
704 births on an average October 16
DEIS, 1990–2017Japan
#123 of 366
2,825 births on an average October 16
e-Stat, 1996–2025Guatemala
#124 of 366
963 births on an average October 16
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Slovenia
#129 of 366
54 births on an average October 16
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#130 of 366
504 births on an average October 16
CBS, 1995–2025England & Wales
#136 of 366
1,803 births on an average October 16
ONS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#152 of 366
169 births on an average October 16
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024France
#154 of 366
2,163 births on an average October 16
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#155 of 366
2,038 births on an average October 16
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#163 of 366
166 births on an average October 16
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Portugal
#191 of 366
297 births on an average October 16
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Latvia
#228 of 366
53 births on an average October 16
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#232 of 366
323 births on an average October 16
Statbel, 1992–2025Peru
#265 of 366
1,161 births on an average October 16
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#266 of 366
137 births on an average October 16
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#275 of 366
737 births on an average October 16
INEC, 2013–2023Hungary
#284 of 366
318 births on an average October 16
KSH, 1970–2020Norway
#285 of 366
145 births on an average October 16
SSB, 2011–2025Switzerland
#294 of 366
213 births on an average October 16
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#313 of 366
7,493 births on an average October 16
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ireland
#332 of 366
161 births on an average October 16
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#337 of 366
1,340 births on an average October 16
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on October 16
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Naomi OsakaJapanese tennis player · born 1997
Charles LeclercMonégasque racing driver · born 1997
Oscar WildeIrish writer · born 1854
Angela LansburyBritish actress and singer · born 1925
Hema MaliniIndian actress and politician · born 1948
Tim RobbinsAmerican actor · born 1958
John MayerAmerican musician · born 1977
Prithviraj SukumaranIndian actor and filmmaker · born 1982October against the other eleven
October 16 is the 13th 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 16?
About 10,842 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2012, when 12,656 babies were born and it ranked #66 of 366; at its rarest in 1994, with 8,022 births at #355.
Is October 16 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 16 is the 171st most common of 366 dates, with about 10,842 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. 77 other dates are within 1% of October 16's count, spread from #137 to #214, 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 16 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 12 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #337 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #52.
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