Is October 19 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 54% of all 366 dates.
October 19 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 19 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 19 ranks in position #199, with 10,765 births a year. 198 other dates are more common. 87 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #158 to #245, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 19 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 19 in other countries
October 19 is the 168th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #14 in New Zealand to #348 in Brazil.
New Zealand
#14 of 366
169 births on an average October 19
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#39 of 366
5,523 births on an average October 19
INEGI, 2017–2023Malaysia
#40 of 366
1,470 births on an average October 19
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#72 of 366
4,893 births on an average October 19
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#97 of 366
174 births on an average October 19
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024France
#105 of 366
2,195 births on an average October 19
INSEE, 1998–2024Chile
#158 of 366
691 births on an average October 19
DEIS, 1990–2017Slovenia
#162 of 366
54 births on an average October 19
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#177 of 366
947 births on an average October 19
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024England & Wales
#196 of 366
1,779 births on an average October 19
ONS, 1995–2025Argentina
#211 of 366
1,484 births on an average October 19
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#217 of 366
167 births on an average October 19
CSO, 1980–2023Germany
#254 of 366
1,959 births on an average October 19
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#255 of 366
161 births on an average October 19
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Ecuador
#256 of 366
746 births on an average October 19
INEC, 2013–2023Japan
#266 of 366
2,723 births on an average October 19
e-Stat, 1996–2025Netherlands
#275 of 366
488 births on an average October 19
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#284 of 366
289 births on an average October 19
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Norway
#287 of 366
145 births on an average October 19
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#295 of 366
318 births on an average October 19
Statbel, 1992–2025Peru
#296 of 366
1,143 births on an average October 19
INEI, 2019–2025Finland
#300 of 366
135 births on an average October 19
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Hungary
#301 of 366
314 births on an average October 19
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#330 of 366
208 births on an average October 19
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#334 of 366
49 births on an average October 19
CSB, 1996–2025Brazil
#348 of 366
7,305 births on an average October 19
DATASUS, 1997–2024
Famous people born on October 19
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Rebecca FergusonSwedish actress · born 1983
John LithgowAmerican actor · born 1945
Sunny DeolIndian actor and filmmaker · born 1961
Amy CarterDaughter of Jimmy Carter · born 1967
Jon FavreauAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1966
Lil DurkAmerican rapper · born 1992
Trey ParkerAmerican actor, animator, filmmaker, and songwriter · born 1969
Michael GambonIrish-English actor · born 1940October against the other eleven
October 19 is the 9th 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 19?
About 10,765 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,490 babies were born and it ranked #65 of 365; at its rarest in 2008, with 7,127 births at #362.
Is October 19 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 19 is the 168th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,765 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. 87 other dates are within 1% of October 19's count, spread from #158 to #245, 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 19 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 16 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Brazil, at #348 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #14.
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