Is October 2 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 79% of all 366 dates.
October 2 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 2 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 2 ranks in position #79, with 11,302 births a year. 287 other dates are rarer. 49 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #47 to #96, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 2 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 2 in other countries
October 2 is the 79th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 12 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #3 in Germany to #277 in Argentina.
Germany
#3 of 366
2,298 births on an average October 2
Destatis, 2014–2025England & Wales
#11 of 366
1,901 births on an average October 2
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#13 of 366
180 births on an average October 2
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#18 of 366
2,998 births on an average October 2
e-Stat, 1996–2025France
#22 of 366
2,257 births on an average October 2
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#23 of 366
1,029 births on an average October 2
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Portugal
#26 of 366
312 births on an average October 2
INE Portugal, 1980–2025New Zealand
#28 of 366
165 births on an average October 2
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Philippines
#36 of 366
5,038 births on an average October 2
PSA, 2006–2024Slovenia
#38 of 366
58 births on an average October 2
SURS, 2000–2025Costa Rica
#40 of 366
179 births on an average October 2
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#42 of 366
5,519 births on an average October 2
INEGI, 2017–2023Latvia
#55 of 366
57 births on an average October 2
CSB, 1996–2025Chile
#65 of 366
710 births on an average October 2
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#68 of 366
1,442 births on an average October 2
DOSM, 2000–2022Netherlands
#88 of 366
517 births on an average October 2
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#100 of 366
172 births on an average October 2
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Hungary
#104 of 366
333 births on an average October 2
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#125 of 366
225 births on an average October 2
FSO, 1969–2025Belgium
#128 of 366
331 births on an average October 2
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#152 of 366
159 births on an average October 2
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#168 of 366
142 births on an average October 2
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#201 of 366
760 births on an average October 2
INEC, 2013–2023Peru
#259 of 366
1,166 births on an average October 2
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#265 of 366
7,709 births on an average October 2
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#277 of 366
1,417 births on an average October 2
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on October 2
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Mahatma GandhiIndian independence activist · born 1869
StingEnglish musician and songwriter · born 1951
Alex KarpAmerican businessman · born 1967
Lorraine BraccoAmerican actress · born 1954
Richard III of EnglandKing of England from 1483 to 1485 · born 1452
Paul von HindenburgPresident of Germany from 1925 to 1934 · born 1847
Brittany HowardAmerican musician · born 1988
Alisson BeckerBrazilian footballer · born 1992October against the other eleven
October 2 is the 2nd 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 2?
About 11,302 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1973, when 9,676 babies were born and it ranked #13 of 365; at its rarest in 2022, with 7,021 births at #332.
Is October 2 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 2 is the 79th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,302 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.
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. 49 other dates are within 1% of October 2's count, spread from #47 to #96, 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 2 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 11 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Argentina, at #277 of 366, and at its most common in Germany, at #3.
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