Is October 20 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 53% of all 366 dates.
October 20 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 20 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 20 ranks in position #196, with 10,772 births a year. 195 other dates are more common. 86 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #155 to #241, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 20 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 20 in other countries
October 20 is the 171st rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 1 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #13 in Malaysia to #337 in Guatemala.
Malaysia
#13 of 366
1,505 births on an average October 20
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#39 of 366
5,020 births on an average October 20
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#45 of 366
162 births on an average October 20
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#53 of 366
5,455 births on an average October 20
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#67 of 366
710 births on an average October 20
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#79 of 366
175 births on an average October 20
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#107 of 366
302 births on an average October 20
INE Portugal, 1980–2025France
#112 of 366
2,192 births on an average October 20
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#122 of 366
2,092 births on an average October 20
Destatis, 2014–2025Slovenia
#125 of 366
54 births on an average October 20
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#154 of 366
2,799 births on an average October 20
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#176 of 366
1,788 births on an average October 20
ONS, 1995–2025Ecuador
#198 of 366
760 births on an average October 20
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#200 of 366
325 births on an average October 20
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#212 of 366
163 births on an average October 20
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#213 of 366
493 births on an average October 20
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#249 of 366
138 births on an average October 20
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#281 of 366
1,149 births on an average October 20
INEI, 2019–2025Latvia
#283 of 366
51 births on an average October 20
CSB, 1996–2025Hungary
#288 of 366
317 births on an average October 20
KSH, 1970–2020Norway
#289 of 366
145 births on an average October 20
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#290 of 366
7,592 births on an average October 20
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#291 of 366
214 births on an average October 20
FSO, 1969–2025Ireland
#297 of 366
164 births on an average October 20
CSO, 1980–2023Argentina
#309 of 366
1,388 births on an average October 20
DEIS, 2018–2023Guatemala
#337 of 366
896 births on an average October 20
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024
Famous people born on October 20
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Kamala HarrisVice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025 · born 1964
Snoop DoggAmerican rapper · born 1971
John KrasinskiAmerican actor and filmmaker · born 1979
Viggo MortensenAmerican actor · born 1958
Paige BueckersAmerican basketball player · born 2001
Tom PettyAmerican rock musician · born 1950
YoungBoy Never Broke AgainAmerican rapper · born 1999
Danny BoyleEnglish filmmaker · born 1956October against the other eleven
October 20 is the 10th 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 20?
About 10,772 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1976, when 9,575 babies were born and it ranked #44 of 366; at its rarest in 2002, with 7,256 births at #358.
Is October 20 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 20 is the 171st rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,772 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. 86 other dates are within 1% of October 20's count, spread from #155 to #241, 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 20 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 Guatemala, at #337 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #13.
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