Is October 22 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 56% of all 366 dates.
October 22 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 22 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 22 ranks in position #205, with 10,751 births a year. 204 other dates are more common. 83 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #168 to #251, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 22 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 22 in other countries
October 22 is the 162nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 2 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #53 in the Philippines to #339 in Finland.
Philippines
#53 of 366
4,982 births on an average October 22
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#57 of 366
1,454 births on an average October 22
DOSM, 2000–2022Costa Rica
#60 of 366
177 births on an average October 22
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#66 of 366
161 births on an average October 22
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#104 of 366
2,195 births on an average October 22
INSEE, 1998–2024Guatemala
#115 of 366
965 births on an average October 22
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Denmark
#118 of 366
170 births on an average October 22
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Mexico
#165 of 366
5,056 births on an average October 22
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#166 of 366
690 births on an average October 22
DEIS, 1990–2017Slovenia
#182 of 366
53 births on an average October 22
SURS, 2000–2025England & Wales
#184 of 366
1,784 births on an average October 22
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#198 of 366
167 births on an average October 22
CSO, 1980–2023Netherlands
#210 of 366
493 births on an average October 22
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#210 of 366
296 births on an average October 22
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Japan
#212 of 366
2,762 births on an average October 22
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#225 of 366
1,982 births on an average October 22
Destatis, 2014–2025Peru
#257 of 366
1,166 births on an average October 22
INEI, 2019–2025Belgium
#260 of 366
321 births on an average October 22
Statbel, 1992–2025Ecuador
#266 of 366
741 births on an average October 22
INEC, 2013–2023Argentina
#280 of 366
1,412 births on an average October 22
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#280 of 366
51 births on an average October 22
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#295 of 366
144 births on an average October 22
SSB, 2011–2025Brazil
#308 of 366
7,515 births on an average October 22
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#313 of 366
312 births on an average October 22
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#320 of 366
209 births on an average October 22
FSO, 1969–2025Finland
#339 of 366
130 births on an average October 22
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025
Famous people born on October 22
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Jeff GoldblumAmerican actor and musician · born 1952
Christopher LloydAmerican actor · born 1938
Javier MileiPresident of Argentina since 2023 · born 1970
Bob OdenkirkAmerican actor and screenwriter · born 1962
Luis GuzmánPuerto Rican actor · born 1956
Ichiro SuzukiJapanese baseball player · born 1973
Spike JonzeAmerican filmmaker · born 1969
Amit ShahIndian politician · born 1964October against the other eleven
October 22 is the 7th 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 22?
About 10,751 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2002, when 12,921 babies were born and it ranked #53 of 365; at its rarest in 1995, with 7,827 births at #349.
Is October 22 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 22 is the 162nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,751 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. 83 other dates are within 1% of October 22's count, spread from #168 to #251, 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 22 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 Finland, at #339 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #53.
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