Is October 23 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 53% of all 366 dates.
October 23 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 23 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 23 ranks in position #194, with 10,777 births a year. 193 other dates are more common. 86 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #154 to #240, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 23 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 23 in other countries
October 23 is the 173rd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #39 in Malaysia to #360 in Hungary.
Malaysia
#39 of 366
1,470 births on an average October 23
DOSM, 2000–2022Guatemala
#41 of 366
1,003 births on an average October 23
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#52 of 366
4,984 births on an average October 23
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#59 of 366
162 births on an average October 23
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#82 of 366
175 births on an average October 23
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#103 of 366
5,208 births on an average October 23
INEGI, 2017–2023Chile
#117 of 366
698 births on an average October 23
DEIS, 1990–2017France
#165 of 366
2,155 births on an average October 23
INSEE, 1998–2024England & Wales
#178 of 366
1,788 births on an average October 23
ONS, 1995–2025Japan
#178 of 366
2,781 births on an average October 23
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#180 of 366
53 births on an average October 23
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#201 of 366
494 births on an average October 23
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#202 of 366
296 births on an average October 23
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Belgium
#206 of 366
325 births on an average October 23
Statbel, 1992–2025Denmark
#206 of 366
163 births on an average October 23
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Germany
#209 of 366
1,993 births on an average October 23
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#266 of 366
165 births on an average October 23
CSO, 1980–2023Norway
#290 of 366
145 births on an average October 23
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#290 of 366
1,148 births on an average October 23
INEI, 2019–2025Ecuador
#297 of 366
729 births on an average October 23
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#309 of 366
50 births on an average October 23
CSB, 1996–2025Argentina
#326 of 366
1,362 births on an average October 23
DEIS, 2018–2023Switzerland
#331 of 366
208 births on an average October 23
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#332 of 366
7,410 births on an average October 23
DATASUS, 1997–2024Finland
#338 of 366
130 births on an average October 23
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Hungary
#360 of 366
286 births on an average October 23
KSH, 1970–2020
Famous people born on October 23
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Margaret QualleyAmerican actress · born 1994
Ryan ReynoldsCanadian-American actor and entrepreneur · born 1976
Emilia ClarkeEnglish actress · born 1986
"Weird Al" YankovicAmerican comedy musician · born 1959
PeléBrazilian footballer · born 1940
PrabhasIndian actor · born 1979
Johnny CarsonAmerican comedian and television host · born 1925
Michael CrichtonAmerican author and filmmaker · born 1942October against the other eleven
October 23 is the 12th 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 23?
About 10,777 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2012, when 12,712 babies were born and it ranked #59 of 366; at its rarest in 1994, with 7,914 births at #359.
Is October 23 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 23 is the 173rd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,777 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 23's count, spread from #154 to #240, 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 23 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 15 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Hungary, at #360 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #39.
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