Is October 25 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 65% of all 366 dates.
October 25 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 25 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 25 ranks in position #130, with 10,965 births a year. 236 other dates are rarer. 57 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #111 to #168, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 25 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 25 in other countries
October 25 is the 130th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #35 in Malaysia to #345 in Ireland.
Malaysia
#35 of 366
1,477 births on an average October 25
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#45 of 366
5,007 births on an average October 25
PSA, 2006–2024Mexico
#47 of 366
5,482 births on an average October 25
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#48 of 366
999 births on an average October 25
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Costa Rica
#58 of 366
177 births on an average October 25
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Portugal
#102 of 366
303 births on an average October 25
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Belgium
#122 of 366
332 births on an average October 25
Statbel, 1992–2025New Zealand
#123 of 366
159 births on an average October 25
Stats NZ, 1980–2023France
#135 of 366
2,178 births on an average October 25
INSEE, 1998–2024Chile
#151 of 366
692 births on an average October 25
DEIS, 1990–2017England & Wales
#174 of 366
1,789 births on an average October 25
ONS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#175 of 366
53 births on an average October 25
SURS, 2000–2025Netherlands
#206 of 366
494 births on an average October 25
CBS, 1995–2025Germany
#208 of 366
1,994 births on an average October 25
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#235 of 366
162 births on an average October 25
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Japan
#235 of 366
2,748 births on an average October 25
e-Stat, 1996–2025Argentina
#244 of 366
1,454 births on an average October 25
DEIS, 2018–2023Finland
#263 of 366
137 births on an average October 25
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Ecuador
#268 of 366
739 births on an average October 25
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#284 of 366
145 births on an average October 25
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#285 of 366
1,148 births on an average October 25
INEI, 2019–2025Hungary
#295 of 366
315 births on an average October 25
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#311 of 366
7,503 births on an average October 25
DATASUS, 1997–2024Switzerland
#321 of 366
209 births on an average October 25
FSO, 1969–2025Latvia
#340 of 366
48 births on an average October 25
CSB, 1996–2025Ireland
#345 of 366
159 births on an average October 25
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on October 25
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Katy PerryAmerican singer · born 1984
Pablo PicassoSpanish painter and sculptor · born 1881
Nancy CartwrightAmerican actress · born 1957
CiaraAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1985
Antony StarrNew Zealand actor · born 1975
Federico ChiesaItalian footballer · born 1997
James CarvilleAmerican political consultant · born 1944
Juan SotoDominican baseball player · born 1998October against the other eleven
October 25 is the 9th 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 25?
About 10,965 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2016, when 12,410 babies were born and it ranked #68 of 366; at its rarest in 2009, with 7,041 births at #360.
Is October 25 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 25 is the 130th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,965 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. 57 other dates are within 1% of October 25's count, spread from #111 to #168, 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 25 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 18 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ireland, at #345 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #35.
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