Is October 28 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 56% of all 366 dates.
October 28 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 28 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 28 ranks in position #204, with 10,757 births a year. 203 other dates are more common. 88 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #163 to #251, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 28 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 28 in other countries
October 28 is the 163rd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #23 in the Philippines to #344 in Ireland.
Philippines
#23 of 366
5,144 births on an average October 28
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#34 of 366
1,477 births on an average October 28
DOSM, 2000–2022Chile
#44 of 366
718 births on an average October 28
DEIS, 1990–2017Costa Rica
#64 of 366
176 births on an average October 28
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#80 of 366
5,321 births on an average October 28
INEGI, 2017–2023Guatemala
#90 of 366
972 births on an average October 28
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Belgium
#110 of 366
333 births on an average October 28
Statbel, 1992–2025Portugal
#131 of 366
301 births on an average October 28
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#140 of 366
774 births on an average October 28
INEC, 2013–2023Slovenia
#146 of 366
54 births on an average October 28
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#157 of 366
2,037 births on an average October 28
Destatis, 2014–2025Japan
#169 of 366
2,786 births on an average October 28
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#180 of 366
1,786 births on an average October 28
ONS, 1995–2025France
#193 of 366
2,141 births on an average October 28
INSEE, 1998–2024New Zealand
#200 of 366
157 births on an average October 28
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Netherlands
#204 of 366
494 births on an average October 28
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#229 of 366
139 births on an average October 28
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Latvia
#230 of 366
53 births on an average October 28
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#260 of 366
1,165 births on an average October 28
INEI, 2019–2025Norway
#269 of 366
149 births on an average October 28
SSB, 2011–2025Denmark
#296 of 366
158 births on an average October 28
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Switzerland
#297 of 366
212 births on an average October 28
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#309 of 366
7,514 births on an average October 28
DATASUS, 1997–2024Hungary
#324 of 366
310 births on an average October 28
KSH, 1970–2020Argentina
#332 of 366
1,349 births on an average October 28
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#344 of 366
159 births on an average October 28
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on October 28
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Julia RobertsAmerican actress · born 1967
Joaquin PhoenixAmerican actor · born 1974
Bill GatesAmerican businessman and philanthropist · born 1955
Caitlyn JennerAmerican media personality and decathlete · born 1949
Gwendoline ChristieBritish actress · born 1978
Taylor FritzAmerican tennis player · born 1997
Frank OceanAmerican singer · born 1987
Matt SmithEnglish actor · born 1982October against the other eleven
October 28 is the 8th 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 28?
About 10,757 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2003, when 13,173 babies were born and it ranked #54 of 365; at its rarest in 2007, with 7,481 births at #352.
Is October 28 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 28 is the 163rd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,757 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. 88 other dates are within 1% of October 28's count, spread from #163 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 28 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 10 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Ireland, at #344 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #23.
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