Is October 29 a rare birthday? Ordinary
Rarer than 69% of all 366 dates.
October 29 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 29 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 29 ranks in position #252, with 10,642 births a year. 251 other dates are more common. 94 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #207 to #301, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 29 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 29 in other countries
October 29 is the 115th rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #48 in Chile to #353 in Ireland.
Chile
#48 of 366
717 births on an average October 29
DEIS, 1990–2017Philippines
#68 of 366
4,919 births on an average October 29
PSA, 2006–2024Malaysia
#69 of 366
1,442 births on an average October 29
DOSM, 2000–2022New Zealand
#96 of 366
160 births on an average October 29
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Guatemala
#102 of 366
968 births on an average October 29
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Costa Rica
#123 of 366
172 births on an average October 29
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Mexico
#155 of 366
5,077 births on an average October 29
INEGI, 2017–2023Netherlands
#169 of 366
497 births on an average October 29
CBS, 1995–2025Slovenia
#172 of 366
53 births on an average October 29
SURS, 2000–2025France
#175 of 366
2,151 births on an average October 29
INSEE, 1998–2024Portugal
#177 of 366
298 births on an average October 29
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Denmark
#188 of 366
164 births on an average October 29
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Japan
#194 of 366
2,773 births on an average October 29
e-Stat, 1996–2025England & Wales
#201 of 366
1,778 births on an average October 29
ONS, 1995–2025Germany
#251 of 366
1,960 births on an average October 29
Destatis, 2014–2025Ecuador
#252 of 366
747 births on an average October 29
INEC, 2013–2023Latvia
#253 of 366
52 births on an average October 29
CSB, 1996–2025Belgium
#282 of 366
319 births on an average October 29
Statbel, 1992–2025Norway
#308 of 366
141 births on an average October 29
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#314 of 366
312 births on an average October 29
KSH, 1970–2020Switzerland
#315 of 366
210 births on an average October 29
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#320 of 366
7,455 births on an average October 29
DATASUS, 1997–2024Finland
#323 of 366
133 births on an average October 29
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#323 of 366
1,124 births on an average October 29
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#328 of 366
1,360 births on an average October 29
DEIS, 2018–2023Ireland
#353 of 366
158 births on an average October 29
CSO, 1980–2023
Famous people born on October 29
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Winona RyderAmerican actress · born 1971
Ahmed al-SharaaPresident of Syria since 2025 · born 1982
Bob RossAmerican painter and TV host · born 1942
Richard DreyfussAmerican actor · born 1947
Rufus SewellBritish actor · born 1967
Ben FosterAmerican actor · born 1980
Lance StrollCanadian racing driver · born 1998
Tracee Ellis RossAmerican actress · born 1972October against the other eleven
October 29 is the 4th 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 29?
About 10,642 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1996, when 12,054 babies were born and it ranked #70 of 366; at its rarest in 1995, with 7,876 births at #344.
Is October 29 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 29 is the 115th rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,642 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. 94 other dates are within 1% of October 29's count, spread from #207 to #301, 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 29 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 #353 of 366, and at its most common in Chile, at #48.
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