Is October 3 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 78% of all 366 dates.
October 3 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 3 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 3 ranks in position #82, with 11,284 births a year. 284 other dates are rarer. 44 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #53 to #97, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 3 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 3 in other countries
October 3 is the 82nd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 12 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #12 in New Zealand to #347 in Germany.
New Zealand
#12 of 366
169 births on an average October 3
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#16 of 366
1,884 births on an average October 3
ONS, 1995–2025Ireland
#19 of 366
177 births on an average October 3
CSO, 1980–2023Japan
#24 of 366
2,980 births on an average October 3
e-Stat, 1996–2025Portugal
#24 of 366
314 births on an average October 3
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Mexico
#27 of 366
5,611 births on an average October 3
INEGI, 2017–2023Malaysia
#28 of 366
1,484 births on an average October 3
DOSM, 2000–2022Netherlands
#34 of 366
527 births on an average October 3
CBS, 1995–2025Philippines
#34 of 366
5,067 births on an average October 3
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#36 of 366
180 births on an average October 3
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Slovenia
#37 of 366
58 births on an average October 3
SURS, 2000–2025Guatemala
#49 of 366
999 births on an average October 3
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024France
#57 of 366
2,223 births on an average October 3
INSEE, 1998–2024Denmark
#90 of 366
173 births on an average October 3
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Finland
#98 of 366
146 births on an average October 3
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Switzerland
#103 of 366
227 births on an average October 3
FSO, 1969–2025Ecuador
#131 of 366
776 births on an average October 3
INEC, 2013–2023Norway
#147 of 366
160 births on an average October 3
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#155 of 366
328 births on an average October 3
KSH, 1970–2020Chile
#173 of 366
690 births on an average October 3
DEIS, 1990–2017Belgium
#174 of 366
327 births on an average October 3
Statbel, 1992–2025Latvia
#197 of 366
54 births on an average October 3
CSB, 1996–2025Peru
#237 of 366
1,177 births on an average October 3
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#277 of 366
7,660 births on an average October 3
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#308 of 366
1,388 births on an average October 3
DEIS, 2018–2023Germany
#347 of 366
1,878 births on an average October 3
Destatis, 2014–2025
Famous people born on October 3
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Noah SchnappAmerican actor · born 2004
ASAP RockyAmerican rapper · born 1988
Zlatan IbrahimovićSwedish footballer · born 1981
Gwen StefaniAmerican singer · born 1969
Alicia VikanderSwedish actress · born 1988
Ayo EdebiriAmerican actress, comedian, and writer · born 1995
Tommy LeeAmerican drummer · born 1962
Lena HeadeyBritish actress · born 1973October against the other eleven
October 3 is the 4th 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 3?
About 11,284 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 2023, when 11,820 babies were born and it ranked #8 of 365; at its rarest in 2004, with 7,613 births at #327.
Is October 3 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 3 is the 82nd most common of 366 dates, with about 11,284 births a year. That puts it among the more common birthdays.
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. 44 other dates are within 1% of October 3's count, spread from #53 to #97, 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 3 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 13 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Germany, at #347 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #12.
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