Is October 30 a rare birthday? Uncommon

Rarer than 81% of all 366 dates.

October 30 #295
Most commonSeptember 9RarestDecember 25
Cartoon birthday scene for October 30: a child behind a cake whose candles spell the date
At a glance

October 30 in numbers

The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.

Born each year≈ 10,547in the United States — about 908,000 of them are alive today
In a full stadium133 peopleof 50,000 were born on October 30
On the day itselfEvery 8 secondsa baby is born on October 30 somewhere in the United States
Star signScorpiorarer than 27 of the 30 Scorpio birthdays
Half-birthdayApril 30six months later, to the day
Conceived aroundFebruary 6A long winter night, then.
Birth frequency by rank

Where October 30 ranks

From most common birthday to rarest, October 30 ranks in position #295, with 10,547 births a year. 294 other dates are more common. 79 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #250 to #329, so the exact position is a close thing.

56 years of records

October 30 through the years

Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.

Fell on a weekdayOn a weekend
rarestmost
common
1969, Thursday: rank #145 of 365, 10,110 births1970, Friday: rank #127 of 365, 10,614 births1971, Saturday: rank #326 of 365, 8,614 births1972, Monday: rank #213 of 366, 8,934 births1973, Tuesday: rank #196 of 365, 8,728 births1974, Wednesday: rank #103 of 365, 9,127 births1975, Thursday: rank #240 of 365, 8,527 births1976, Saturday: rank #287 of 366, 7,968 births1977, Sunday: rank #305 of 365, 8,079 births1978, Monday: rank #131 of 365, 9,472 births1979, Tuesday: rank #60 of 365, 10,502 births1980, Thursday: rank #194 of 366, 9,982 births1981, Friday: rank #145 of 365, 10,302 births1982, Saturday: rank #314 of 365, 8,723 births1983, Sunday: rank #330 of 365, 8,496 births1984, Tuesday: rank #135 of 366, 10,458 births1985, Wednesday: rank #173 of 365, 10,666 births1986, Thursday: rank #218 of 365, 10,504 births1987, Friday: rank #148 of 365, 11,046 births1988, Sunday: rank #309 of 366, 8,950 births1989, Monday: rank #240 of 365, 11,019 births1990, Tuesday: rank #167 of 365, 12,034 births1991, Wednesday: rank #214 of 365, 11,535 births1992, Friday: rank #180 of 366, 11,739 births1993, Saturday: rank #296 of 365, 8,961 births1994, Sunday: rank #333 of 365, 8,262 births1995, Monday: rank #245 of 365, 10,480 births1996, Wednesday: rank #97 of 366, 11,812 births1997, Thursday: rank #183 of 365, 11,406 births1998, Friday: rank #213 of 365, 11,213 births1999, Saturday: rank #290 of 365, 8,488 births2000, Monday: rank #234 of 366, 11,227 births2001, Tuesday: rank #157 of 365, 12,177 births2002, Wednesday: rank #186 of 365, 12,023 births2003, Thursday: rank #162 of 365, 12,359 births2004, Saturday: rank #282 of 366, 8,489 births2005, Sunday: rank #337 of 365, 7,343 births2006, Monday: rank #227 of 365, 12,249 births2007, Tuesday: rank #172 of 365, 13,152 births2008, Thursday: rank #200 of 366, 12,729 births2009, Friday: rank #241 of 365, 11,764 births2010, Saturday: rank #290 of 365, 7,894 births2011, Sunday: rank #354 of 365, 6,816 births2012, Tuesday: rank #178 of 366, 11,822 births2013, Wednesday: rank #213 of 365, 11,568 births2014, Thursday: rank #148 of 365, 12,103 births2015, Friday: rank #237 of 365, 11,529 births2016, Sunday: rank #348 of 366, 7,119 births2017, Monday: rank #227 of 365, 11,157 births2018, Tuesday: rank #149 of 365, 11,499 births2019, Wednesday: rank #162 of 365, 11,250 births2020, Friday: rank #233 of 366, 10,383 births2021, Saturday: rank #285 of 365, 7,843 births2022, Sunday: rank #331 of 365, 7,021 births2023, Monday: rank #235 of 365, 10,218 births2024, Wednesday: rank #129 of 366, 11,001 births1970198019902000201020202024

On a weekend it slips to #314, from #181 on a working day

Inductions and planned caesareans are booked on working days, so 26.7% fewer babies arrive and the date falls down the ranking. Each bar is the average rank of the years it landed on that day.

#219
Mon
#152
Tue
#160
Wed
#186
Thu
#191
Fri
#296
Sat
#331
Sun
Most common year
1979#60 of 365Tuesday · 10,502 births
Rarest year
2011#354 of 365Sunday · 6,816 births
Weekend years
16 of 5629% of the record2022 was the most recent
Around the world

October 30 in other countries

October 30 is the 72nd rarest birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 rarest in 4 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #32 in Malaysia to #363 in Peru.

  1. Malaysia

    #32 of 366

    1,477 births on an average October 30

    DOSM, 2000–⁠2022
  2. Philippines

    #46 of 366

    5,006 births on an average October 30

    PSA, 2006–⁠2024
  3. Chile

    #54 of 366

    715 births on an average October 30

    DEIS, 1990–⁠2017
  4. Mexico

    #74 of 366

    5,338 births on an average October 30

    INEGI, 2017–⁠2023
  5. Costa Rica

    #89 of 366

    175 births on an average October 30

    INEC Costa Rica, 2014–⁠2024
  6. Ecuador

    #92 of 366

    786 births on an average October 30

    INEC, 2013–⁠2023
  7. Slovenia

    #97 of 366

    55 births on an average October 30

    SURS, 2000–⁠2025
  8. Guatemala

    #107 of 366

    967 births on an average October 30

    INE Guatemala, 2018–⁠2024
  9. Portugal

    #136 of 366

    300 births on an average October 30

    INE Portugal, 1980–⁠2025
  10. Germany

    #137 of 366

    2,061 births on an average October 30

    Destatis, 2014–⁠2025
  11. Denmark

    #140 of 366

    168 births on an average October 30

    Statistics Denmark, 2007–⁠2025
  12. France

    #168 of 366

    2,153 births on an average October 30

    INSEE, 1998–⁠2024
  13. Netherlands

    #174 of 366

    496 births on an average October 30

    CBS, 1995–⁠2025
  14. England & Wales

    #181 of 366

    1,785 births on an average October 30

    ONS, 1995–⁠2025
  15. Japan

    #185 of 366

    2,779 births on an average October 30

    e-Stat, 1996–⁠2025
  16. New Zealand

    #227 of 366

    156 births on an average October 30

    Stats NZ, 1980–⁠2023
  17. Finland

    #267 of 366

    137 births on an average October 30

    Statistics Finland, 2010–⁠2025
  18. Brazil

    #295 of 366

    7,583 births on an average October 30

    DATASUS, 1997–⁠2024
  19. Belgium

    #296 of 366

    317 births on an average October 30

    Statbel, 1992–⁠2025
  20. Switzerland

    #304 of 366

    211 births on an average October 30

    FSO, 1969–⁠2025
  21. Hungary

    #310 of 366

    312 births on an average October 30

    KSH, 1970–⁠2020
  22. Argentina

    #316 of 366

    1,383 births on an average October 30

    DEIS, 2018–⁠2023
  23. Norway

    #318 of 366

    138 births on an average October 30

    SSB, 2011–⁠2025
  24. Latvia

    #345 of 366

    48 births on an average October 30

    CSB, 1996–⁠2025
  25. Ireland

    #358 of 366

    152 births on an average October 30

    CSO, 1980–⁠2023
  26. Peru

    #363 of 366

    998 births on an average October 30

    INEI, 2019–⁠2025
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October against the other eleven

October 30 is the 3rd 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.

The whole year

Every date on one grid

In the United States, September is the busiest month of the year to be born in and January the quietest.

Each square is one date

October 30#295 of 36610,547 births a year

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Quick answers

How many babies are born on October 30?

About 10,547 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1979, when 10,502 babies were born and it ranked #60 of 365; at its rarest in 2011, with 6,816 births at #354.

Is October 30 a common birthday?

In the United States, October 30 is the 72nd rarest of 366 dates, with about 10,547 births a year. That puts it on the rarer side of the calendar.

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. 79 other dates are within 1% of October 30's count, spread from #250 to #329, 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 30 rarer in other countries?

In some. It is rarer in 8 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Peru, at #363 of 366, and at its most common in Malaysia, at #32.

Our data

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.

Read the full methodology →

Updated October 2026