Is October 4 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 78% of all 366 dates.
October 4 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 4 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 4 ranks in position #80, with 11,291 births a year. 286 other dates are rarer. 47 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #50 to #97, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 4 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 4 in other countries
October 4 is the 80th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 10 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #8 in New Zealand to #292 in Brazil.
New Zealand
#8 of 366
170 births on an average October 4
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#14 of 366
184 births on an average October 4
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024England & Wales
#20 of 366
1,871 births on an average October 4
ONS, 1995–2025Portugal
#21 of 366
316 births on an average October 4
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#22 of 366
1,030 births on an average October 4
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Ireland
#22 of 366
176 births on an average October 4
CSO, 1980–2023Mexico
#30 of 366
5,601 births on an average October 4
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#37 of 366
2,244 births on an average October 4
INSEE, 1998–2024Malaysia
#44 of 366
1,469 births on an average October 4
DOSM, 2000–2022Philippines
#47 of 366
5,003 births on an average October 4
PSA, 2006–2024Slovenia
#61 of 366
56 births on an average October 4
SURS, 2000–2025Japan
#67 of 366
2,890 births on an average October 4
e-Stat, 1996–2025Germany
#78 of 366
2,163 births on an average October 4
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#97 of 366
515 births on an average October 4
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#133 of 366
168 births on an average October 4
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Latvia
#139 of 366
55 births on an average October 4
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#150 of 366
160 births on an average October 4
SSB, 2011–2025Finland
#152 of 366
143 births on an average October 4
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Chile
#163 of 366
691 births on an average October 4
DEIS, 1990–2017Ecuador
#190 of 366
762 births on an average October 4
INEC, 2013–2023Belgium
#199 of 366
325 births on an average October 4
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#201 of 366
222 births on an average October 4
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#210 of 366
325 births on an average October 4
KSH, 1970–2020Argentina
#218 of 366
1,480 births on an average October 4
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#252 of 366
1,170 births on an average October 4
INEI, 2019–2025Brazil
#292 of 366
7,588 births on an average October 4
DATASUS, 1997–2024
Famous people born on October 4
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Dakota JohnsonAmerican actress · born 1989
Ilhan OmarAmerican politician · born 1982
Susan SarandonAmerican actor · born 1946
Liev SchreiberAmerican actor · born 1967
Christoph WaltzAustrian, German, and American actor · born 1956
Linda McMahonAmerican administrator and business executive · born 1948
Alicia SilverstoneAmerican actress · born 1976
Derrick RoseAmerican basketball player · born 1988October against the other eleven
October 4 is the 3rd 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 4?
About 11,291 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1983, when 11,182 babies were born and it ranked #11 of 365; at its rarest in 2009, with 7,336 births at #331.
Is October 4 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 4 is the 80th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,291 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. 47 other dates are within 1% of October 4's count, spread from #50 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 4 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 Brazil, at #292 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #8.
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