Is October 5 a rare birthday? Popular
More common than 76% of all 366 dates.
October 5 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 5 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 5 ranks in position #90, with 11,236 births a year. 276 other dates are rarer. 39 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #63 to #102, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 5 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 5 in other countries
October 5 is the 90th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 9 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #16 in New Zealand to #303 in Portugal.
New Zealand
#16 of 366
169 births on an average October 5
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Mexico
#17 of 366
5,712 births on an average October 5
INEGI, 2017–2023France
#24 of 366
2,256 births on an average October 5
INSEE, 1998–2024Ireland
#26 of 366
176 births on an average October 5
CSO, 1980–2023Malaysia
#26 of 366
1,487 births on an average October 5
DOSM, 2000–2022Chile
#28 of 366
725 births on an average October 5
DEIS, 1990–2017England & Wales
#34 of 366
1,850 births on an average October 5
ONS, 1995–2025Guatemala
#40 of 366
1,003 births on an average October 5
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Philippines
#43 of 366
5,010 births on an average October 5
PSA, 2006–2024Costa Rica
#68 of 366
176 births on an average October 5
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Japan
#76 of 366
2,877 births on an average October 5
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#80 of 366
56 births on an average October 5
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#96 of 366
2,145 births on an average October 5
Destatis, 2014–2025Netherlands
#112 of 366
512 births on an average October 5
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#138 of 366
168 births on an average October 5
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Argentina
#172 of 366
1,521 births on an average October 5
DEIS, 2018–2023Hungary
#172 of 366
327 births on an average October 5
KSH, 1970–2020Ecuador
#185 of 366
763 births on an average October 5
INEC, 2013–2023Finland
#209 of 366
140 births on an average October 5
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Norway
#218 of 366
153 births on an average October 5
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#220 of 366
324 births on an average October 5
Statbel, 1992–2025Latvia
#242 of 366
52 births on an average October 5
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#265 of 366
218 births on an average October 5
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#272 of 366
7,672 births on an average October 5
DATASUS, 1997–2024Peru
#294 of 366
1,145 births on an average October 5
INEI, 2019–2025Portugal
#303 of 366
287 births on an average October 5
INE Portugal, 1980–2025
Famous people born on October 5
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Travis KelceAmerican football player · born 1989
Kate WinsletEnglish actress · born 1975
Chester A. ArthurPresident of the United States from 1881 to 1885 · born 1829
Jesse EisenbergAmerican actor, playwright, and filmmaker · born 1983
Guy PearceAustralian actor · born 1967
Imran KhanPrime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022 · born 1952
Ray KrocAmerican businessman · born 1902
Neil deGrasse TysonAmerican astrophysicist · born 1958October against the other eleven
October 5 is the 5th 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 5?
About 11,236 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1971, when 10,874 babies were born and it ranked #17 of 365; at its rarest in 2008, with 7,520 births at #339.
Is October 5 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 5 is the 90th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,236 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. 39 other dates are within 1% of October 5's count, spread from #63 to #102, 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 5 rarer in other countries?
In some. It is rarer in 14 of the 26 other countries we hold daily records for. It is at its rarest in Portugal, at #303 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #16.
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