Is October 6 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 67% of all 366 dates.
October 6 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 6 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 6 ranks in position #120, with 11,007 births a year. 246 other dates are rarer. 44 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #105 to #149, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 6 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 6 in other countries
October 6 is the 120th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 5 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #24 in England & Wales to #305 in Latvia.
England & Wales
#24 of 366
1,859 births on an average October 6
ONS, 1995–2025Costa Rica
#29 of 366
181 births on an average October 6
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#29 of 366
165 births on an average October 6
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Ireland
#30 of 366
175 births on an average October 6
CSO, 1980–2023France
#45 of 366
2,236 births on an average October 6
INSEE, 1998–2024Malaysia
#55 of 366
1,456 births on an average October 6
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#62 of 366
5,420 births on an average October 6
INEGI, 2017–2023Japan
#63 of 366
2,894 births on an average October 6
e-Stat, 1996–2025Philippines
#70 of 366
4,899 births on an average October 6
PSA, 2006–2024Chile
#86 of 366
704 births on an average October 6
DEIS, 1990–2017Germany
#91 of 366
2,152 births on an average October 6
Destatis, 2014–2025Denmark
#109 of 366
171 births on an average October 6
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Netherlands
#109 of 366
512 births on an average October 6
CBS, 1995–2025Guatemala
#144 of 366
956 births on an average October 6
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Belgium
#158 of 366
329 births on an average October 6
Statbel, 1992–2025Slovenia
#161 of 366
54 births on an average October 6
SURS, 2000–2025Finland
#172 of 366
142 births on an average October 6
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Portugal
#192 of 366
297 births on an average October 6
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Ecuador
#240 of 366
750 births on an average October 6
INEC, 2013–2023Switzerland
#244 of 366
220 births on an average October 6
FSO, 1969–2025Norway
#246 of 366
151 births on an average October 6
SSB, 2011–2025Peru
#284 of 366
1,148 births on an average October 6
INEI, 2019–2025Argentina
#292 of 366
1,404 births on an average October 6
DEIS, 2018–2023Hungary
#292 of 366
316 births on an average October 6
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#297 of 366
7,572 births on an average October 6
DATASUS, 1997–2024Latvia
#305 of 366
50 births on an average October 6
CSB, 1996–2025
Famous people born on October 6
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Ricky HattonBritish professional boxer · born 1978
Addison RaeAmerican singer · born 2000
Emily MortimerBritish actress · born 1971
Bronny JamesAmerican basketball player · born 2004
Elisabeth ShueAmerican actress · born 1963
Vinod KhannaIndian film actor, director and politician · born 1946
Gerry AdamsIrish republican politician · born 1948
Ioan GruffuddWelsh actor · born 1973October against the other eleven
October 6 is the 7th 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 6?
About 11,007 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1970, when 11,582 babies were born and it ranked #19 of 365; at its rarest in 1991, with 8,925 births at #336.
Is October 6 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 6 is the 120th most common of 366 dates, with about 11,007 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. 44 other dates are within 1% of October 6's count, spread from #105 to #149, 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 6 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 Latvia, at #305 of 366, and at its most common in England & Wales, at #24.
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