Is October 7 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 63% of all 366 dates.
October 7 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 7 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 7 ranks in position #137, with 10,949 births a year. 229 other dates are rarer. 55 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #116 to #171, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 7 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 7 in other countries
October 7 is the 137th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 6 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #23 in Ireland to #348 in Argentina.
Ireland
#23 of 366
176 births on an average October 7
CSO, 1980–2023Costa Rica
#25 of 366
182 births on an average October 7
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024New Zealand
#25 of 366
166 births on an average October 7
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#33 of 366
1,850 births on an average October 7
ONS, 1995–2025Chile
#34 of 366
720 births on an average October 7
DEIS, 1990–2017Malaysia
#50 of 366
1,465 births on an average October 7
DOSM, 2000–2022Japan
#57 of 366
2,903 births on an average October 7
e-Stat, 1996–2025Slovenia
#58 of 366
57 births on an average October 7
SURS, 2000–2025Philippines
#64 of 366
4,939 births on an average October 7
PSA, 2006–2024France
#81 of 366
2,206 births on an average October 7
INSEE, 1998–2024Mexico
#81 of 366
5,316 births on an average October 7
INEGI, 2017–2023Netherlands
#81 of 366
518 births on an average October 7
CBS, 1995–2025Denmark
#95 of 366
173 births on an average October 7
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Ecuador
#104 of 366
783 births on an average October 7
INEC, 2013–2023Portugal
#105 of 366
303 births on an average October 7
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Guatemala
#110 of 366
967 births on an average October 7
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Germany
#113 of 366
2,116 births on an average October 7
Destatis, 2014–2025Finland
#129 of 366
144 births on an average October 7
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Peru
#160 of 366
1,209 births on an average October 7
INEI, 2019–2025Latvia
#167 of 366
54 births on an average October 7
CSB, 1996–2025Norway
#185 of 366
156 births on an average October 7
SSB, 2011–2025Belgium
#194 of 366
326 births on an average October 7
Statbel, 1992–2025Switzerland
#258 of 366
219 births on an average October 7
FSO, 1969–2025Hungary
#265 of 366
319 births on an average October 7
KSH, 1970–2020Brazil
#296 of 366
7,579 births on an average October 7
DATASUS, 1997–2024Argentina
#348 of 366
1,284 births on an average October 7
DEIS, 2018–2023
Famous people born on October 7
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Vladimir PutinLeader of Russia since 1999 · born 1952
Simon CowellEnglish reality television judge, television producer and music executive · born 1959
María Corina MachadoVenezuelan politician and activist · born 1967
Lewis CapaldiScottish singer-songwriter · born 1996
Trent Alexander-ArnoldEnglish footballer · born 1998
Mookie BettsAmerican baseball player · born 1992
Thom YorkeEnglish musician · born 1968
Shawn AshmoreCanadian actor · born 1979October against the other eleven
October 7 is the 11th 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 7?
About 10,949 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1974, when 9,756 babies were born and it ranked #35 of 365; at its rarest in 2001, with 7,621 births at #335.
Is October 7 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 7 is the 137th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,949 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. 55 other dates are within 1% of October 7's count, spread from #116 to #171, 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 7 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 Argentina, at #348 of 366, and at its most common in Ireland, at #23.
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