Is October 8 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 61% of all 366 dates.
October 8 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 8 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 8 ranks in position #143, with 10,921 births a year. 223 other dates are rarer. 63 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #117 to #180, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 8 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 8 in other countries
October 8 is the 143rd most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #22 in the Philippines to #351 in Peru.
Philippines
#22 of 366
5,148 births on an average October 8
PSA, 2006–2024New Zealand
#24 of 366
166 births on an average October 8
Stats NZ, 1980–2023Malaysia
#43 of 366
1,470 births on an average October 8
DOSM, 2000–2022England & Wales
#76 of 366
1,826 births on an average October 8
ONS, 1995–2025France
#91 of 366
2,200 births on an average October 8
INSEE, 1998–2024Chile
#96 of 366
702 births on an average October 8
DEIS, 1990–2017Denmark
#104 of 366
171 births on an average October 8
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Mexico
#106 of 366
5,203 births on an average October 8
INEGI, 2017–2023Netherlands
#106 of 366
512 births on an average October 8
CBS, 1995–2025Portugal
#114 of 366
302 births on an average October 8
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Costa Rica
#116 of 366
172 births on an average October 8
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Guatemala
#119 of 366
965 births on an average October 8
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Slovenia
#133 of 366
54 births on an average October 8
SURS, 2000–2025Germany
#146 of 366
2,049 births on an average October 8
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#164 of 366
168 births on an average October 8
CSO, 1980–2023Finland
#206 of 366
140 births on an average October 8
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025Japan
#209 of 366
2,764 births on an average October 8
e-Stat, 1996–2025Belgium
#219 of 366
324 births on an average October 8
Statbel, 1992–2025Hungary
#228 of 366
324 births on an average October 8
KSH, 1970–2020Norway
#264 of 366
149 births on an average October 8
SSB, 2011–2025Switzerland
#276 of 366
216 births on an average October 8
FSO, 1969–2025Brazil
#280 of 366
7,644 births on an average October 8
DATASUS, 1997–2024Latvia
#293 of 366
51 births on an average October 8
CSB, 1996–2025Ecuador
#306 of 366
722 births on an average October 8
INEC, 2013–2023Argentina
#322 of 366
1,368 births on an average October 8
DEIS, 2018–2023Peru
#351 of 366
1,091 births on an average October 8
INEI, 2019–2025
Famous people born on October 8
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Matt DamonAmerican actor · born 1970
Bruno MarsAmerican singer-songwriter · born 1985
Chevy ChaseAmerican comedian, writer and actor · born 1943
Sigourney WeaverAmerican actress · born 1949
Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European Commission since 2019 · born 1958
Nick CannonAmerican comedian · born 1980
Bella ThorneAmerican actress and singer · born 1997
Paul HoganAustralian actor and comedian · born 1939October against the other eleven
October 8 is the 13th 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 8?
About 10,921 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1974, when 9,808 babies were born and it ranked #29 of 365; at its rarest in 1995, with 7,997 births at #336.
Is October 8 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 8 is the 143rd most common of 366 dates, with about 10,921 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. 63 other dates are within 1% of October 8's count, spread from #117 to #180, 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 8 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 Peru, at #351 of 366, and at its most common in the Philippines, at #22.
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