Is October 9 a rare birthday? Ordinary
More common than 57% of all 366 dates.
October 9 in numbers
The odds, the star sign and the other dates that come with it.
Where October 9 ranks
From most common birthday to rarest, October 9 ranks in position #158, with 10,867 births a year. 208 other dates are rarer. 74 dates are within 1% of its count, anywhere from #128 to #202, so the exact position is a close thing.
October 9 through the years
Where it ranked in the United States, year by year.
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October 9 in other countries
October 9 is the 158th most common birthday in the United States. It is among the 50 most common in 3 of the 26 other countries, and ranges from #33 in New Zealand to #347 in Ecuador.
New Zealand
#33 of 366
164 births on an average October 9
Stats NZ, 1980–2023England & Wales
#35 of 366
1,849 births on an average October 9
ONS, 1995–2025Malaysia
#41 of 366
1,470 births on an average October 9
DOSM, 2000–2022Mexico
#63 of 366
5,417 births on an average October 9
INEGI, 2017–2023Philippines
#75 of 366
4,887 births on an average October 9
PSA, 2006–2024Portugal
#83 of 366
304 births on an average October 9
INE Portugal, 1980–2025Costa Rica
#84 of 366
175 births on an average October 9
INEC Costa Rica, 2014–2024Netherlands
#100 of 366
515 births on an average October 9
CBS, 1995–2025Finland
#113 of 366
145 births on an average October 9
Statistics Finland, 2010–2025France
#115 of 366
2,192 births on an average October 9
INSEE, 1998–2024Germany
#121 of 366
2,093 births on an average October 9
Destatis, 2014–2025Ireland
#127 of 366
170 births on an average October 9
CSO, 1980–2023Guatemala
#134 of 366
959 births on an average October 9
INE Guatemala, 2018–2024Denmark
#182 of 366
165 births on an average October 9
Statistics Denmark, 2007–2025Slovenia
#233 of 366
52 births on an average October 9
SURS, 2000–2025Norway
#239 of 366
152 births on an average October 9
SSB, 2011–2025Hungary
#273 of 366
319 births on an average October 9
KSH, 1970–2020Argentina
#279 of 366
1,412 births on an average October 9
DEIS, 2018–2023Latvia
#287 of 366
51 births on an average October 9
CSB, 1996–2025Switzerland
#296 of 366
212 births on an average October 9
FSO, 1969–2025Peru
#297 of 366
1,143 births on an average October 9
INEI, 2019–2025Belgium
#300 of 366
317 births on an average October 9
Statbel, 1992–2025Japan
#300 of 366
2,701 births on an average October 9
e-Stat, 1996–2025Chile
#301 of 366
674 births on an average October 9
DEIS, 1990–2017Brazil
#304 of 366
7,540 births on an average October 9
DATASUS, 1997–2024Ecuador
#347 of 366
702 births on an average October 9
INEC, 2013–2023
Famous people born on October 9
Ranked by how often people looked them up on Wikipedia last year.
Sharon OsbourneEnglish and American television personality, music manager, and author · born 1952
John LennonEnglish musician and activist · born 1940
Guillermo del ToroMexican filmmaker · born 1964
Ben SheltonAmerican tennis player · born 2002
Prince Edward, Duke of KentBritish prince · born 1935
Bella HadidAmerican fashion model · born 1996
Tony ShalhoubAmerican actor · born 1953
Eddie GuerreroAmerican professional wrestler · born 1967October against the other eleven
October 9 is the 16th rarest 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 9?
About 10,867 a year in the United States. It was at its most common in 1984, when 11,435 babies were born and it ranked #32 of 366; at its rarest in 1994, with 8,038 births at #353.
Is October 9 a common birthday?
In the United States, October 9 is the 158th most common of 366 dates, with about 10,867 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. 74 other dates are within 1% of October 9's count, spread from #128 to #202, 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 9 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 Ecuador, at #347 of 366, and at its most common in New Zealand, at #33.
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