The Random Pick

Random Birthday Generator

Tap Generate for a random birthday with its weekday, zodiac sign, birthstone and birth flower. Set a year range to add a birth year.

Tap Spin for a random birthday.
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How it works

  1. Tap Generate for a random month and day.
  2. Turn on a year range if your birthday needs a year.
  3. Read the weekday, zodiac sign, birthstone and birth flower.

Every pick starts from your browser's cryptographic random number generator, so each option has the same chance unless you set a weight. How the randomness works.

Ways to use it

Character backstory

A novelist gives a new character a birthday, then uses the zodiac sign and stone as small story details.

Tabletop game NPCs

A game master hands out birthdays to townsfolk so a festival scene has someone to celebrate.

Birthday party icebreaker

Guests guess the zodiac sign and birthstone of a generated date before the answer shows.

Practice forms in class

Students fill out a pretend form using a random birthday instead of their own.

Sample data for a sign-up form

A tester fills in fake profiles with realistic birthdays so nobody's real birth date gets typed.

Questions people ask

What is the birthstone for each month?

The common modern list is garnet for January, amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, pearl, ruby, peridot, sapphire, opal, topaz and turquoise for December. Some months have more than one stone on other lists.

Does a random birthday come with a birth year?

Only when you turn on the year range. Then the tool picks a year inside your range and the weekday matches that exact date.

How is the zodiac sign worked out?

Each sign covers a range of dates, such as Aries from about March 21 to April 19. The tool checks which range the birthday falls in.

What is a birth flower?

Each month has a traditional flower, like carnation for January and rose for June. The tool shows the one for the generated month.

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