date of birth

noun phrase

: the month, day, and year a person was born : birth date
Give your full name and date of birth.

Examples of date of birth in a Sentence

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Upload your legal full name, date of birth, your mailing address, email address and turn on the location settings of your phone or computer. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 The faces on the photos are anonymous, one beside another, no names, no dates of birth or death. Mariana Enriquez october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025 The digital ID card, which can be kept on a smartphone, would include a holder’s name, residency status, date of birth and nationality. Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025 To ascertain a player’s biological age, the height and date of birth of their biological parents is collected and their height and weight tracked every three months or so. Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Based on the date of birth listed, her remains were found a day after her 15th birthday. Alex Stone, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025 This includes social security numbers (SSNs), place and date of birth, work permit status, and parents' names, among other sensitive personal information, for all Americans, to a cloud environment. Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025 In the lawsuits, Dhillon says Michigan is required to provide it information needed to exercise its statutory enforcement authority, including voters' full date of birth, driver's license numbers and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers. Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025 The software will then take the travelers’ biometric data, which will be used to cross-reference their passport information (including name, ID number, date of birth, and issue and expiration dates) and verify their arrival and exit. Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of date of birth was in 1789

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“Date of birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20of%20birth. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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