Frodo Baggins’s birthday in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is 22 September.
Frodo is born on 22 September, the same birthday as his uncle Bilbo Baggins. The date is important in the opening of the story because Bilbo celebrates his eleventy-first birthday on that day, while Frodo turns thirty-three. Bilbo’s lavish party provides the setting for his departure from Hobbiton and the transfer of the One Ring to Frodo.
The date later gains importance in Tolkien fandom and in the chronology of the quest. Frodo and Bilbo’s shared birthday links their stories and emphasizes the unusual role of the Baggins family in the history of the Ring. The date should not be confused with the date the Ring is destroyed, 25 March, or with the date Frodo leaves Hobbiton, 23 September.