Everybody loves to have a good chuckle on their birthday, so we have put together a list of all the best birthday puns for your next post or birthday wish. And if you’re looking for short birthday jokes and one-liners, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Funny Happy Birthday Puns
For the record, you’re not old, you’re a classic.
Happy birthday … no matter how you slice it.
You’re not old. You’re aged to perfection.
Happy birthday to roo!
Hey shorty, it’s sherbert day.
Life is what you bake it.
Whale, whale, whale, it’s your birthday.
You feta have a … gouda birthday.
Yoda best, birthday girl.
Hey there, corgeous, happy birthday.
Hippo-birthday to you!
Loving you is a piece of cake.
Oh deer, it’s your birthday.
Let’s shell-ebrate.
Let’s taco ’bout how awesome you are!
Another candle, another year hotter!
Nothing holds a candle to you.
Happy birthday, gnomie.
Let’s make like raccoons and get trashed.
You take the cake.
I hope you have a purr-fect birthday.
I can’t cake my eyes off of you.
Happy birthday to a paw-some buddy.
I hope you have an unbe-leak-able birthday!
Alpaca a bottle of wine to celebrate your birthday!
Sound the a-llama, it’s your birthday!
I always get emotional on my birthday. Even my cake is in tiers.
Have a toad-ally awesome birthday.
Dim-sum body say it’s your birthday?
I’m not kitten, it’s your birthday!
Let’s taco ’bout your birthday.
Hope you are having a turtley awesome birthday.
Happy panda-emic birthday.
So glad you’re still alive and cake-ing.
Have some cake and ice cream to celebrate sherbert day!
Happy birthday to my otter half.
Wishing you a sloth of fun on your birthday.
Aged to perfection, just like fine wine!
Happy birthday. You’re one in a melon.
Hoping your birthday doesn’t lead to a barf-day. You know what I mean.
Wishing my sauciest friend an A1 birthday.
You make my life so fun-fetti.
Milk your birthday for all it’s worth.
Birthdays are like cheese… they just get better with age!
Happy bird-day to you.
Look hooos having a birthday.
Happy birthday, lettuce turnip the beet!
Go ahead, cake my day.
Hope your birthday is shrimply amazing.
Sending you s’more birthday wishes.
Miso happy it’s your birthday.
Some only dream of cake. Others bake it happen.
Raisin a toast for your birthday.
Happy birthday, best tea.
Turning 21 … is nothing to wine about.
Avo great birthday.
Happy bae-day.
Hoppy birthday!
Have a flantastic birthday.
Happy birthday! I can bearly contain my excitement.
Let’s make like candles on a birthday cake and get lit.
You’ll always have a pizza my heart. Happy birthday.
Have a raptor-ous birthday.
Another year, another excuse to eat cake!
Oh ship, it’s your birthday.
Just remember, you’re not old, you’re vintage!
Have a pug-tastic birthday.
Happy birthday, you’re puggin’ awesome.
Your birthday is kind of a big dill.
Have a berry good birthday.
Happy beer-thday, bud.
I hope you have a koala-ty birthday!
It’s sherbet day.
Have a grate birthday. Hope that’s not too cheesy.
Celebrating you is a piece of cake.
Get ready to pod-y.
You’re pretty dino-mite. Happy birthday!
Yeti or not, it’s your birthday.
You’re not getting older, you’re just leveling up!
Some only dream of birthday cake, and others bake it happen.
Time to par-tea!
Once you’re over the hill, that’s when you begin to really pick up speed.
Bird on the street is, it’s your birthday.
Break out the corkscrew because you have aged to perfection.
Don’t worry, I didn’t froget your birthday.
The cat’s out of the bag. … It’s your birthday!
Another birthday? No prob-llama!
Have an owl-some birthday.
You’re a koalaty friend. Happy birthday!
I got you popcorn for your birthday because you’re poppin’.
Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.
The one with your birthday.
I donut know what I would do without you. Happy birthday.
I tried to offer a teddy bear some birthday cake, but he was already too stuffed.
Your birthday cake brings all the boys to the yard.
Have a bear-y good birthday.
More candles means a bigger wish!
So you’re spaghetting older.
Have an otterly awesome birthday.
Happy birthday. We really must ketchup soon.
Life is short, eat the cake!
Age is irrelephant, so enjoy your day.
Olive that it’s your birthday today!
Llama just say, happy birthday to you.
It is your birthday … you batter believe it!
You’re old, but I do not carrot all.
Have an egg-cellent birthday.
Here’s to a soup-er birthday!
Old enough to know better, young enough to still do it.
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Funny Birthday Captions, Funny Belated Birthday Wishes, Winter Puns and Christmas Puns.
Birthday Jokes
Knock knock. Who’s there? Justin. Justin who? Justin time for your birthday celebration.
What do you get when you cross a birthday cake with a boxer? A heavyweight champion of desserts.
Why did the banana go to the birthday party? Because it was a-peeling.
What’s a balloon’s least favorite type of music? Pop.
What do you call a cat’s birthday celebration? A purr-ty.
Knock knock. Who’s there? Noah. Noah who? Noah good reason not to celebrate your birthday.
Why do candles feel at home on a birthday cake? Because they’re surrounded by old flames.
Birthday jokes
What did the hamster wish for on its birthday? A wheel-y great year ahead.
What did one plate say to the other plate on their birthday? “Lunch is on me.”
How does a birthday cake say goodbye? It says, “it’s been slice.”
What’s a birthday present’s favorite music genre? Wrap music.
Knock knock. Who’s there? Doughnut. Doughnut who? Doughnut forget it’s your special day.
How did the grape feel on her birthday? She wine-d about turning a year older.
What do you say to a parakeet on its birthday? “Happy bird-day.”
How do you know you’re getting older? When the candles cost more than the cake.
Why did the bird refuse to share its birthday cake? Because it wanted to have its cake and tweet it too.
Knock knock. Who’s there? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Lettuce wish you a happy birthday.
Why didn’t the ponies sing happy birthday to their friend? They were feeling horse.
Why did the teddy bear decline birthday cake? Because it was already stuffed.
What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? “Aye matey, I’m eighty.”
Knock knock. Who’s there? Wanda. Wanda who? Wanda wish you a happy birthday.
Why did the wise old turtle throw a party on his birthday? Because he wanted to shell-ebrate another year of life.
What is the best way to remember your partner’s birthday? Forget it once.
What’s a frog’s favorite part of a birthday cake? The croak-olate frosting.
What did one birthday hat say to the other birthday hats? “You stay here, I’ll go on a head.”
It was an emotional birthday — even the cake was in tiers.
What’s the difference between 17 and 18? One more candle and a lot more independence.
What did the rabbit say at its birthday party? “Lettuce celebrate.”
What does cake and baseball have in common? They both need a batter.
What did one candle say to the other candle? “Don’t birthdays just burn you up?”
Why did the birthday boy sprinkle sugar under his pillow? So he could have sweet dreams.
Why did the birthday candle go to school? It was hoping to get a little brighter.
What do you say to a goldfish on its birthday? “Have a fin-tastic day.”
How do dogs celebrate their birthday? With a paw-ty.
What do you give a 5,000-pound elephant for its birthday? I don’t know, but you better hope he likes his gift.
Why did the birthday cake go to the doctor? Because it was feeling crumby.
Birthday One Liners
So glad you’re still alive and cake-ing!
You might be prehistoric, but at least you’re not extinct!
Happy birthday to a dude who isn’t showing his age—or acting it, either.
I can only hope to be as great a woman as you one day. But, obviously with better clothes. Happy birthday!
The secret to staying young is make-up—make-up an age, then stick with it.
May you celebrate this birthday the way you celebrated the first one: naked and screaming.
You know you’ve hit middle age when your back is hairier than your head.
It’s your birthday! You’re now a year closer to being that old guy who yells at kids to get off his lawn.
Happy beer-day, bud.
Birthdays are just like golf—if you don’t keep count it’s a lot more fun.
If it’s any consolation, in whiskey years you’re just getting tastier.
One minute, you’re young and fun. The next, you have a favorite burner on the stove. Which one is yours?
Don’t think of it as aging, think of it as leveling up. Congratulations and here’s to a great year ahead!
I’ve already alerted the fire department, so go ahead and light the candles on your cake.
Happy, Happy Birthday to the “she” to my “nanigans”!
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Abby. Abby who? Abby birthday!
Don’t forget to iron the wrinkles out of that birthday suit.
Whatever you do, don’t let aging get you down. It’s way too hard to get back up again!
Older? For sure. Wiser? Not so much. Happy Birthday, bro!
Few things in this world age really well: wine, cheese, whiskey… and quality antiques. (What did you think I was going to say?)
Another birthday spent together…you know we’re going to be friends ’til we’re old and senile, right? And then we’ll be new friends!
At your age, when you say you’re going to get lit on your birthday, let’s face it—everyone knows you’re talking about the cake.
This birthday, just remember: there’s absolutely no shame in the Botox game.
Is it hot in here? Must be all the candles on your birthday cake.
If anyone calls you old this birthday, don’t worry about it. Just hit him with your cane and throw your dentures at him.
How do two pickle friends celebrate each other? They relish their birthdays, of course.
Don’t think of them as gray hairs. Think of them as strands of birthday glitter growing out of your head.
The best part of being older is that you did most of your stupid stuff before social media. Cheers to another trip around the sun!
So that is it for our list of Birthday Puns, Jokes and One Liners. We hope you found the perfect one!
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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