Celebrating the special man in your life may be something you already do in little ways every day. But thanks to a special holiday called National Boyfriend Day, now you have a unique annual opportunity to tangibly let him know just how special he is to you.
Today, we’ll share when National Boyfriend Day is, how you can get a free reminder when it’s coming up, how it relates to International Boyfriend Day, and then some super helpful tips on the best ways to celebrate.
Here’s when National Boyfriend day is set to happen in 2025.
You can’t celebrate Boyfriend Day if you don’t first know when it is!
National Boyfriend Day happens on October 3, 2025. Unlike some holidays that vary on the day they happen each year, National Boyfriend Day is always on October 3rd, no matter what. This will be a Friday this year!
Here’s how to make sure you don’t miss it (free reminders)!
Step one is knowing when National Boyfriend Day is happening. Step two is remembering! Thankfully, you don’t have to rely on your memory for this one. There’s a completely free relationship app called LoveTrack (actually free) that does a ton of amazing things including reminding you of upcoming relationship holidays like National Boyfriend Day!
All you have to do is download the app and you’ll get notified when Boyfriend Day is coming up, as well as reminders for several other relationship holidays, AND your anniversary and his birthday. It is literally easy-mode for your relationship, and it’s 100% free.
Is this different than International Boyfriend Day?
International Boyfriend Day also takes place on October 3rd. Why? Because they’re the same holiday! While some people may refer to the holiday as National Boyfriend Day, International Boyfriend Day, or just Boyfriend Day, they’re all the exact same holiday.
The ‘National’ term is more popular in the U.S. whereas the ‘International’ term is for the rest of the world.
3 Things to Know About Boyfriend’s Day
If you’re new to this relationship holiday, here are some things you may be interested to learn.
Popularity started around 2014 with #NationalBoyfriendDay
While the holiday doesn’t have a concrete start date, the popularity started a little over 10 years ago in 2014. We started seeing hashtags for #NationalBoyfriendDay starting to pop up on Twitter and Instagram helping propel this into a popular unofficial holiday.
Some people tie the founding origin to the movie Mean Girls.
This is probably our favorite piece of information about National Boyfriend Day. If you’re familiar with the movie Mean Girls (if not you should be, it’s amazing), there’s a funny scene where the main character Cady Heron talks about October 3rd because it’s the day that she first talked to her crush, Aaron Samuels.
Some people love to draw the connection here between the start of that relationship and Boyfriends Day. We don’t know how legit the connection is, but we love it, so we’re going with it.
The holiday gets a lot of corporate attention.
As you might expect, brands and corporations love this holiday as much as couples do! To them, it’s not just an opportunity for you and your boyfriend to connect, but they also see it as an opportunity to push gift ideas.
Nothing wrong with this at all! Many people have gifts as their love language. We’re just sharing it with you.
4 Tips to Celebrate National Boyfriend’s Day
Speaking of celebrations, we wanted to share a few ideas to inspire you when it comes to celebrating National Boyfriend’s Day this October.
- Plan a special date night (or day) for him. – The free LoveTrack app we shared has hundreds of date night ideas and unique preplanned ideas for you to celebrate this holiday. Use the app to find ways to tangibly show how much you appreciate your boyfriend.
- Make him a special meal. – They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and we’re not inclined to argue with that. For Boyfriend Day, consider cooking (or ordering) his favorite meal for him. If you aren’t sure what he likes, you can ask him, or you’re probably pretty safe with a nice steak.
- Give him the ultimate day of relaxation. – If you want to go all out, make the entire day something special for him focused on taking any stress or burdens off of him. Handle the tasks he normally does, set him up a comfortable spot on the couch, put his favorite show or game on, and bring him what he needs/wants.
- Give him a couples coupon book you made. – Create a coupon book of things that he would like from you. Think things like ‘Breakfast in Bed’, ‘You Pick the Restaurant’, or ‘One Errand Done for You’. If you need ideas for this, there’s a huge list of options in the LoveTrack app as a date night you can check out!