When it’s time for a birthday celebration and you’re looking for just the right thing to say, you’ll want to look through our list of all the best short happy birthday captions for Instagram to share. And if you’re looking for short birthday quotes for captions, we also have you covered.
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Short Happy Birthday Captions for Instagram
On your birthday you get to have your cake and eat it too.
On this day, a queen was born.
Gonna party like it’s my birthday…’cause it is.
Don’t tell me to act my age because I haven’t been this age before.
Everyone has birthdays. I’m glad mine is today.
Birthday girl/boy at your service!
It’s my birthday; I can wine if I want to.
Happy birthday to me!
Heaven released a cute angel on this day in some years ago. Happy birthday to me.
“Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.” — Faith Baldwin
Postponing my birthday until further notice.
You have reached the age where all compliments will be followed by for your age.
“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” — Kitty Collins
Birthdays are like cheese. They stink more the older they get.
Peace, love and birthday cake.
“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese.” — Billie Burke
Today’s the best day of the year: my birthday!
Feeling cute, might celebrate my birthday later.
I have a secret: I’m older today than I was yesterday.
Smiling into my birthday week!
Happy birthday to the most awesome human on this planet—me!
“That’s the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.” — Bob Hope
This might be my favorite birthday to date!
I don’t usually brag, but when I do, it’s because it’s my birthday.
Two things that are inevitable for any living person are birthdays and taxes.
The old pessimist focuses on his growing number. The old optimist focuses on his growing blessings.
I always make bad decisions on my birthday.
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body.
Birthday are never overrated.
Nothing can stop me this year.
“Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” — George Meredith
Birthdays are like vacations. You don’t have one too often and they come and go too quickly.
Welcome to club birthday!
Birthday hair and I don’t care.
Loving being smothered with birthday love today.
The older you get, the more disoriented your hair gets. Once it leaves your head, it seems to get lost.
Today, I decided to be a birthday cupcake in a world full of muffins.
The best birthday present of all is love.
Today is my birthday, and I’m riding high.
“Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!” — Nicky Gumbel
Here’s to another year where I can grace everyone with my presence.
It’s my birthday and I’ll eat cake if I want to.
If I appear to be in a great mood today, don’t be alarmed. It’s my birthday!
Love is the best birthday present.
If you see this, you should know it’s my birthday.
I’m not aging, I’m marinating.
Not wasting a single second of my birthday today.
Keep calm…it’s my birthday!
My birthday is tomorrow…just in case anyone was wondering.
Making my birthday wish.
“Just remember once you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.” — Charles Schultz
Happy moments. Happy thoughts. Happiest birthday ever
We know we’re getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it.
I can’t help being cute, I’m the birthday girl.
Every birthday is an opportunity to start with a clean slate.
If you’re reading this, it’s my birthday.
Another birthday? No problem.
Happy birthday to the most awesomehuman on this planet—me!
Today is the most important day of my life. And I’m going to celebrate it accordingly. Happy birthday to me.
Life is a journey and I’m enjoying every mile of it.
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Did someone say it’s my birthday?!
Getting my birthday glam on!
Just went on my annual birthday shopping spree!
Peace, love and birthday fun!
“Last year my birthday cake looked like a prairie fire.” — Rodney Dangerfield
Dear me, happy birthday!
Feeling like a princess today and nobody can tell me otherwise.
Work hard. Play hard. Eat cake. That’s now my life and birthday motto.
Tell me I’m pretty. It’s my birthday.
“To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.” — Bernard Baruch
Birthday feels.
Who’s ready to celebrate my birthday?
It’s midnight, which means it’s my birthday!
It’s my birthday and I’ll laugh all I want today.
Telling everyone in sight that it’s my birthday!
At least you’re not as old as you will be next year.
“Age is a high price to pay for maturity.” — Tom Stoppard
Today, I’m going to party like it’s my birthday. Oh wait, it is!
Move over coffee, today is a day for champagne.
Is it me, or am I aging backward?
“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” — Steven Wright
It’s my birthday and that’s the tea.
My birthday, my rules.
Today’s the day I can wear this birthday crown!
I have a craving for cake…It must be my birthday week.
My birthday week starts…now!
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
I think this will be my favorite age yet!
Birthday wishes and butterfly kisses.
“If you survive long enough, you’re revered-rather like an old building.” — Katherine Hepburn
Birthday candles aren’t the only things getting lit this weekend.
Found my birthday crown.
“Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.” — Booth Tarkington
Zoom-ing into my birthday week!
I decided to keep having birthdays because it beats the alternative… Death.
Age is a number and mine is unlisted.
My heart is full this birthday.
Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
Wishing on candles and chasing my dreams.
Today was amazing. I think the fact that it was my birthday made it 99% better.
Happy birthday to the other 17.7 million people who are celebrating their birthday today.
Birthdays are bigger in Texas.
Making my years count instead of counting the years.
Dreaming that tomorrow will be my birthday again.
Thank you, Mom, for giving birth to me.
My birthday selfie game is strong.
Birthday magic.
Ready to celebrate another birthday milestone.
Calories don’t count today because it’s my birthday!
Happy birthday to myself and I.
Surround yourself with people who are more excited for your birthday than you are.
My birthday this year might be a mess, but I couldn’t care less. #Blessed
My birthday is today, but I’ll take presents whenever.
It’s important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle.
Turn my birthday into a lifestyle.
“Youth is a gift of nature but age is a work of art.” — Stanislaw Lec
Celebrating this big day with all my faves.
A birthday party without cake is just a meeting.
There’s a sort of birthday magic in the air.
Cheers to me!
Feeling like a million bucks this birthday.
Birthday vibes all around.
“The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet.” — Robert Orben
Blow up the balloons and bring out the cake. Today is my big day!
It’s better to be over the hill than under it.
Had a Zoom-tastic birthday party!
Feelin’ blessed.
I didn’t choose this birthday, this birthday chose me.
A little birthday party for me!
My birthday is today, but I’ll take presents whenever.
“You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.” — Ogden Nash
Today is all about me!
“I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don’t have to respect anybody.” — George Burns
Birthdays are nature’s way of telling you to eat more cake.
I’m kind of a big deal today. Happy birthday to me.
Jumping into this birthday headfirst.
Birthday #mood!
Today I’m just a whole year more incredibler.
Why so many candles for such a small cake? I guess I’m getting old.
You’re so old that when you looked at your birth certificate, it said expired.
Wishing I could relive this day over and over again. Happy birthday to me!
I love nothing more than being the birthday girl!
Life’s too short to not eat cake.
Feeling cute. Maybe it’s my birthday glow.
I got ready and put on REAL clothes to celebrate my birthday today. #GoMe
Treating myself to a day filled with doing nothing. #BirthdayWish
I can’t stop smiling. It’s my birthday.
My birthday should be a holiday.
Let me be the first one to wish myself a happy birthday!
Lovin’ my birthday glow.
Good news: Today is my birthday!
Ditching the gym and eating cake. Happy birthday to me!
“The first hundred years are the hardest.” — Wilson Mizner
Would it really be my birthday if I didn’t take a selfie?
The more birthdays one has, the more difficult it becomes to remember all of them.
Getting older is just part of life, and the other parts are even worse.
Life’s too short to not celebrate every chance you get! Happy Birthday to me!
Getting my birthday glow on.
Taking the day off. It’s my birthday.
This is the year my dreams will come true.
My b-day may be a little different this year, but I’m still feeling just as loved.
There’s really only one true birthday. The rest are simply anniversaries of the day of a person’s birth.
Middle age is when a narrow waist and a broad mind begin to change places.
Best. Age. Ever.
To those who didn’t greet me “happy birthday” today, you’ll be unfriended tomorrow.
Born to shine, especially today.
Is that a gray hair? Happy birthday to me.
My birthday looks a little different this year.
Let the birthday shenanigans begin!
Staring my birthday celebrations early this year!
It’s my favorite holiday…my birthday!
My birthday wish is I want more birthday cake!
Wishing I had s’more birthday wishes.
Everyday is worth celebrating, but especially today because it’s my birthday.
It might be the cake talking, but I love birthday parties.
Blessed to see another year.
Felt cute. Then I remembered it was my birthday and I felt even cuter.
Sunshine and birthday wishes on my mind.
Treating myself to a day filled with doing nothing. #BirthdayWish
Hugs, kisses and birthday wishes.
It feels like I’ve only aged 1 year since my last birthday.
“From our birthday, until we die, is but the winking of an eye.” — William Butler Yeats
“For all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common birthday.” — John Glenn
“Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.” — Chili Davis
A woman never reveals her age—especially on her birthday.
Eating cake like it’s my job today.
Warning: It’s my birthday today!
Life’s too short to not celebrate every chance you get. Happy birthday to me!
It’s proven by science that the more birthdays you celebrate, the longer you live.
Happy birthday to the funniest person I know — me.
The best presents one can receive on a birthday are one’s friends’ presence.
“The older you get the better you get, unless you are a banana.” — Betty White
Another year, another new place that aches.
Some things are better with age. Too bad you aren’t one of them.
“It’s sad to grow old, but nice to ripen.” – Brigitte Bardot
I hope my birthday cake is as yummy as me.
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” — Lucille Ball
I have no shopping budget today, it’s my birthday!
I got the “Happy Birthday” song playing on repeat.
Harder, better, faster, stronger.
It’s better to be one month older than one month late!
“All the world is a birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” — George Harrison
“You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” — Bob Hope
Announcement: Today is my birthday!
Thanking God for being alive. Happy birthday to me.
Half birthdays deserve celebrations too!
The younger you try to look, the older you actually are.
Pop the bubbly, it’s my birthday!
Guess I’ll be singing “Happy Birthday” to myself this year.
“Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” — Jack Benny
Here’s my obligatory birthday selfie!
You don’t get older, you get better. — Shirley Bassey
Today is a whole new chapter! Happy birthday to me.
Let me be the first one to wish myself a happy birthday!
Aging is the worst side effect of birthdays.
It is scientifically proven that people who have more birthdays live longer.
Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.
So that is it for our list of Short Birthday Instagram Captions and Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
For more great ideas, check out our other lists of Happy First Birthday Captions, Ways to Say Thank You for the Birthday Wishes, Funny Birthday Wishes, Birthday Wishes for Best Friends and Birthday Wishes for Sister.
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Laynni Deir
I am Laynni Deir, writer and editor of Purely Lists. There are times when you are looking for inspiration or aren’t sure what to say and I am committed to providing lists of the best quotes, sayings, messages, puns or captions for any occasion. Whether you are looking for a positive quote, a message for a card, a fun saying for a letter board or caption for your next post or story, you will find the perfect option here.
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