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100 Perfect Happy 23rd Birthday Wishes for 2023

Are you looking for the perfect words to wish that special someone a happy 23rd birthday? If so, we have you covered with this list of the best happy 23rd birthday wishes. You can pick out your favorite one and help them celebrate getting to the milestone of 23 years old.

And if you are looking for happy 23rd birthday messages or 23rd birthday greetings, we have also included some of those too.

You might also like our lists of Funny Birthday Captions, Short Birthday WishesFunny Birthday WishesFunny Belated Birthday Wishes and Funny Birthday Quotes.

Jump ahead to the category you like best or scroll through to find the best wish for a 23rd birthday or 23rd birthday card message.

Happy 23rd Birthday Wishes

Here are some of our favorite 23rd birthday wishes.

  • Happy birthday to the world’s (no, the universe’s) greatest 23 year old!
  • Happy 23rd birthday. Just 23 years ago, you came into our lives and changed everything…for the better. Now, 23 years later, you’re changing every day…making our lives better than ever.
  • Congratulations on reaching one of life’s biggest milestones! Your future looks so bright!
  • Happy 23rd birthday to someone who’s awesome at any age.
  • Happy 23rd birthday, you are an amazing person and I am so lucky to be here with you right now. Enjoy each and every moment.
  • May the joy that you have spread in the past come back to you on this day. Wishing you a very happy 23rd birthday!
  • I’ve always looked up to you and I’m so proud of the person you have become. It’s a blessing to have you in my life.
Person reflected in pool with happy 23rd birthday wishes
  • A wise man once said, ‘Forget about your past, you cannot change it’. I’d like to add, ‘Forget about your present, I didn’t get you one’. Happy 23rd!
  • You have accomplished so much in such little time! What a role model you are for those that know you. Congratulations on reaching this incredible journey to 23. Wishing you many good things for the years ahead.
  • You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. Happy 23rd birthday!
  • May this 23rd year be full of love and laughter just like you bring to us every day, happy birthday!
  • Happy Birthday! Here’s to a memorable day!
  • I am blessed because I get to see you turn 23, I can’t believe how fast the years have passed, but I can believe you turned out to be one of the best people I know of. Cheers!
  • Look at that, you’re a whole 23 years old. Hope you have a great day celebrating with all your loved ones.
  • I know that the path ahead for you is bright – you deserve every success
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  • I hope you have a fabulous day, and be sure to eat an extra slice of cake for me!
  • Wishing you a wonderful 23rd birthday, you deserve to have a great day and hope you get extremely spoilt!
  • Never forget to live your life to the fullest. Happy 23rd birthday.
  • Cheers to you turning 23, hope your twenties are filled with joy and success.
  • Your birthday is the first day of another 365-day journey. Be the shining thread in the beautiful tapestry of the world to make this year the best ever. Enjoy the ride.
  • The world is a much better place for having had you in it for the last 23 years. Here’s to wishing you many happy returns.
  • All you’ve accomplished in your 23 brief years on this earth – it’s astounding!
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  • To this birthday and many more to come, Happy 23rd Birthday!
  • It’s your 23rd birthday? Not too late to get up to some mischief!
  • Forever be beautiful, inside and out. Happy 23rd birthday.
  • Knowing I have you as my friend makes me smile every day. Happy 23rd birthday.
  • As I checked my calendar today, I discovered that it is your birthday. There is no greater joy I could feel than seeing you become 23 years old. Happiest birthday!
  • A little bird told me that you’re turning 23 today! Congratulations! I hope this very special birthday of yours is everything you hoped it would be!
  • So proud of what you have achieved and what you are going to achieve. Happy 23rd birthday!

Funny Happy 23rd Birthday Wishes

When it comes to happy 23rd birthday wishes, we think funny ones are usually the best. You might also like our list of Funny Birthday Wishes.

  • Smart, good looking, and funny! But enough about me. Happy birthday!
  • Here’s your annual reminder of how thoughtful I am – Happy 23rd Birthday!
  • You’re older today than yesterday but younger than tomorrow, happy 23rd birthday!
  • Happy Birthday! For your special day I made you a cake. BOOM YOU’RE A CAKE! You’re so very welcome.
  • Happy 23rd birthday! I realize it sounds old, but that only makes you 23 and means you have 23 birthday wishes to make. Hope each one comes true!
  • Happy 23rd birthday! Now that you’re getting older, I hope your last trip round the sun wasn’t too tiring.
  • 23 looks good on you.
  • Don’t grow up… It’s a trap! Oh, you did! Happy birthday, in that case!
Cupcake with funny happy 23rd birthday wishes
  • I spent 3 hours searching the internet for the perfect birthday message for you and then I gave up. Happy 23rd Birthday.
  • Blow out the 23 candles on your birthday cake and make 23 birthday wishes. After all, you’re 23 today! Happy 23rd birthday!
  • For your birthday, I wanted to give you something that was both funny and charming, but then I remembered you already have me in your life. Happy 23rd Birthday!
  • Your birthday brings with it a special glow. The glow of so many candles, so hurry and blow them out!
  • Just wanted to be the first one to wish you happy birthday so I can feel superior to your other well-wishers. So, happy 23rd birthday!
  • You’re 23 today, so it’s time to think about your future! Just kidding! The only thing you should do now is have fun, fun, fun and fun! Happy 23rd birthday!
Present with funny happy birthday wishes for 23rd birthday
  • I believe you forgot my birthday present last year, so now I’m returning the favor. Happy 23rd Birthday!
  • You know what they say about turning 23? Old enough to know better, and young enough not to care. Enjoy it! Happy birthday!
  • Friends celebrate friends on their birthdays. Real friends get you drunk on your birthday. Good thing for you I’m the second kind.
  • I want you to know that we will always be here for you as you get older and wiser. But for now, enjoy being 23! Happy Birthday! We got the big cake!
  • You know what they say about more candles… A bigger wish! Happy Birthday.
  • Happy 23rd! Don’t worry, you don’t look a day over 22 and a half.
  • Congratulations on turning 23! I hope your birthday is so great that you’ll need sunglasses to open the fridge in the morning.
  • I can’t believe you are turning 23 years old.  Does that mean you’re old now, or worse am I old now? Lol, just kidding, happy 23rd birthday!

Short Happy Birthday Wishes for 23rd

Check out these short happy birthday wishes for 23rd.

  • Hope your 23rd year is your favorite year so far!
  • Love, kisses, and 23 birthday wishes.
  • So proud of who you have become over these 23 years.
  • I can’t wait to see what your future holds for you!
  • Turning 23 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
  • Happy 23rd birthday! You’re the best and, today, you’re even better!
Cupcake wtih short happy birthday wishes for 23rd
  • Hope your 23rd birthday is unforgettably wonderful — just like you!
  • Stronger than ever on your 23rd birthday.
  • Everything you have worked for begins to fall into place when you turn 23.
  • I’m so proud of the grown-up you have become.
  • Have a wonderful day today on your 23rd Birthday.
  • How time flies – Happy 23rd Birthday.
  • Sincerely wishing you life’s finest things at 23.
  • May your birthday be as wonderful as you are, happy 23rd.
  • Look out world, here you come!
  • Hope your 23rd year is your favorite year so far!
Balloons with short birthday wishes for turning 23
  • Happy 23rd birthday to one of my favourite humans!
  • Enjoy turning 23 today – it’s all downhill from now on!
  • Time to grow up! Happy Birthday.
  • 23?! YOU?! I demand a recount! Happy birthday!
  • 23 is a birthday worth celebrating, live it large!
  • Happy birthday! Super glad you were born.
  • Look out world, here you come!

Happy 23rd Birthday Messages

They will love these happy 23rd birthday messages that are perfect to use as a message for a 23rd birthday card.

  • Happy birthday!! You only look as old as the last selfie you took.
  • May your birthday cake be moist, and may no one use that word to describe it.
  • Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is not here, so live today and enjoy the year.
  • On your 23rd birthday, you deserve all of the happiness and joy that life can bring.
  • You’ve really grown into such a marvellous young adult, wishing you a happy 23rd.
  • A very happy 23rd birthday, I can’t wait to celebrate with you later.
  • A birthday is a day to celebrate your achievements, your accomplishments, and your future.
  • Sending you warm birthday wishes and a big hug on this very special day.
Cupcake with happy 23rd birthday messages
  • This year, I wish for even more time together with the greatest person I know. Happy 23rd birthday to you, bestie!
  • 23 years ago today our family changed for the better, happy birthday!
  • You make us so proud, each and every single day.
  • May your birthday be sprinkled with fun and laughter. Have a great day!
  • 23 already? – This is big! So proud of you and all you have accomplished so far.
  • I’ll bet you were hoping no one would notice you were turning 23. Well, no such luck! Happy birthday!
  • You are such an amazing  person, inside and out. Happy 23rd!
  • 23 and amazing.
  • Congratulations on being even more experienced. I’m not sure what you learned this year, but every experience transforms us into the people we are today. Happy 23rd birthday!
Cupcakes with happy 14th birthday messages
  • Many congratulations on your 23st! Wishing you success and happiness on your very special birthday!
  • Hopefully you can find a cake big enough to fit 23 candles. Happy Birthday!
  • Turning 23 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
  • I can’t wait to see what your future holds for you!
  • Life isn’t about finding yourself – it’s about creating yourself. Happy birthday!
  • As Helen Hayes says, age is not important unless you’re a cheese. Here’s a cheesy birthday wish for you, though.
  • Happy birthday. It took you 23 years to look this good!
  • Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you know! Congratulations on your 23rd birthday!
  • Let this birthday bring peace to your soul and happiness to your heart.
Cake with happy 12th birthday messages
  • Happy Birthday. May your day be full of blessing, joy and happiness, may you get loads of presents and may everyone you love be around you.
  • On this day, your birthday, I hope that each and every one of your wishes comes true.
  • What does life have in store for you? An adulthood filled with joy, happiness and success is my birthday wish for you.
  • Happy 23rd birthday to someone who has a truly bright future ahead of them! I hope you have a fantastic day!
  • Your 23rd birthday is a special time indeed, where you’re given the key that unlocks the door to your future! I hope that the path ahead is bright and kind to you. You’re a great person who deserves the very best in life! Happy birthday and many congratulations!
  • You have always inspired me. With all you’ve been through so far, you persevere and move forward. I cannot believe 23 years have gone by this fast, and I am so proud of the kind person you have turned into!
  • Happy birthday. If your next 23 years are half as good as the first, you will have had a pretty amazing life.

Happy 23rd Birthday Greetings

Check out these happy 23rd birthday greetings.

  • Happy happy 23rd birthday! Always remember that life is not about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself. Wishing you all the best for the next chapter.
  • Hooray! Jump up! Shout! Laugh! It’s your special day. Happy birthday! Live Long and Prosper!
  • Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you know! Congratulations on your 23rd birthday!
  • Behind you all your memories. Before you all your dreams. Around you all that love you. Within you all you need. Happy 23rd birthday!
  • What goes up but never comes down? Your age. Happy 23rd birthday!
Cupcake with happy 23rd birthday greetings
  • We are so delighted to see you happy, your joy and happiness is what gladdens our heart. Happy 23rd birthday.
  • Happy 23rd birthday! Hope your party is incredible in every way, with lots of birthday cake, ice cream, gifts and, most of all, fun.
  • Congratulations on reaching this incredible journey to 23. Wishing you many good things for the years ahead.
  • For your birthday, I just want to say: I hope you can see how special you are to me. Happy 23rd birthday!
  • A wish for you on your birthday, whatever you ask may you receive, whatever you seek may you find, whatever you wish may it be fulfilled on your birthday and always. Happy birthday!
  • Happy birthday! I can’t wait to see what you do with your next 23 years.
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  • Congratulations on your birthday! Sending you our love and good wishes.
  • Wishing you a fantastic 23rd birthday, I feel blessed to have you in my life.
  • So proud of who you have become over these 23 years.
  • A very happy 23rd birthday, I can’t wait to celebrate with you later.
  • What do you want in life? As you celebrate your birthday today, I pray you get all your heart desires. Wishing you the best year yet.
  • I hope that you always remember this day because you deserve the greatest birthday!
  • Wishing you a very special birthday and a wonderful year ahead!
  • You’ve so many choices left to make as you turn the corner past 23. Whatever path you take, may it provide all of the happiness and success that you deserve.
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  • Sending you a hundred wishes so that you get everything you could hope for this birthday. Happy 23rd birthday!
  • Take a deep breath and step on through. This is your new chapter. Happy 23rd Birthday!
  • Happy 23st! Your future does not lay in front of you, it lies deep inside you. When life becomes a rollercoaster, climb into the front seat, throw your arms in the air and enjoy the ride.
  • Enjoy your 23rd birthday to the fullest. That means getting the fullest you’ve ever been with lots of birthday cake and ice cream.
  • We are so proud of you. You are a remarkable 23 year old. We love you so, so much. Happy 23rd birthday!
  • Wishing you a fantastic 23rd birthday, I feel blessed to have you in my life.
  • We live, we learn, we love, we smile, and sometimes, life hits us hard, but still, we try to survive. Your life has been an amazing one. Happy 23rd birthday, dear.
  • We have been through thick and thin together; here I am, celebrating your 23rd birthday like it’s mine.
  • Life without you would have no meaning, so take a seat, let us bring out the birthday cake, and celebrate many more years with you. Happy 23rd birthday, friend!
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  • Happy 23rd birthday. As you embark on the greatest adventure of your life — remember to do one thing: enjoy every second
  • Turning 23 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
  • Your birthday allows us to celebrate having you in our lives. Happy Birthday.
  • Wishing you a wonderful 23rd birthday, you deserve to have a great day and hope you get extremely spoilt!
  • Many congratulations on your 23rd! Wishing you success and happiness on your very special birthday!
  • Happy birthday! I can’t wait to see what you do with your next 23 years.
  • Happy 23rd Birthday. Wow, you are getting old too quick, Stop it. Just kidding.

23rd Birthday Quotes

If you like these, you might also want to look through our list of Funny Birthday Quotes for more.

“That’s me, Ms. 20 Something.” — SZA, “20 Something”

“The cake had a trick candle that wouldn’t go out, so I didn’t get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this, that my life could be a party just for me.” – Janet Fitch

“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” — Edward Morykwas

“That’s the funny thing about birthdays, they’re kind of an annual thing.” – Rapunzel

Paddleboarders with happy 23rd birthday quotes

“Celebration is life’s frosting: isn’t frosting the very best part of the cake?” – Bethenny Frankel

“I like birthday cake. It’s so symbolic. It’s a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just ‘Happy birthday!’ because it’s this emblem of childhood and a happy day.” — Aimee Bender

“Live long and prosper.” — Mr. Spock

“My life is better with every year of living it.” — Rachel Maddow

“Why is a birthday cake the only food you can blow on and spit on and everybody rushes to get a piece?” – Bobby Kelton

Decorations with short birthday party quotes for Instagram

“This is for them twenty somethings. Time really moves fast, you were just sixteen.” — Beyonce

“There are three hundred and fivety-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.” — Lewis Carroll

“Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!” – Nicky Gumbel

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.” — Robert Browning

“The way I see it, you should live every day like it’s your birthday.” — Paris Hilton

Birthday Cake Captions for 23rd Birthdays

Find your favorite birthday cake captions for 23rd birthdays, then head to our list of Birthday Cake Quotes, Birthday Cake Captions and Cake Captions for more.

  • A birthday can never have too much cake.
  • All you need is love. And also, birthday cake.
  • A birthday cake is like a present you can eat, and who doesn’t love presents?
  • Growing up is optional, but birthday cake is mandatory.
  • It’s not a party until someone brings out the birthday cake.
  • The only thing better than a slice of birthday cake is a second slice of birthday cake.
  • Keep calm and eat cake.
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  • It’s not just a birthday cake – it’s a work of art.
  • This cake’s been sprinkled with love.
  • They say laughter is the best medicine, but I say birthday cake is a close second.
  • Cake, cake, and more cake – that’s my kind of birthday!
  • If you don’t take a selfie with your birthday cake, did you even really celebrate?
  • I can’t keep calm, it’s my birthday and there’s cake involved.
  • Today, I’m one year older and one slice of cake happier!
  • It’s my birthday, and I’ll eat cake if I want to. And I want to. So there.
  • Birthday wishes come true when there’s cake involved.
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  • You, me and cake.
  • Cake is the answer to every birthday question.
  • Slice, slice, baby.
  • Let them eat birthday cake.
  • It’s a piece of birthday cake.
  • Sprinkling you with birthday wishes.
  • Sweetest birthday ever!
  • Bring on the birthday cake!
  • Cake is always a good idea.
  • Crazy for birthday cakes!
  • Live. Love. Cake
  • My birthday wish? More cake, please!

Happy 23rd Birthday Captions

Here are a few of our favorites from our list of happy 23rd birthday captions. If you like birthday captions, you can also check out our lists of best captions for 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22rd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th and 50th birthdays.

  • POV: You can’t believe I’m 23 now.
  • Chapter 23, Page 1.
  • I don’t care how old I’m turning, so long as there’s cake.
  • I can’t keep calm, it’s my birthday.
  • It’s my birthday, so I’m celebrating everything.
  • I think 23 looks good on me.
  • I don’t care how old I’m turning, so long as there’s cake.
  • You really gonna scroll without wishing me a happy 23rd birthday?
  • Couldn’t turn 23 without posting my birthday ‘fit.
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  • 23 years old. 23 candles. 23 wishes.
  • Talk twenty three to me.
  • Now entering: birthday mode.
  • Birthday behavior! #23
  • Say hello to my new favorite 23 year old.
  • I should start getting serious, but I’ll eat confetti cake and wear a crown instead.
  • I’m shawty and it’s my 23rd birthday.
  • Favorite day of the year.
  • POV: this is what 23 looks like.
  • I can’t keep calm, it’s my 23rd birthday.
Paddleboarder with it's my 23rd birthday captions
  • It’s all about that birthday magic.
  • Woke up a little older… but not wiser.
  • Keep calm and celebrate 23 years.
  • Be good to me, 23.
  • Staying 23 until further notice.
  • Lap 23 around the sun…
  • Wow, the cake’s really lit this year…
  • I’ve never been 23 before. I thought I would try it out.
  • I’m too young to be this old.
Friends at sunset with captions for friends's 23rd birthday
  • Staying 23 until further notice.
  • Honestly, my birthday should be a holiday.
  • 23rd birthday photo dump.
  • Officially 23, but still mentally about three.
  • Turning the big 2-0 with my fam by my side.
  • 23 is so fun I think I’ll repeat it again next year.
  • Blowing out 23 candles this year.

And there you have it, our list to help you find the 23rd birthday wish or 23rd birthday greeting. Hopefully you found the perfect one.

ou might also like our lists of birthday wishes for 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and 70th birthdays.

Now get out there and help them celebrate turning 23!

Please let us know in the comments section below if you have a favorite 23rd birthday message or greeting for your 23rd we missed.

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