• To quote the wise poet 50 Cent, "We gon' party like it's your birthday."
• You're not getting older, you're levelling up!
• Happy birthday! I hope you’re not looking for a present because my presence is my gift to you.
• Remember to smile awkwardly as everyone sings you "Happy Birthday" today!
• I think you're supposed to get finer and wiser with age? Well, that's okay, there's always next year!
• Birthday candles won't be the only thing getting lit this weekend!
• I'm actually just here for the cake.
• I forgive you for being younger than me.
• Happy birthday! You're officially old enough to start needing retinol.
• I'm so happy that we're going to grow old together, and that you have a head start.
• I love you even though you're a Gemini. Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday to the person who is always there to help me draft a risky text.
• Happy birthday to the person who taught me everything I know about skincare.
• Let's drink champagne and dance on the tables (until they ask us to leave the bar).
• To quote Saweetie, "That's my best friend."
• Because it's your birthday, I'll share my fries with you.
• There is no one I would rather blast Taylor Swift with all day and night. Happy birthday to my favourite Swiftie.
• Happy 25th birthday! The teens on TikTok definitely think you're geriatric now.
• Happy birthday to someone who loves me even though I take forever to reply to texts.
• Let’s be honest, one day isn’t enough of a celebration for someone like you. Enjoy your birthday month!
• They say you get wiser and better with age. Is it true? I wouldn’t know, I’m forever 21.
• Welcome to the best decade of your life: your dirty 30s!
• You’re the Thelma to my Louise (minus the driving a car off a cliff deal, let’s not do that).
• Happy birthday to someone who never lets me fall asleep in a full face of makeup after a night out.
• I know you’re married now, but can we still have a sleepover after your party tonight??
• Happy birthday to the only person I can hang out with for hours without getting annoyed.
• [Your pet’s name] says “happy birthday to my favourite aunt / uncle!”
• Happy birthday to someone who is always willing to test a new recipe with me — and also willing to order pizza when it doesn’t work out.
• Tell your mum I say thanks (for giving birth to you, obvi!).
• Your birthday present is the fact that I DM’d Timothée Chalamet to come to your party tonight.
• You’re like the sister / brother I never had…because the one I do have isn’t nearly as great as you.
• Happy birthday! As my gift to you I won't serenade you with the Golden Girls theme song rn.
• I love you even though you once tried to set me up on a date with your weird colleague.
• Happy birthday to the person who wisely talked me out of getting post-breakup bangs. You’re a real friend for that!
• You know I love you, because this bottle of wine cost more than £10! But you’re worth it, birthday girl.
• Tell you what, because it’s your birthday, tonight’s post-pub cheesy chips are on me.
• Honestly, I feel bad for everyone else who doesn’t get to have you as a best friend. What a lame life!
• Happy International [insert name here] day. I've put in my PTO and I'm on watch to ensure everyone observes it properly.
• Thank you for always listening attentively when I tell you about my work drama. For your birthday, I’ll refrain from complaining about my coworkers for 24 hours!
• Here’s what I have to say about your birthday: God help the guardian angels looking out for us tonight!
• Happy Birthday! I promise that today I'll only cry a little because of how much I love you.
• How do you glow up more with each passing year? It needs to be studied.
• Rihanna recorded "Birthday Cake" for you, and you only.
• May this year be as satisfying as the cool side of the pillow.
• Because it’s your birthday, I’ll let you control the music in my car. Use this privilege wisely!
  

• Happy birthday to someone who makes the world a better, brighter place.
• Cheers to many more years of celebrating your birthday together.
• Happy birthday! I hope your day is as amazing and special as you are.
• Sending you so much love for your birthday.
• I'm so happy that the universe brought us together and we became best friends. Happy birthday!
• On this day, a very special person came into the world, and I am beyond grateful.
• Best friends are the family you get to choose, and I'm so glad we chose each other. Happy birthday, beautiful.
• Happy birthday! Wishing you a day filled with happiness and a year filled with joy.
• Sending you a birthday wish wrapped with all my love.
• I hope you know how much you're loved, today and every day. Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday to my favourite person in the world.
• You've grown so much in the last year, and I'm so proud of you. Here's to many more years of growing together.
• You live your life in a way that makes every day worth celebrating. Happy birthday, gorgeous!
• I'm so proud you're building a beautiful, meaningful life for yourself. Take time to enjoy it, today and every day.
• It's not about the years in your life, but the life in your years. Happy birthday!
• I hope you see yourself the way I see you: amazing, incredible, kind, smart, compassionate, funny, and wonderful.
• Your birthday is the first day in a new 365-day journey. Let's treasure every moment!
• You have been so strong and so resilient in the face of a difficult year. Here's to better days ahead.
• I'm so happy that we got to grow up together. Happy birthday to my bestie since day one/primary school/sixth form/etc.
• Happy birthday to the girl who always has my back and is always there to pick me up when times get tough.
• I’m simply in awe of how one person can be so kind, smart, and funny.
• Happy birthday to a friend I know is in it for the long haul.
• We may have only become friends a few years ago, but I truly feel like you’re the sister I never had. Happy birthday to my fave person!
• When I think about my favourite memories, you’re always a part of them. Let’s make more memories this year!
• Happy birthday to my unshakeable, hilarious, tough best friend. I’m happy to have someone like you in my corner.
• I honestly don’t have words for how happy I am that we’re in each other’s lives.
• You shine even brighter than the candles on your cake!
• Today you deserve to be celebrated for all the joy you bring into the world.
• Thanks for sharing your impeccable sense of humour and big heart with the rest of us.
• Cheers to someone who’s making this corner of the world her very own.
• It’s fun to think about how far we’ve come since we first met all those years ago! Happy, happy birthday.
• I hope you know that I’m your biggest cheerleader and I’m a shoulder for you to lean on, always.
• Happiest birthday. I love you to the moon and back, and then back to the moon again.
• I hope this trip around the sun is the most iconic one yet.
• The world got a little sweeter [INSERT FRIEND'S AGE] years ago today. I'm so glad you were born! Happy birthday, bestie.

Some unique birthday wishes for a best friend

• I hope all of your birthday wishes this year come true, you deserve them all!
• Happy birthday! May the drinks be free-flowing and may a hottie find you at the bar tonight!
• You deserve the world, I hope you feel so loved and happy on your special day this year.
• Every year is a new opportunity to grow into an even better version of yourself. I can't wait to keep watching you shine!
• I count our friendship among my life’s greatest blessings. Happy birthday to someone very special.
• Your existence makes me believe in soulmates. Happy, happy birthday to my platonic soulmate.
• To borrow an overused line, you really do light up every room you walk into. Happy birthday, gorgeous!
• You’re more than a friend, you’re family. Happy birthday!
• Friends are truly the family you choose, and I’m glad we chose each other.
• Happy birthday to my favourite Libra queen!
• One of the best parts of life is friendship. Thanks for being my bestie.
• I love that we can always pick up right where we left off. Happy birthday to a lifelong friend!
• Thanks for always answering my call, even when it’s the middle of the night because I forgot what time zones are.
• My birthday wish for you is that the next year is the best one yet!
• Work would be so boring without you! So happy that [company] brought us to each other.
  
• We may have started out as work wives, but I know we'll be best friends 'til the end. Happy birthday!

Birthday wishes for best friend with emojis

• Happy birthday to my real other half 💕
• Happy birthday to my favourite material gworllllll 🛍💅🏽 💇🏽‍♀️
• Happy birthday to my best friend in the whole wide world 👭🏿 🌎
• It's your day! Shine bright like a diamond 💎 ✨
• 🎶 I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22 🎶
• Cake 🎂✔️ Champagne 🍾✔️ Best friend 👭🏾 ✔️
• Happy birthday! Here's to many more adventures this year 🏖 🏔 ✈️ 🌃 🚲
• On this day, a queen was born 👑 👸🏽
• Happy birthday to my favourite elder 👵🏻 💀
• Hope your birthday is as cool as you are 🧊
• Happy birthday! 🥳 🎂🎊 🎉🎁
• You're aging like a fine wine 🍷
• 🎵 Baby, you're a firework 🎵 🎆
• Just like your candles, you're getting lit tonight 🕯️😜
• Cheers to another year around the sun ☀️
• Happy birthday to the girl who's just as wild and crazy as I am 🤪😈
• Hope your birthday is as amazing as you are❣️ 🎁
• Happy birthday! Now that we're officially old, there's no way I'm staying at your party past 9 👵🏾 🕘 😴
• Happy birthday to an absolute rockstar 🎸🎶
• I hit the jackpot when we became friends 💰💰💰
• Happy birthday to my favourite gossip 👀
• 🎶 Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear [name], happy birthday to you 🎶
• Happy birthday to a real star ⭐
• Who gave you the right to look this hot??? ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
• HBD to my twin flame 👯🔥
• It’s your birthday! Yee (and I cannot emphasise this enough) haw 🤠

Short and cute birthday wishes for best friend

• Happy birthday to my favourite person.
• My life would suck without you.
• Today is all about you.
• Wishing you a day that's as special and awesome as you are!
• Happy birthday! I love you a whole lot.
• Life is more fun with you by my side.
• Happy birthday to my totally amazing, irreplaceable bestie.
• I may not be there in person, but I'm still wishing you the happiest birthday!
• Here's to another trip around the sun. Happy birthday!
• Wishing you 24 hours of celebration, though you deserve even more.
• Let's make this year's birthday one for the record books.
• I can't wait to celebrate you all day long!
• Happy birthday to my friend who's forever young at heart.
• Birthdays are the world's way of telling us to eat more cake.
• I'm so happy that I get to be a part of your life.
• Every birthday is a gift in itself.
• Birthdays give us the chance for a fresh start.
• HBD to my best friend!
• Wishing you the best birthday of all time!
• There's no one quite like you. Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday to my best friend who brings out the best in me.
• I hope your birthday is chill and peaceful, just like you.
• HBD to my fave person!
• Happy birthday to someone who’s beautiful inside and out.
• Wishing my bestie the absolute best today.
• Happy birthday to a real star!
• Wishing a very happy birthday to my favourite travel partner.
• I love that you’re in my life.
• May all your birthday wishes come true!
• It’s your day!
• I so admire the person you have become. Happy birthday.
• If I could, I’d celebrate your birthday every day.
• Let’s eat, drink, and be merry!
• I wish your birthday came more than once a year!
• Happy birthday to my favourite gym / running / yoga buddy.
• I couldn’t be more grateful that the universe decided we should become best friends.

Tips for writing birthday messages

Our 160 birthday ideas still not cutting it for you? Well then consider these our tips for writing a message that will hit deep with your bestie on their special day:

• If your friend is a celebrating a milestone aka 18th, 21st, 30th, that's usually a pretty fail safe way to focus your celebratory words on. Make jokes about all the things they can now legally do, or all the things they'll miss moving into a new decade (rip to their 20s).
• Write from the heart, it's cringe but true. You know your bestie better than anyone so you know what they're going to want to hear on their birthday. Celebrate their best qualities and tell them all the reasons why you love being their friend. You'll be writing an essay in no time.
• Rely on your memories together. If you've been friends for a long time, think of all the good (and bad) times you've experienced together and use this as a jumping off point to write a brilliant birthday message or caption.
• Most of all just tell them you love them and wish them the best birthday ever. Oh and buy them a drink at the pub. That always helps.