diff --git a/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal.widget.dart b/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal.widget.dart
index 7ed02af26b..c194bbc684 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal.widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal.widget.dart
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class _DriftPersonNameEditFormState extends ConsumerState<DriftPersonBirthdayEdi
         child: ClipRRect(
           borderRadius: const BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(16.0)),
           child: ScrollDatePicker(
+            viewType: datePickerColumnOrder(DateFormat.yMd(context.locale.toLanguageTag()).pattern),
             options: DatePickerOptions(
               backgroundColor: context.colorScheme.surfaceContainerHigh,
               itemExtent: 50,
@@ -118,3 +119,18 @@ class _DriftPersonNameEditFormState extends ConsumerState<DriftPersonBirthdayEdi
     );
   }
 }
+
+List<DatePickerViewType>? datePickerColumnOrder(String? pattern) {
+  if (pattern == null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  final positions = {
+    DatePickerViewType.year: pattern.indexOf('y'),
+    DatePickerViewType.month: pattern.indexOf('M'),
+    DatePickerViewType.day: pattern.indexOf('d'),
+  };
+  if (positions.values.any((position) => position < 0)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return positions.keys.toList()..sort((a, b) => positions[a]!.compareTo(positions[b]!));
+}
diff --git a/mobile/test/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal_test.dart b/mobile/test/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..387b0ee903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/presentation/widgets/people/person_edit_birthday_modal.widget.dart';
+import 'package:intl/date_symbol_data_local.dart';
+import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
+import 'package:scroll_date_picker/scroll_date_picker.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('datePickerColumnOrder', () {
+    test('month first (en_US)', () {
+      expect(
+        datePickerColumnOrder('M/d/y'),
+        orderedEquals([DatePickerViewType.month, DatePickerViewType.day, DatePickerViewType.year]),
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('day first (pl)', () {
+      expect(
+        datePickerColumnOrder('dd.MM.y'),
+        orderedEquals([DatePickerViewType.day, DatePickerViewType.month, DatePickerViewType.year]),
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('year first (ko)', () {
+      expect(
+        datePickerColumnOrder('y. M. d.'),
+        orderedEquals([DatePickerViewType.year, DatePickerViewType.month, DatePickerViewType.day]),
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('null pattern falls back to package default', () {
+      expect(datePickerColumnOrder(null), isNull);
+    });
+
+    test('missing field falls back to package default', () {
+      expect(datePickerColumnOrder('M/y'), isNull);
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('datePickerColumnOrder with real locale patterns', () {
+    setUpAll(() async {
+      await initializeDateFormatting();
+    });
+
+    for (final (locales, order, name) in const [
+      (
+        ['en', 'en-US', 'en-PH'],
+        [DatePickerViewType.month, DatePickerViewType.day, DatePickerViewType.year],
+        'month/day/year',
+      ),
+      (
+        ['en-GB', 'fr', 'fr-FR', 'de', 'de-DE', 'pl'],
+        [DatePickerViewType.day, DatePickerViewType.month, DatePickerViewType.year],
+        'day/month/year',
+      ),
+      (
+        ['ja', 'ja-JP', 'zh', 'zh-CN', 'ko', 'ko-KR'],
+        [DatePickerViewType.year, DatePickerViewType.month, DatePickerViewType.day],
+        'year/month/day',
+      ),
+      (['ky'], [DatePickerViewType.year, DatePickerViewType.day, DatePickerViewType.month], 'year/day/month'),
+    ]) {
+      for (final locale in locales) {
+        test('$locale uses $name', () {
+          expect(datePickerColumnOrder(DateFormat.yMd(locale).pattern), orderedEquals(order));
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}