What was the most common birthday in 1996?

Published by Birthday Traffic · September 15, 2026 · Sources and method

July 2most births in 1996a Tuesday, 13,167 births
December 25fewest births in 1996a Wednesday, 7,092 births
Septemberbusiest month per day11,212 births per day
Tuesdaybusiest weekday11,903 per day against 7,949 on Sunday

In 1996 the United States recorded 3,891,494 births over 366 days, 10,632 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 2, a Tuesday, with 13,167 births; the quietest was December 25, a Wednesday, with 7,092. Within one year every date has one weekday, so the weekday column below is a fact of that date. 1996 is a leap year, so February 29 is one of its 366 days.

Every day of 1996: recorded U.S. births

Every day of 1996 in calendar order as one line, with the busiest and quietest dates marked and the year’s average day drawn across it.

The regular dips are weekends. The deepest dips are fixed holidays.

The busiest dates of 1996

Dates of 1996 with the most recorded U.S. births
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 2	Tuesday	13,167	123.8
September 17	Tuesday	13,063	122.9
September 4	Wednesday	12,970	122.0
September 24	Tuesday	12,910	121.4
October 1	Tuesday	12,851	120.9
September 25	Wednesday	12,768	120.1
September 27	Friday	12,756	120.0
September 20	Friday	12,754	120.0
July 23	Tuesday	12,731	119.7
September 26	Thursday	12,684	119.3

The quietest dates of 1996

Dates of 1996 with the fewest recorded U.S. births
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Wednesday	7,092	66.7
April 7	Sunday	7,372	69.3
November 24	Sunday	7,452	70.1
March 10	Sunday	7,512	70.7
February 4	Sunday	7,531	70.8
January 28	Sunday	7,533	70.8
April 28	Sunday	7,567	71.2
November 10	Sunday	7,666	72.1
January 1	Monday	7,683	72.3
January 14	Sunday	7,685	72.3

1996 by weekday and by month

Weekend days in 1996 recorded 72% of a weekday’s births per day. The quietest dates above are mostly weekend days and fixed holidays; the busiest are weekdays in late summer. The counts show the association.

1996: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1996.

1996: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	53	11,903
Wednesday	52	11,712
Friday	52	11,690
Thursday	52	11,631
Monday	53	10,742
Saturday	52	8,774
Sunday	52	7,949

1996: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	336,348	11,212
August	346,317	11,172
July	345,162	11,134
October	336,346	10,850
June	318,525	10,618
May	325,708	10,507
April	312,595	10,420
March	322,581	10,406
February	301,763	10,406
December	322,469	10,402
November	309,397	10,313
January	314,283	10,138

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Sources, method and limits

Source for 1996: CDC/NCHS daily births for the United States, as compiled by FiveThirtyEight (CC BY 4.0). Years before 2000 come from the CDC/NCHS file; 2000 onward from the SSA file, so a comparison across that line is also a change of source. Weekday is taken from the record’s calendar date. Ranks within a year compare single days.

Every figure above comes from the administrative records named here, at the granularity those records publish: a day, a month or a year. Coverage and definitions differ between countries and eras, so two sources are combined only where their documentation states the windows are separate, and the page where that happens says so.

Full method, leap-day treatment and definitions.

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