What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 1997?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 1997
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

March 27most births in 1997a Thursday, 2,059 births
December 26fewest births in 1997a Friday, 1,288 births
Julybusiest month per day1,819 births per day
83%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 1997, England and Wales recorded 643,095 births over 365 days, 1,762 on an average day. The busiest single date was March 27, a Thursday, with 2,059 births; the quietest was December 26, a Friday, with 1,288. July was the busiest month per day and Thursday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 83% of a weekday’s births. Within one year each date has one weekday, so every table here names it. The multi-year ranking for England & Wales is on its own page.

Every day of 1997 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 1997 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 1997

Dates of 1997 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
March 27	Thursday	2,059	116.9
May 2	Friday	2,021	114.7
May 30	Friday	2,017	114.5
July 3	Thursday	2,015	114.4
July 10	Thursday	2,010	114.1
September 18	Thursday	2,007	113.9
January 3	Friday	2,005	113.8
June 19	Thursday	2,004	113.7
June 12	Thursday	2,003	113.7
August 8	Friday	2,003	113.7

The quietest dates of 1997

Dates of 1997 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Friday	1,288	73.1
March 30	Sunday	1,318	74.8
October 26	Sunday	1,360	77.2
February 9	Sunday	1,370	77.8
November 2	Sunday	1,373	77.9
October 12	Sunday	1,373	77.9
December 25	Thursday	1,382	78.4
November 23	Sunday	1,382	78.4
October 19	Sunday	1,383	78.5
February 2	Sunday	1,386	78.7

1997 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 1997: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1997.

England & Wales, 1997: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,898
Friday	52	1,888
Wednesday	53	1,862
Tuesday	52	1,857
Monday	52	1,766
Saturday	52	1,597
Sunday	52	1,463

England & Wales, 1997: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	56,387	1,819
April	53,986	1,800
June	53,851	1,795
September	53,673	1,789
May	55,444	1,789
August	54,845	1,769
February	49,532	1,769
January	54,517	1,759
March	54,083	1,745
December	53,091	1,713
October	52,955	1,708
November	50,731	1,691

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Sources, method and limits

Source: Office for National Statistics, daily live births by date of occurrence, Table 12 of the births release of September 8, 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Births occurring in England and Wales, including to mothers resident elsewhere, as registered by the release date. 643,095 births over 365 days; the weekday of each day is taken from the calendar date. One year, one country, one series.

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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