What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 1998?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 1998
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 24most births in 1998a Thursday, 2,075 births
December 26fewest births in 1998a Saturday, 1,294 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,845 births per day
83%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 1998, England and Wales recorded 635,901 births over 365 days, 1,742 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 24, a Thursday, with 2,075 births; the quietest was December 26, a Saturday, with 1,294. September 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 1998 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 1998 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 1998

Dates of 1998 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 24	Thursday	2,075	119.1
September 23	Wednesday	2,051	117.7
August 7	Friday	2,041	117.2
September 25	Friday	2,036	116.9
April 9	Thursday	2,017	115.8
October 1	Thursday	2,008	115.3
September 30	Wednesday	2,007	115.2
July 30	Thursday	2,005	115.1
September 18	Friday	2,005	115.1
June 19	Friday	1,997	114.6

The quietest dates of 1998

Dates of 1998 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Saturday	1,294	74.3
December 13	Sunday	1,325	76.1
March 29	Sunday	1,340	76.9
November 15	Sunday	1,348	77.4
November 29	Sunday	1,349	77.4
November 22	Sunday	1,355	77.8
April 5	Sunday	1,369	78.6
November 1	Sunday	1,376	79.0
January 11	Sunday	1,386	79.6
May 24	Sunday	1,392	79.9

1998 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 1998: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1998.

England & Wales, 1998: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	53	1,876
Friday	52	1,871
Wednesday	52	1,854
Tuesday	52	1,833
Monday	52	1,731
Saturday	52	1,584
Sunday	52	1,444

England & Wales, 1998: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	55,342	1,845
July	56,361	1,818
June	53,117	1,771
August	54,437	1,756
April	52,421	1,747
February	48,795	1,743
March	53,626	1,730
October	53,619	1,730
January	53,423	1,723
May	53,020	1,710
November	50,147	1,672
December	51,593	1,664

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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. 635,901 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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