What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 1999?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 1999
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

May 28most births in 1999a Friday, 2,021 births
December 26fewest births in 1999a Sunday, 1,312 births
Junebusiest month per day1,768 births per day
82%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 1999, England and Wales recorded 621,872 births over 365 days, 1,704 on an average day. The busiest single date was May 28, a Friday, with 2,021 births; the quietest was December 26, a Sunday, with 1,312. June was the busiest month per day and Thursday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 82% 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 1999 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 1999 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 1999

Dates of 1999 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
May 28	Friday	2,021	118.6
May 27	Thursday	1,986	116.6
June 17	Thursday	1,983	116.4
May 20	Thursday	1,959	115.0
September 17	Friday	1,953	114.6
April 1	Thursday	1,937	113.7
September 21	Tuesday	1,931	113.3
July 29	Thursday	1,928	113.2
May 7	Friday	1,924	112.9
July 23	Friday	1,922	112.8

The quietest dates of 1999

Dates of 1999 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Sunday	1,312	77.0
December 25	Saturday	1,326	77.8
October 24	Sunday	1,330	78.1
February 14	Sunday	1,340	78.6
April 11	Sunday	1,348	79.1
January 31	Sunday	1,348	79.1
November 28	Sunday	1,355	79.5
January 24	Sunday	1,358	79.7
October 17	Sunday	1,359	79.8
November 21	Sunday	1,360	79.8

1999 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 1999: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1999.

England & Wales, 1999: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,844
Friday	53	1,823
Wednesday	52	1,804
Tuesday	52	1,794
Monday	52	1,708
Saturday	52	1,534
Sunday	52	1,417

England & Wales, 1999: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
June	53,025	1,768
July	54,524	1,759
September	52,676	1,756
May	53,469	1,725
March	53,298	1,719
August	52,921	1,707
February	47,615	1,701
April	50,756	1,692
December	51,557	1,663
November	49,850	1,662
January	51,168	1,651
October	51,013	1,646

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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. 621,872 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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