What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2000?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2000
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

April 20most births in 2000a Thursday, 1,930 births
December 26fewest births in 2000a Tuesday, 1,173 births
Julybusiest month per day1,697 births per day
82%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2000, England and Wales recorded 604,441 births over 366 days, 1,651 on an average day. The busiest single date was April 20, a Thursday, with 1,930 births; the quietest was December 26, a Tuesday, with 1,173. July 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 2000 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2000 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 2000

Dates of 2000 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
April 20	Thursday	1,930	116.9
July 25	Tuesday	1,926	116.6
September 29	Friday	1,919	116.2
July 28	Friday	1,891	114.5
October 12	Thursday	1,889	114.4
May 3	Wednesday	1,875	113.5
November 8	Wednesday	1,869	113.2
May 25	Thursday	1,866	113.0
July 20	Thursday	1,866	113.0
July 26	Wednesday	1,866	113.0

The quietest dates of 2000

Dates of 2000 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Tuesday	1,173	71.0
December 25	Monday	1,195	72.4
February 20	Sunday	1,285	77.8
December 24	Sunday	1,293	78.3
October 22	Sunday	1,307	79.1
January 16	Sunday	1,310	79.3
October 15	Sunday	1,322	80.0
August 27	Sunday	1,327	80.4
March 12	Sunday	1,328	80.4
December 10	Sunday	1,331	80.6
February 13	Sunday	1,331	80.6

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

2000 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2000: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2000.

England & Wales, 2000: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,780
Friday	52	1,772
Wednesday	52	1,761
Tuesday	52	1,737
Monday	52	1,654
Saturday	53	1,489
Sunday	53	1,376

England & Wales, 2000: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	52,609	1,697
September	50,443	1,681
August	51,922	1,675
May	51,752	1,669
June	49,917	1,664
November	49,771	1,659
March	51,115	1,649
October	50,862	1,641
April	49,031	1,634
January	50,547	1,631
February	47,017	1,621
December	49,455	1,595

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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. 604,441 births over 366 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.

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