What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2001?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2001
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 27most births in 2001a Thursday, 1,956 births
December 26fewest births in 2001a Wednesday, 1,147 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,689 births per day
82%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2001, England and Wales recorded 594,634 births over 365 days, 1,629 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 27, a Thursday, with 1,956 births; the quietest was December 26, a Wednesday, with 1,147. September 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 2001 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2001 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 2001

Dates of 2001 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 27	Thursday	1,956	120.1
September 20	Thursday	1,926	118.2
September 14	Friday	1,910	117.2
October 2	Tuesday	1,871	114.8
October 3	Wednesday	1,862	114.3
October 5	Friday	1,860	114.2
May 24	Thursday	1,859	114.1
September 21	Friday	1,858	114.0
May 30	Wednesday	1,856	113.9
October 10	Wednesday	1,854	113.8

The quietest dates of 2001

Dates of 2001 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Wednesday	1,147	70.4
April 1	Sunday	1,215	74.6
December 25	Tuesday	1,227	75.3
March 25	Sunday	1,240	76.1
December 2	Sunday	1,250	76.7
December 9	Sunday	1,253	76.9
August 27	Monday	1,262	77.5
March 11	Sunday	1,280	78.6
April 8	Sunday	1,284	78.8
February 18	Sunday	1,287	79.0

2001 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2001: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2001.

England & Wales, 2001: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,761
Friday	52	1,754
Wednesday	52	1,728
Tuesday	52	1,715
Monday	53	1,631
Saturday	52	1,466
Sunday	52	1,349

England & Wales, 2001: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	50,680	1,689
May	51,474	1,660
October	51,364	1,657
July	51,328	1,656
June	49,483	1,649
August	50,958	1,644
January	50,591	1,632
November	48,417	1,614
February	45,150	1,613
March	49,793	1,606
April	47,805	1,594
December	47,591	1,535

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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. 594,634 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.

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