What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2002?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2002
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 25most births in 2002a Wednesday, 1,969 births
January 13fewest births in 2002a Sunday, 1,266 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,731 births per day
82%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Friday busiest

In 2002, England and Wales recorded 596,122 births over 365 days, 1,633 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 25, a Wednesday, with 1,969 births; the quietest was January 13, a Sunday, with 1,266. September was the busiest month per day and Friday 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 2002 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2002 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 2002

Dates of 2002 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 25	Wednesday	1,969	120.6
October 2	Wednesday	1,918	117.4
September 27	Friday	1,915	117.3
October 4	Friday	1,910	116.9
September 24	Tuesday	1,908	116.8
September 26	Thursday	1,902	116.5
September 20	Friday	1,899	116.3
September 19	Thursday	1,894	116.0
September 30	Monday	1,890	115.7
December 20	Friday	1,885	115.4

The quietest dates of 2002

Dates of 2002 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
January 13	Sunday	1,266	77.5
March 24	Sunday	1,270	77.8
March 17	Sunday	1,272	77.9
April 21	Sunday	1,287	78.8
April 14	Sunday	1,289	78.9
December 26	Thursday	1,290	79.0
October 20	Sunday	1,292	79.1
February 24	Sunday	1,294	79.2
November 10	Sunday	1,295	79.3
April 1	Monday	1,295	79.3

2002 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2002: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2002.

England & Wales, 2002: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Friday	52	1,752
Thursday	52	1,749
Wednesday	52	1,738
Tuesday	53	1,711
Monday	52	1,657
Saturday	52	1,466
Sunday	52	1,358

England & Wales, 2002: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	51,933	1,731
October	52,241	1,685
July	51,984	1,677
August	51,122	1,649
May	50,726	1,636
November	48,611	1,620
June	48,539	1,618
February	45,150	1,613
December	49,739	1,604
April	47,940	1,598
January	49,165	1,586
March	48,972	1,580

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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. 596,122 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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