What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2004?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2004
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 24most births in 2004a Friday, 2,053 births
December 26fewest births in 2004a Sunday, 1,306 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,852 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Friday busiest

In 2004, England and Wales recorded 639,721 births over 366 days, 1,748 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 24, a Friday, with 2,053 births; the quietest was December 26, a Sunday, with 1,306. September was the busiest month per day and Friday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 84% 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 2004 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2004 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 2004

Dates of 2004 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 24	Friday	2,053	117.5
September 23	Thursday	2,048	117.2
September 28	Tuesday	2,035	116.4
September 21	Tuesday	2,013	115.2
August 11	Wednesday	2,001	114.5
November 12	Friday	2,001	114.5
July 30	Friday	1,999	114.4
October 1	Friday	1,993	114.0
September 29	Wednesday	1,984	113.5
December 17	Friday	1,980	113.3

The quietest dates of 2004

Dates of 2004 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Sunday	1,306	74.7
December 25	Saturday	1,344	76.9
May 23	Sunday	1,381	79.0
April 12	Monday	1,389	79.5
February 15	Sunday	1,392	79.6
April 4	Sunday	1,397	79.9
March 21	Sunday	1,406	80.4
April 18	Sunday	1,408	80.6
November 14	Sunday	1,422	81.4
March 28	Sunday	1,423	81.4

2004 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2004: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2004.

England & Wales, 2004: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Friday	53	1,875
Wednesday	52	1,863
Thursday	53	1,851
Tuesday	52	1,820
Monday	52	1,757
Saturday	52	1,576
Sunday	52	1,488

England & Wales, 2004: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	55,556	1,852
July	55,619	1,794
October	55,368	1,786
June	53,313	1,777
November	52,899	1,763
August	54,270	1,751
December	53,416	1,723
April	51,383	1,713
January	53,028	1,711
March	52,793	1,703
February	49,350	1,702
May	52,726	1,701

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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. 639,721 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.

Full method, leap-day treatment and definitions.

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