What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2006?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2006
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 22most births in 2006a Friday, 2,205 births
December 26fewest births in 2006a Tuesday, 1,357 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,969 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Friday busiest

In 2006, England and Wales recorded 669,601 births over 365 days, 1,835 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 22, a Friday, with 2,205 births; the quietest was December 26, a Tuesday, with 1,357. 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 2006 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2006 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 2006

Dates of 2006 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 22	Friday	2,205	120.2
September 21	Thursday	2,145	116.9
October 5	Thursday	2,134	116.3
September 27	Wednesday	2,133	116.3
September 28	Thursday	2,131	116.2
September 19	Tuesday	2,105	114.7
September 18	Monday	2,100	114.5
September 13	Wednesday	2,090	113.9
September 12	Tuesday	2,086	113.7
September 15	Friday	2,084	113.6
December 29	Friday	2,084	113.6

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

The quietest dates of 2006

Dates of 2006 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Tuesday	1,357	74.0
December 25	Monday	1,389	75.7
April 16	Sunday	1,434	78.2
January 2	Monday	1,453	79.2
December 24	Sunday	1,460	79.6
April 2	Sunday	1,460	79.6
January 15	Sunday	1,463	79.7
January 8	Sunday	1,464	79.8
May 7	Sunday	1,492	81.3
March 12	Sunday	1,494	81.4

2006 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2006: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2006.

England & Wales, 2006: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Friday	52	1,963
Thursday	52	1,957
Wednesday	52	1,941
Tuesday	52	1,903
Monday	52	1,842
Saturday	52	1,667
Sunday	53	1,574

England & Wales, 2006: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	59,065	1,969
October	58,467	1,886
August	58,367	1,883
June	56,463	1,882
July	57,486	1,854
November	55,541	1,851
May	56,724	1,830
March	55,861	1,802
February	50,196	1,793
December	54,976	1,773
April	52,993	1,766
January	53,462	1,725

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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. 669,601 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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