What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2008?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2008
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 19most births in 2008a Friday, 2,239 births
December 26fewest births in 2008a Friday, 1,452 births
Septemberbusiest month per day2,008 births per day
85%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Friday busiest

In 2008, England and Wales recorded 708,711 births over 366 days, 1,936 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 19, a Friday, with 2,239 births; the quietest was December 26, a Friday, with 1,452. September was the busiest month per day and Friday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 85% 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 2008 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2008 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 2008

Dates of 2008 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 19	Friday	2,239	115.6
May 2	Friday	2,197	113.5
August 8	Friday	2,191	113.1
July 16	Wednesday	2,181	112.6
January 4	Friday	2,177	112.4
July 24	Thursday	2,176	112.4
October 1	Wednesday	2,169	112.0
May 23	Friday	2,154	111.2
June 10	Tuesday	2,152	111.1
September 24	Wednesday	2,152	111.1

The quietest dates of 2008

Dates of 2008 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Friday	1,452	75.0
February 17	Sunday	1,481	76.5
December 25	Thursday	1,522	78.6
December 27	Saturday	1,525	78.8
December 28	Sunday	1,542	79.6
April 6	Sunday	1,561	80.6
January 20	Sunday	1,565	80.8
October 19	Sunday	1,575	81.3
December 7	Sunday	1,576	81.4
March 9	Sunday	1,576	81.4

2008 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2008: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2008.

England & Wales, 2008: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Friday	52	2,057
Thursday	52	2,043
Wednesday	53	2,036
Tuesday	53	2,024
Monday	52	1,966
Saturday	52	1,753
Sunday	52	1,672

England & Wales, 2008: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	60,229	2,008
July	61,811	1,994
June	58,491	1,950
August	60,407	1,949
May	60,405	1,949
April	58,064	1,935
October	59,749	1,927
January	59,691	1,926
November	57,201	1,907
February	55,226	1,904
March	58,846	1,898
December	58,591	1,890

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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. 708,711 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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