What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2009?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2009
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

October 1most births in 2009a Thursday, 2,242 births
December 26fewest births in 2009a Saturday, 1,534 births
Septemberbusiest month per day2,004 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2009, England and Wales recorded 706,248 births over 365 days, 1,935 on an average day. The busiest single date was October 1, a Thursday, with 2,242 births; the quietest was December 26, a Saturday, with 1,534. September was the busiest month per day and Thursday 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 2009 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2009 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 2009

Dates of 2009 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
October 1	Thursday	2,242	115.9
October 2	Friday	2,217	114.6
September 24	Thursday	2,205	114.0
December 30	Wednesday	2,202	113.8
September 29	Tuesday	2,198	113.6
December 31	Thursday	2,196	113.5
September 25	Friday	2,189	113.1
April 9	Thursday	2,188	113.1
July 1	Wednesday	2,173	112.3
September 22	Tuesday	2,173	112.3

The quietest dates of 2009

Dates of 2009 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Saturday	1,534	79.3
March 29	Sunday	1,546	79.9
January 11	Sunday	1,557	80.5
April 5	Sunday	1,579	81.6
January 18	Sunday	1,580	81.7
February 8	Sunday	1,584	81.9
July 5	Sunday	1,587	82.0
January 3	Saturday	1,595	82.4
March 8	Sunday	1,597	82.5
December 25	Friday	1,605	82.9

2009 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2009: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2009.

England & Wales, 2009: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	53	2,053
Friday	52	2,049
Wednesday	52	2,044
Tuesday	52	2,040
Monday	52	1,951
Saturday	52	1,737
Sunday	52	1,668

England & Wales, 2009: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	60,130	2,004
July	61,636	1,988
October	61,529	1,985
November	59,172	1,972
June	58,620	1,954
December	60,207	1,942
August	59,495	1,919
April	57,447	1,915
May	59,058	1,905
February	53,033	1,894
March	58,560	1,889
January	57,361	1,850

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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. 706,248 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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