What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2011?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2011
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

April 21most births in 2011a Thursday, 2,253 births
December 26fewest births in 2011a Monday, 1,505 births
Septemberbusiest month per day2,035 births per day
85%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2011, England and Wales recorded 723,913 births over 365 days, 1,983 on an average day. The busiest single date was April 21, a Thursday, with 2,253 births; the quietest was December 26, a Monday, with 1,505. September was the busiest month per day and Thursday 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 2011 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2011 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 2011

Dates of 2011 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
April 21	Thursday	2,253	113.6
September 29	Thursday	2,246	113.2
November 11	Friday	2,245	113.2
September 30	Friday	2,237	112.8
June 9	Thursday	2,226	112.2
December 21	Wednesday	2,215	111.7
September 22	Thursday	2,212	111.5
July 28	Thursday	2,209	111.4
July 12	Tuesday	2,205	111.2
September 28	Wednesday	2,200	110.9

The quietest dates of 2011

Dates of 2011 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Monday	1,505	75.9
December 27	Tuesday	1,556	78.5
March 27	Sunday	1,586	80.0
December 25	Sunday	1,594	80.4
April 25	Monday	1,620	81.7
April 10	Sunday	1,633	82.3
January 23	Sunday	1,640	82.7
March 19	Saturday	1,646	83.0
May 1	Sunday	1,650	83.2
February 6	Sunday	1,650	83.2

2011 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2011: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2011.

England & Wales, 2011: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	2,123
Friday	52	2,091
Wednesday	52	2,076
Tuesday	52	2,076
Monday	52	1,996
Saturday	53	1,799
Sunday	52	1,724

England & Wales, 2011: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	61,058	2,035
July	63,002	2,032
June	60,835	2,028
November	60,589	2,020
August	61,806	1,994
October	61,679	1,990
December	61,071	1,970
May	60,978	1,967
February	54,998	1,964
January	60,232	1,943
March	59,814	1,929
April	57,851	1,928

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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. 723,913 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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