What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2012?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2012
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 27most births in 2012a Thursday, 2,383 births
December 25fewest births in 2012a Tuesday, 1,554 births
Septemberbusiest month per day2,098 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2012, England and Wales recorded 729,674 births over 366 days, 1,994 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 27, a Thursday, with 2,383 births; the quietest was December 25, a Tuesday, with 1,554. 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 2012 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2012 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 2012

Dates of 2012 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 27	Thursday	2,383	119.5
October 4	Thursday	2,322	116.5
September 20	Thursday	2,316	116.2
September 26	Wednesday	2,285	114.6
September 25	Tuesday	2,277	114.2
September 18	Tuesday	2,274	114.1
October 2	Tuesday	2,272	114.0
October 5	Friday	2,272	114.0
September 28	Friday	2,267	113.7
September 19	Wednesday	2,256	113.2
September 21	Friday	2,256	113.2

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

The quietest dates of 2012

Dates of 2012 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Tuesday	1,554	77.9
April 15	Sunday	1,587	79.6
December 26	Wednesday	1,601	80.3
November 25	Sunday	1,627	81.6
December 9	Sunday	1,631	81.8
April 1	Sunday	1,632	81.9
February 26	Sunday	1,654	83.0
March 4	Sunday	1,656	83.1
June 17	Sunday	1,660	83.3
March 25	Sunday	1,662	83.4

2012 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2012: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2012.

England & Wales, 2012: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	2,140
Friday	52	2,124
Wednesday	52	2,090
Tuesday	52	2,064
Monday	53	2,016
Saturday	52	1,802
Sunday	53	1,723

England & Wales, 2012: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	62,949	2,098
October	63,387	2,045
May	62,736	2,024
August	61,995	2,000
January	61,942	1,998
July	61,920	1,997
June	59,664	1,989
November	59,593	1,986
March	61,043	1,969
February	56,783	1,958
April	58,088	1,936
December	59,574	1,922

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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. 729,674 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.

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