What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2013?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2013
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 19most births in 2013a Thursday, 2,245 births
December 26fewest births in 2013a Thursday, 1,474 births
Septemberbusiest month per day2,010 births per day
85%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2013, England and Wales recorded 698,512 births over 365 days, 1,914 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 19, a Thursday, with 2,245 births; the quietest was December 26, a Thursday, with 1,474. 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 2013 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2013 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 2013

Dates of 2013 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 19	Thursday	2,245	117.3
September 26	Thursday	2,230	116.5
September 18	Wednesday	2,210	115.5
September 27	Friday	2,210	115.5
September 24	Tuesday	2,199	114.9
September 5	Thursday	2,180	113.9
October 3	Thursday	2,177	113.8
October 1	Tuesday	2,164	113.1
October 17	Thursday	2,163	113.0
January 3	Thursday	2,137	111.7

The quietest dates of 2013

Dates of 2013 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Thursday	1,474	77.0
December 25	Wednesday	1,505	78.6
April 28	Sunday	1,513	79.1
April 21	Sunday	1,532	80.1
April 14	Sunday	1,559	81.5
December 1	Sunday	1,571	82.1
March 31	Sunday	1,587	82.9
February 24	Sunday	1,589	83.0
May 19	Sunday	1,593	83.2
December 8	Sunday	1,594	83.3

2013 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2013: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2013.

England & Wales, 2013: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	2,049
Friday	52	2,023
Wednesday	52	2,004
Tuesday	53	1,991
Monday	52	1,944
Saturday	52	1,728
Sunday	52	1,656

England & Wales, 2013: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	60,289	2,010
July	61,422	1,981
October	60,519	1,952
August	60,238	1,943
February	53,437	1,908
January	59,101	1,906
June	56,981	1,899
November	56,822	1,894
May	58,615	1,891
March	58,234	1,879
December	57,568	1,857
April	55,286	1,843

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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. 698,512 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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