What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2014?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2014
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 25most births in 2014a Thursday, 2,240 births
December 26fewest births in 2014a Friday, 1,361 births
Septemberbusiest month per day2,040 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2014, England and Wales recorded 695,233 births over 365 days, 1,905 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 25, a Thursday, with 2,240 births; the quietest was December 26, a Friday, with 1,361. 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 2014 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2014 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 2014

Dates of 2014 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 25	Thursday	2,240	117.6
September 26	Friday	2,234	117.3
October 10	Friday	2,226	116.9
September 23	Tuesday	2,221	116.6
September 19	Friday	2,218	116.4
September 18	Thursday	2,196	115.3
September 4	Thursday	2,194	115.2
July 24	Thursday	2,168	113.8
September 9	Tuesday	2,153	113.0
September 30	Tuesday	2,153	113.0

The quietest dates of 2014

Dates of 2014 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Friday	1,361	71.5
December 25	Thursday	1,440	75.6
December 27	Saturday	1,494	78.4
March 30	Sunday	1,500	78.8
December 28	Sunday	1,519	79.7
December 21	Sunday	1,547	81.2
April 20	Sunday	1,568	82.3
November 30	Sunday	1,570	82.4
April 21	Monday	1,571	82.5
August 25	Monday	1,574	82.6
February 23	Sunday	1,574	82.6

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

2014 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2014: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2014.

England & Wales, 2014: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	2,036
Tuesday	52	2,006
Friday	52	2,004
Wednesday	53	1,998
Monday	52	1,922
Saturday	52	1,720
Sunday	52	1,645

England & Wales, 2014: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	61,197	2,040
October	61,152	1,973
July	60,516	1,952
June	57,190	1,906
August	59,065	1,905
February	53,278	1,903
May	58,898	1,900
January	58,213	1,878
November	55,971	1,866
March	57,465	1,854
April	55,310	1,844
December	56,978	1,838

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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. 695,233 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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