What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2018?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2018
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 27most births in 2018a Thursday, 2,068 births
December 26fewest births in 2018a Wednesday, 1,193 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,872 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2018, England and Wales recorded 657,076 births over 365 days, 1,800 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 27, a Thursday, with 2,068 births; the quietest was December 26, a Wednesday, with 1,193. 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 2018 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2018 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 2018

Dates of 2018 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 27	Thursday	2,068	114.9
September 20	Thursday	2,063	114.6
September 19	Wednesday	2,059	114.4
June 1	Friday	2,056	114.2
September 26	Wednesday	2,052	114.0
July 5	Thursday	2,046	113.7
January 12	Friday	2,027	112.6
September 13	Thursday	2,023	112.4
July 10	Tuesday	2,022	112.3
September 28	Friday	2,022	112.3

The quietest dates of 2018

Dates of 2018 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Wednesday	1,193	66.3
December 25	Tuesday	1,292	71.8
February 25	Sunday	1,449	80.5
March 4	Sunday	1,462	81.2
April 8	Sunday	1,464	81.3
March 25	Sunday	1,472	81.8
April 1	Sunday	1,484	82.4
February 11	Sunday	1,485	82.5
March 18	Sunday	1,490	82.8
February 18	Sunday	1,491	82.8

2018 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2018: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2018.

England & Wales, 2018: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,937
Friday	52	1,914
Wednesday	52	1,886
Tuesday	52	1,878
Monday	53	1,823
Saturday	52	1,608
Sunday	52	1,556

England & Wales, 2018: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	56,145	1,872
July	56,824	1,833
June	54,968	1,832
August	56,719	1,830
October	56,663	1,828
May	56,599	1,826
January	56,173	1,812
November	54,037	1,801
April	52,639	1,755
February	48,792	1,743
March	53,875	1,738
December	53,642	1,730

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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. 657,076 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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