What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2019?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2019
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

October 2most births in 2019a Wednesday, 2,064 births
December 26fewest births in 2019a Thursday, 1,219 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,839 births per day
83%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2019, England and Wales recorded 640,370 births over 365 days, 1,754 on an average day. The busiest single date was October 2, a Wednesday, with 2,064 births; the quietest was December 26, a Thursday, with 1,219. September was the busiest month per day and Thursday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 83% 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 2019 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2019 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 2019

Dates of 2019 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
October 2	Wednesday	2,064	117.6
September 19	Thursday	2,037	116.1
September 25	Wednesday	2,036	116.0
September 27	Friday	2,032	115.8
June 13	Thursday	2,029	115.6
September 26	Thursday	2,026	115.5
July 26	Friday	2,013	114.7
July 25	Thursday	2,010	114.6
September 30	Monday	2,009	114.5
October 1	Tuesday	1,992	113.5

The quietest dates of 2019

Dates of 2019 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Thursday	1,219	69.5
December 25	Wednesday	1,263	72.0
April 14	Sunday	1,388	79.1
January 1	Tuesday	1,408	80.3
April 28	Sunday	1,421	81.0
December 28	Saturday	1,424	81.2
December 1	Sunday	1,427	81.3
April 22	Monday	1,437	81.9
March 31	Sunday	1,444	82.3
November 10	Sunday	1,445	82.4

2019 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2019: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2019.

England & Wales, 2019: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,872
Friday	52	1,866
Wednesday	52	1,852
Tuesday	53	1,829
Monday	52	1,790
Saturday	52	1,552
Sunday	52	1,519

England & Wales, 2019: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	55,164	1,839
July	56,440	1,821
August	55,359	1,786
June	53,539	1,785
October	55,281	1,783
May	55,108	1,778
January	53,677	1,732
November	51,922	1,731
February	48,203	1,722
March	52,880	1,706
April	51,148	1,705
December	51,649	1,666

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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. 640,370 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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