What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2020?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2020
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

October 1most births in 2020a Thursday, 1,962 births
December 26fewest births in 2020a Saturday, 1,076 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,769 births per day
83%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2020, England and Wales recorded 613,936 births over 366 days, 1,677 on an average day. The busiest single date was October 1, a Thursday, with 1,962 births; the quietest was December 26, a Saturday, with 1,076. 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 2020 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2020 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 2020

Dates of 2020 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
October 1	Thursday	1,962	117.0
July 30	Thursday	1,941	115.7
September 24	Thursday	1,935	115.4
September 23	Wednesday	1,916	114.2
October 2	Friday	1,910	113.9
September 17	Thursday	1,909	113.8
September 15	Tuesday	1,904	113.5
September 25	Friday	1,900	113.3
September 22	Tuesday	1,897	113.1
July 29	Wednesday	1,894	112.9

The quietest dates of 2020

Dates of 2020 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Saturday	1,076	64.1
December 25	Friday	1,135	67.7
December 27	Sunday	1,194	71.2
December 13	Sunday	1,256	74.9
December 28	Monday	1,290	76.9
December 12	Saturday	1,294	77.1
March 29	Sunday	1,326	79.0
December 5	Saturday	1,345	80.2
December 20	Sunday	1,352	80.6
November 29	Sunday	1,360	81.1

2020 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2020: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2020.

England & Wales, 2020: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	53	1,799
Friday	52	1,773
Wednesday	53	1,771
Tuesday	52	1,768
Monday	52	1,706
Saturday	52	1,469
Sunday	52	1,451

England & Wales, 2020: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	53,079	1,769
October	53,624	1,730
July	53,515	1,726
June	51,495	1,717
January	52,804	1,703
May	52,094	1,680
August	51,662	1,667
February	48,317	1,666
November	49,638	1,655
March	51,080	1,648
April	49,337	1,645
December	47,291	1,526

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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. 613,936 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.

Full method, leap-day treatment and definitions.

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