What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2023?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2023
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 28most births in 2023a Thursday, 1,909 births
December 26fewest births in 2023a Tuesday, 1,051 births
Novemberbusiest month per day1,684 births per day
79%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2023, England and Wales recorded 591,072 births over 365 days, 1,619 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 28, a Thursday, with 1,909 births; the quietest was December 26, a Tuesday, with 1,051. November was the busiest month per day and Thursday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 79% 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 2023 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2023 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 2023

Dates of 2023 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 28	Thursday	1,909	117.9
September 29	Friday	1,906	117.7
November 3	Friday	1,894	117.0
April 6	Thursday	1,876	115.8
November 2	Thursday	1,870	115.5
October 5	Thursday	1,865	115.2
November 8	Wednesday	1,859	114.8
November 9	Thursday	1,857	114.7
September 21	Thursday	1,853	114.4
October 6	Friday	1,848	114.1
October 27	Friday	1,848	114.1

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

The quietest dates of 2023

Dates of 2023 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Tuesday	1,051	64.9
December 25	Monday	1,112	68.7
April 9	Sunday	1,250	77.2
March 26	Sunday	1,262	77.9
April 2	Sunday	1,264	78.1
March 25	Saturday	1,265	78.1
January 21	Saturday	1,284	79.3
December 31	Sunday	1,290	79.7
December 24	Sunday	1,290	79.7
March 19	Sunday	1,292	79.8

2023 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2023: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2023.

England & Wales, 2023: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,770
Wednesday	52	1,742
Friday	52	1,735
Tuesday	52	1,709
Monday	52	1,656
Saturday	52	1,367
Sunday	53	1,361

England & Wales, 2023: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
November	50,524	1,684
October	51,709	1,668
September	49,601	1,653
June	49,305	1,644
July	50,849	1,640
May	50,323	1,623
August	50,172	1,618
February	44,737	1,598
March	49,455	1,595
January	49,280	1,590
December	48,514	1,565
April	46,603	1,553

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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. 591,072 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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