What was the most common birthday in England & Wales in 2024?

Name: England and Wales births by day, 2024
Creator: Office for National Statistics
Published: 2026-09-15

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

February 23most births in 2024a Friday, 1,880 births
December 26fewest births in 2024a Thursday, 1,050 births
Septemberbusiest month per day1,697 births per day
79%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2024, England and Wales recorded 594,677 births over 366 days, 1,625 on an average day. The busiest single date was February 23, a Friday, with 1,880 births; the quietest was December 26, a Thursday, with 1,050. September 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 2024 in England & Wales: recorded births

Every day of 2024 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 2024

Dates of 2024 with the most recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
February 23	Friday	1,880	115.7
September 6	Friday	1,871	115.2
September 19	Thursday	1,866	114.8
May 3	Friday	1,855	114.2
September 16	Monday	1,855	114.2
September 18	Wednesday	1,854	114.1
September 20	Friday	1,853	114.0
September 5	Thursday	1,852	114.0
September 12	Thursday	1,849	113.8
May 16	Thursday	1,846	113.6

The quietest dates of 2024

Dates of 2024 with the fewest recorded births in England & Wales
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 26	Thursday	1,050	64.6
December 25	Wednesday	1,143	70.3
December 8	Sunday	1,244	76.6
March 31	Sunday	1,260	77.5
January 1	Monday	1,272	78.3
November 30	Saturday	1,277	78.6
December 1	Sunday	1,292	79.5
October 26	Saturday	1,294	79.6
November 23	Saturday	1,300	80.0
June 30	Sunday	1,301	80.1

2024 by weekday and by month

England & Wales, 2024: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2024.

England & Wales, 2024: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	1,755
Friday	52	1,741
Tuesday	53	1,737
Wednesday	52	1,728
Monday	53	1,680
Saturday	52	1,366
Sunday	52	1,364

England & Wales, 2024: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	50,919	1,697
February	48,004	1,655
October	51,257	1,653
May	51,067	1,647
July	51,038	1,646
August	50,569	1,631
April	48,868	1,629
January	50,058	1,615
March	49,641	1,601
June	47,586	1,586
November	47,565	1,586
December	48,105	1,552

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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. 594,677 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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