If today is your birthday, we have some bad news for you.
Your ‘special’ day really isn’t that exceptional.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that today (27 September) is the most common day to be born in the UK.
In fact, the four most common birthdays – 27 September, 26 September, 25 September, and 23 September – have all taken place this week.
This shows that more babies are conceived in the weeks around Christmas than at any other time of the year.
In contrast, Christmas Day itself sees some of the fewest births, along with Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
So, just how unique is your birthday?
Use the Daily Mail’s interactive tool below to find out.
The 10 most common birthdays, according to Daily Mail’s analysis of the official ONS statistics, all occur in late September.
September 27 tops the charts, with an average of 1,939 babies born on that date each year.
The figures, calculated by averaging out every birth in England and Wales between 1995 and 2024, shows Boxing Day is the least common birthday.
Just 1,302 boys and girls are born on December 26 each year.
Our calculator reveals exactly where your birthday ranks out of all 366 days of the year – including February 29.
After Boxing Day, Christmas Day itself is the next least common birthday (1,370), followed by New Year’s Day (1,536).
Between 1995 and 2023 there were 19,051,773 live births in England and Wales, varying by year from 591,072 in 2023 to 729,674 in 2012.
There was a slight increase in the number of births between 2023 and 2024, with 3,605 extra arrivals.
The Christmas period has some of the least popular birthdays. Boxing Day was named the least common birthday, followed by Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, 27 December and Christmas Eve
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that today (26 September) is the most common day to be born in the UK
The 2023 figure was the lowest since the late 1970s.
Yet, despite the drop in numbers over recent years, the most and least popular days have remained relatively consistent.
The most popular days to be born fall approximately nine months after the festive period.
Analysts claim one reason September birthdays are so common is because couples might plan to have children who are the oldest in their school year.
Others put it down to couples having more sex over the Christmas break.
Explaining why the birthday figures fall over the Christmas and New Year period, the ONS said: ‘This is likely due to the large number of bank holidays over the period.
‘Hospitals will generally only be delivering natural births and carrying out emergency caesareans over the holidays.
‘Induced births and elective caesareans are likely to be scheduled on alternative dates.’
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