Birth Months

[bednobs]

are there any national statistics as to which month has the most births? Or are they pretty evenly spread out? I only ask cause i seem to have "clusters" of friends birthdays (a lot in february and a lot in April)

[Barmaid]

You might try the ONS website (office of national statistics). I know what you mean though, 90% of my family's birthdays are in December, January and February. Makes me wonder what bored my family in April/May/June.

[bednobs]

i wonder if it's because the sun starts to come out and suddenly everyone is a bit happier?

I always think my april ones are dur to everyone being on holiday in july

[Barmaid]

We are all farmers, so I imagine, those months weren't quite so busy on the farm!!!!!!

[Psybbo]

I thought it used to be because of power cuts

[losgigs]

Have always thought that September has highest incidence of births, in some countries anyway. (Count back 9 months..) We have quite a cluster of September birthdays in our family, and April too!

[EcclesCake]

This is something that I have often pondered as I also have friends whose birthdays are in clusters.

I had a friend who was one of ten children, six of them had a birthday in May. I often wondered which of the parents had a birthday in the late summer.....

[EDDIE51]

I remember an old rhyme
Hooray , hooray
The first of May
Outdoor sex begins today.
That might have something to do with it.

[DSJ]

Our family's birthdays are August, September, October, November, December, January, February & March. That's it - one in each month. What does that say about us? Neat perhaps!

[carrust]

I was born in April. If you count back in months you'll find that August is the ninth month.....most of us are holiday conceptions. Our parents should've taken more care:-)

[Buenchico]

I hate the ONS website; it's so ruddy difficult to navigate!

However the most recent figures seem to be for 2010. Live births in England and Wales were recorded as follows:
Jan: 60,179
Feb: 54,551
Mar: 59,965
Apr: 57,196
May: 59,444
Jun: 59,459
Jul: 62,166
Aug: 60,598
Sep: 62,986
Oct: 64,542
Nov: 60,745
Dec: 61,334

[ummmm]

My family are mainly June, July and August.

[bednobs]

interesting chris - october it is! Which i odd cause i know NO-ONE with a birthday in October

[ummmm]

My son is October :-)

[DJHawkes]

100 years ago, and maybe less in urban areas, September was the worst month to give birth as it meant a baby brought into the world in poverty had to struggle to survive through winter when it would be at it's most vulnerable. spring babies had a stronger chance of survival beyond 1 year.

[lcg]

those born in winter months are more prone to mental illness (just thought i'd brighten everyone's day) x

[DJHawkes]

depends when your winter is though, what about australians?

[ummmm]

In their winter months I would guess.

[4getmenot]

i can work out my parents jiggy night. Redcrx was conceived new year, my bro valentines, me on my sis bday and my lil sis the same lol

[jno]

just the three nights, then?

[4getmenot]

four and probably on their honeymoon :-)