"Figure 6: The percentage of births on Sundays has been increasing since the start of the century","" "Percentage of births per day of the week, in an average week, England and Wales, 1995 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. The percentages in this chart show the number of births per day of an average week each year, as a proportion of the total number of births in an average week in that year. This controls for the fact that in some years certain days of the week occur more often than in other years." "Unit","%" "","" "","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday" "1995","14.0","15.0","15.3","15.5","15.3","13.0","11.9" "1996","14.2","15.1","15.1","15.3","15.3","13.1","11.9" "1997","14.3","15.1","15.1","15.4","15.3","12.9","11.9" "1998","14.2","15.0","15.2","15.4","15.3","13.0","11.8" "1999","14.3","15.0","15.1","15.5","15.3","12.9","11.9" "2000","14.3","15.0","15.2","15.4","15.3","12.9","11.9" "2001","14.3","15.0","15.2","15.4","15.4","12.9","11.8" "2002","14.5","15.0","15.2","15.3","15.3","12.8","11.9" "2003","14.5","15.0","15.2","15.2","15.2","12.9","12.0" "2004","14.4","14.9","15.2","15.1","15.3","12.9","12.2" "2005","14.3","14.9","15.1","15.2","15.4","12.9","12.1" "2006","14.3","14.8","15.1","15.2","15.3","13.0","12.3" "2007","14.4","14.9","15.0","15.2","15.3","13.0","12.2" "2008","14.5","14.9","15.0","15.1","15.2","12.9","12.3" "2009","14.4","15.1","15.1","15.2","15.1","12.8","12.3" "2010","14.3","15.0","15.0","15.3","15.1","13.0","12.4" "2011","14.4","15.0","15.0","15.3","15.1","13.0","12.4" "2012","14.4","14.8","15.0","15.3","15.2","12.9","12.3" "2013","14.5","14.9","15.0","15.3","15.1","12.9","12.4" "2014","14.4","15.0","15.0","15.3","15.0","12.9","12.3" "2015","14.4","15.0","15.1","15.3","15.0","12.8","12.4" "2016","14.4","14.9","15.0","15.4","15.1","12.8","12.3" "2017","14.4","14.8","15.1","15.3","15.2","12.8","12.4" "2018","14.5","14.9","15.0","15.4","15.2","12.8","12.3"