No need to make a wish for some (Picture: Getty)

In today’s slightly random survey news, it’s been revealed that July 28 is the best date for a birthday.

We’d wish you many happy returns for Thursday, but, quite frankly, you don’t need them.

Because those born on July 28 have an extra happy birthday, according to a new poll, commissioned by Interflora.

Researchers interviewed 2,000 Brits about their birthdays and analysed contributing factors including chance of sunshine, the proximity to payday and the average number of presents received.


July 28 was decreed the best birthday date of all, thanks to the likelihood of good weather, the closeness to payday and the ‘feel good’ summer factor – helped this year by events such as the forthcoming Olympics and a successful Wimbledon.

This is someone who was born on 28th July (Picture: Imgur)

And summer babies are generally happier across the board – the happiest months to celebrate are June (60%), July (59%) and August (53%).



Compare that to winter babies. Spare a thought for anyone born on December 16 – it’s apparently the worst day of the year to celebrate a birthday, with a third of December babies saying their big day always gets overlooked and 27% saying they usually get their birthday presents wrapped in Christmas paper.

January and November babies are pretty down in the dumps about the whole thing too – 15% and 11% of people respectively declared themselves ‘unhappy’ with their birth date.

This is someone born on 16th December (Picture: Reuters)

To add insult to injury, summer babies are also generally more successful at life.

Those born in June are more likely than any other month to have a Doctorate, or a Post-Graduate degree, while people born in August are most likely to be top earners compared with any other month with 12% earning more than £45,000.

On the flip slide, those born in December are least likely to become a top earner with just 4% confirming they are in the top wage bracket.

While we try to think of some positives for December babies that don’t involve the ‘C’ word (gifts of snuggly cashmere jumpers? Cosy soirees in front of the fire?), why not rate your own birthday out of 10 using Interflora’s handy calculator?

What could possibly go wrong? Oh.

MORE: 11 reasons December birthdays are the best

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