Do winter babies arrive later?

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There's a rumor that winter babies go a little later than summer babies. In the table below, the "2/3 Range" means that 2/3 of all babies born during this month were between those days. 280 days exactly 40 weeks.

The page shows only babies born in the United States, and excludes all inductions.

Month# samples2/3 RangeAverage
January742266-286276.1
February646270-286277.2
March647269-286277.5
April638269-286277.6
May634268-286277.4
June699270-286277.9
July639270-287278.4
August616269-286277.5
September665269-286277.6
October632270-287278.2
November586268-287277.5
December1023273-283276.1

Due Date Survey Data

Due date statistics: A study on the length of pregnancy
Probability of delivery resulting from spontaneous labor after 35 weeks
Probability of delivery within x days of a given date
Length of pregnancy by week
Spontaneous labor and due date determination
Length of pregnancy, comparing subsequent births for individual moms
Length of pregnancy for first time vs. second & third time moms
Length of pregnancy, type of delivery
Gestation vs. Birthweight
Probablity of Induction after a given day
Average day of spontaneous labor vs. age of mother at time of birth
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What's the most common day of the week for babies to be born?
I'm still pregnant at 40W. What's it mean?
Do winter babies arrive later?
What if I know my conception date?
Are boys or girls born later?
Subsequent pregnancy date search
How do inductions bias the due date statistics?
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