# Births on Labor Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/births-on-labor-day/32264>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/births-on-labor-day/32264 "2000-09-06T19:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![J.Romanelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@J.Romanelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J.Romanelli)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/births-on-labor-day/32264/1 "2000-09-06T19:25:07Z")

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Has anyone done a research on a possibly significant increase in births on Labor Day (straight question, no laugh)?

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/births-on-labor-day/32264/2 "2000-09-06T19:31:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by J. Romanelli \*  
> \*\*Has anyone done a research on a possibly significant increase in births on Labor Day (straight question, no laugh)? \*\*

My sister in law had a Labor Day baby in 1994. Yes, she heard the “labor day” bit about a million times.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/births-on-labor-day/32264/3 "2000-09-06T20:02:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by J. Romanelli \*  
> \*\*Has anyone done a research on a possibly significant increase in births on Labor Day (straight question, no laugh)? \*\*

What, it’s nine months after Christmas? How about checking for kids whose birthday is nine months after their father’s birthday!