Information required to register a birth
At your appointment to register the birth, the Registrar will take you through the registration procedures and offer any advice or guidance required.
What information does the Registrar need to know?
The Registrar will need the following information about the baby, the father and the mother:
The Baby
- date and place of the baby's birth (if the births are twins, triplets etc. the time of birth for each baby will also be required)
- forenames and surname in which you intend to bring the baby up
The Father (when his details are to be entered in the Register)
- full name and surname at the time of the baby's birth
- his own place of birth
- his occupation at the time of the baby's birth
The Mother
- full name and surname at the time of the baby's birth.
- maiden surname if she is or has been married.
- her own place of birth.
- usual home address at the date of the baby's birth.
- occupation (If the mother has been employed at any time before the birth this occupation can be entered if she wishes)
Other information needed
The following details will remain confidential. They will not be entered in the Register and will not appear on any birth certificate. The Registrar will ask:
- if the parents were married to each other at the time of the birth, and if they were, the date of the marriage
- the number of children the mother has had previously by her present husband or any former husband
- the dates of birth of the parents