What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 1968?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 1968
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

Published by Birthday Traffic · September 15, 2026 · Sources and method

July 2most births in 1968a Tuesday, 2,636 births
November 10fewest births in 1968a Sunday, 1,878 births
Maybusiest month per day2,430 births per day
97%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 1968, Metropolitan France recorded 835,796 births over 366 days, 2,284 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 2, a Tuesday, with 2,636 births; the quietest was November 10, a Sunday, with 1,878. May was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 97% of a weekday’s births. Within one year each date has one weekday, so every table here names it. The multi-year ranking for Metropolitan France is on its own page.

Every day of 1968 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 1968 in calendar order as one line, with the busiest and quietest dates marked and the year’s average day drawn across it.

The regular dips are weekends. The deepest dips are fixed holidays.

The busiest dates of 1968

Dates of 1968 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 2	Tuesday	2,636	115.4
May 14	Tuesday	2,584	113.2
May 6	Monday	2,563	112.2
July 1	Monday	2,557	112.0
May 4	Saturday	2,551	111.7
May 10	Friday	2,547	111.5
May 15	Wednesday	2,537	111.1
May 20	Monday	2,526	110.6
April 22	Monday	2,518	110.3
February 6	Tuesday	2,516	110.2
April 16	Tuesday	2,516	110.2

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

The quietest dates of 1968

Dates of 1968 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
November 10	Sunday	1,878	82.2
November 17	Sunday	1,932	84.6
November 3	Sunday	1,933	84.6
October 20	Sunday	1,949	85.3
December 25	Wednesday	1,965	86.0
November 11	Monday	1,983	86.8
December 22	Sunday	1,990	87.1
December 15	Sunday	1,990	87.1
October 27	Sunday	1,990	87.1
November 1	Friday	1,998	87.5

1968 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 1968: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1968.

Metropolitan France, 1968: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	53	2,321
Monday	53	2,311
Wednesday	52	2,307
Saturday	52	2,301
Friday	52	2,300
Thursday	52	2,290
Sunday	52	2,154

Metropolitan France, 1968: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
May	75,317	2,430
April	71,719	2,391
March	73,703	2,378
June	70,355	2,345
February	67,077	2,313
July	71,544	2,308
September	69,193	2,306
January	70,409	2,271
August	69,027	2,227
October	67,673	2,183
December	66,283	2,138
November	63,496	2,117

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Sources, method and limits

Source: INSEE, T79jnais, daily births in metropolitan France, open licence of the publisher. Metropolitan France only; the whole-of-France detail file behind the 2025 page is a separate series. 835,796 births over 366 days; the weekday of each day is taken from the calendar date. One year, one country, one series.

Every figure above comes from the administrative records named here, at the granularity those records publish: a day, a month or a year. Coverage and definitions differ between countries and eras, so two sources are combined only where their documentation states the windows are separate, and the page where that happens says so.

Full method, leap-day treatment and definitions.

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