What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 1987?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 1987
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

June 30most births in 1987a Tuesday, 2,668 births
December 25fewest births in 1987a Friday, 1,447 births
Junebusiest month per day2,276 births per day
83%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 1987, Metropolitan France recorded 767,828 births over 365 days, 2,104 on an average day. The busiest single date was June 30, a Tuesday, with 2,668 births; the quietest was December 25, a Friday, with 1,447. June was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 83% 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 1987 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 1987 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 1987

Dates of 1987 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
June 30	Tuesday	2,668	126.8
May 7	Thursday	2,560	121.7
May 26	Tuesday	2,545	121.0
June 26	Friday	2,505	119.1
July 7	Tuesday	2,501	118.9
May 12	Tuesday	2,497	118.7
May 5	Tuesday	2,493	118.5
June 16	Tuesday	2,488	118.3
May 21	Thursday	2,485	118.1
June 4	Thursday	2,485	118.1

The quietest dates of 1987

Dates of 1987 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Friday	1,447	68.8
October 18	Sunday	1,565	74.4
August 30	Sunday	1,574	74.8
January 1	Thursday	1,585	75.3
November 22	Sunday	1,598	76.0
October 11	Sunday	1,606	76.3
January 11	Sunday	1,614	76.7
November 15	Sunday	1,637	77.8
November 1	Sunday	1,640	78.0
September 6	Sunday	1,642	78.1

1987 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 1987: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1987.

Metropolitan France, 1987: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,258
Thursday	53	2,214
Wednesday	52	2,200
Friday	52	2,197
Monday	52	2,178
Saturday	52	1,941
Sunday	52	1,735

Metropolitan France, 1987: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
June	68,275	2,276
May	69,074	2,228
July	67,974	2,193
April	64,830	2,161
September	63,190	2,106
March	64,507	2,081
August	64,129	2,069
October	63,511	2,049
February	57,137	2,041
December	62,884	2,029
January	62,628	2,020
November	59,689	1,990

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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. 767,828 births over 365 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.

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