What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 1990?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 1990
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

May 4most births in 1990a Friday, 2,564 births
March 25fewest births in 1990a Sunday, 1,468 births
Julybusiest month per day2,221 births per day
80%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 1990, Metropolitan France recorded 762,407 births over 365 days, 2,089 on an average day. The busiest single date was May 4, a Friday, with 2,564 births; the quietest was March 25, a Sunday, with 1,468. July was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 80% 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 1990 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 1990 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 1990

Dates of 1990 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
May 4	Friday	2,564	122.8
June 26	Tuesday	2,540	121.6
May 3	Thursday	2,520	120.6
July 20	Friday	2,492	119.3
July 27	Friday	2,483	118.9
July 12	Thursday	2,476	118.5
May 10	Thursday	2,464	118.0
June 27	Wednesday	2,455	117.5
May 17	Thursday	2,435	116.6
May 15	Tuesday	2,428	116.2

The quietest dates of 1990

Dates of 1990 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
March 25	Sunday	1,468	70.3
December 25	Tuesday	1,475	70.6
December 23	Sunday	1,533	73.4
January 1	Monday	1,535	73.5
September 2	Sunday	1,544	73.9
November 4	Sunday	1,545	74.0
December 16	Sunday	1,552	74.3
April 1	Sunday	1,558	74.6
March 11	Sunday	1,564	74.9
December 30	Sunday	1,579	75.6

1990 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 1990: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1990.

Metropolitan France, 1990: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,243
Thursday	52	2,234
Friday	52	2,232
Wednesday	52	2,199
Monday	53	2,154
Saturday	52	1,898
Sunday	52	1,662

Metropolitan France, 1990: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	68,843	2,221
May	67,307	2,171
June	65,000	2,167
August	64,823	2,091
October	64,688	2,087
April	62,139	2,071
September	61,992	2,066
November	61,404	2,047
December	63,359	2,044
March	63,230	2,040
January	62,921	2,030
February	56,701	2,025

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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. 762,407 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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