What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 1996?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 1996
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

December 17most births in 1996a Tuesday, 2,472 births
December 25fewest births in 1996a Wednesday, 1,369 births
Julybusiest month per day2,133 births per day
77%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 1996, Metropolitan France recorded 734,338 births over 366 days, 2,006 on an average day. The busiest single date was December 17, a Tuesday, with 2,472 births; the quietest was December 25, a Wednesday, with 1,369. July was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 77% 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 1996 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 1996 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 1996

Dates of 1996 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 17	Tuesday	2,472	123.2
June 11	Tuesday	2,399	119.6
June 18	Tuesday	2,373	118.3
December 16	Monday	2,369	118.1
June 7	Friday	2,366	117.9
November 12	Tuesday	2,361	117.7
July 4	Thursday	2,358	117.5
July 23	Tuesday	2,352	117.2
September 30	Monday	2,346	116.9
June 20	Thursday	2,344	116.8
June 25	Tuesday	2,344	116.8

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

The quietest dates of 1996

Dates of 1996 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Wednesday	1,369	68.2
January 1	Monday	1,391	69.3
March 31	Sunday	1,419	70.7
September 1	Sunday	1,436	71.6
October 20	Sunday	1,444	72.0
March 24	Sunday	1,463	72.9
January 28	Sunday	1,463	72.9
December 22	Sunday	1,466	73.1
May 26	Sunday	1,478	73.7
March 17	Sunday	1,478	73.7

1996 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 1996: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 1996.

Metropolitan France, 1996: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	53	2,211
Friday	52	2,151
Thursday	52	2,149
Wednesday	52	2,119
Monday	53	2,103
Saturday	52	1,764
Sunday	52	1,542

Metropolitan France, 1996: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	66,108	2,133
June	62,819	2,094
May	63,232	2,040
September	60,767	2,026
October	62,493	2,016
November	59,994	2,000
December	61,657	1,989
April	59,500	1,983
August	61,124	1,972
February	56,692	1,955
March	60,400	1,948
January	59,552	1,921

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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. 734,338 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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