What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2000?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2000
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

December 18most births in 2000a Monday, 2,569 births
December 25fewest births in 2000a Monday, 1,526 births
Julybusiest month per day2,191 births per day
78%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2000, Metropolitan France recorded 774,782 births over 366 days, 2,117 on an average day. The busiest single date was December 18, a Monday, with 2,569 births; the quietest was December 25, a Monday, with 1,526. July was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 78% 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 2000 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2000 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 2000

Dates of 2000 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 18	Monday	2,569	121.4
June 20	Tuesday	2,512	118.7
September 12	Tuesday	2,508	118.5
December 15	Friday	2,490	117.6
July 26	Wednesday	2,486	117.4
July 18	Tuesday	2,481	117.2
May 5	Friday	2,468	116.6
June 19	Monday	2,460	116.2
December 12	Tuesday	2,460	116.2
December 19	Tuesday	2,460	116.2

The quietest dates of 2000

Dates of 2000 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Monday	1,526	72.1
January 16	Sunday	1,528	72.2
December 24	Sunday	1,531	72.3
February 20	Sunday	1,562	73.8
February 13	Sunday	1,569	74.1
March 26	Sunday	1,572	74.3
March 5	Sunday	1,584	74.8
November 26	Sunday	1,590	75.1
January 9	Sunday	1,591	75.2
November 12	Sunday	1,606	75.9
January 1	Saturday	1,606	75.9

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

2000 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2000: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2000.

Metropolitan France, 2000: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,315
Wednesday	52	2,276
Friday	52	2,272
Thursday	52	2,260
Monday	52	2,195
Saturday	53	1,850
Sunday	53	1,663

Metropolitan France, 2000: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	67,916	2,191
May	67,324	2,172
August	66,778	2,154
September	64,297	2,143
June	63,940	2,131
October	65,720	2,120
November	63,262	2,109
December	65,053	2,098
April	62,469	2,082
March	64,315	2,075
February	60,149	2,074
January	63,559	2,050

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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. 774,782 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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