What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2001?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2001
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

October 2most births in 2001a Tuesday, 2,615 births
December 25fewest births in 2001a Tuesday, 1,525 births
Julybusiest month per day2,211 births per day
77%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2001, Metropolitan France recorded 770,945 births over 365 days, 2,112 on an average day. The busiest single date was October 2, a Tuesday, with 2,615 births; the quietest was December 25, a Tuesday, with 1,525. 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 2001 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2001 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 2001

Dates of 2001 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
October 2	Tuesday	2,615	123.8
July 26	Thursday	2,568	121.6
May 4	Friday	2,519	119.3
May 10	Thursday	2,506	118.6
July 25	Wednesday	2,493	118.0
July 10	Tuesday	2,491	117.9
September 25	Tuesday	2,490	117.9
May 3	Thursday	2,487	117.7
May 22	Tuesday	2,476	117.2
May 17	Thursday	2,472	117.0

The quietest dates of 2001

Dates of 2001 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Tuesday	1,525	72.2
June 3	Sunday	1,537	72.8
February 18	Sunday	1,537	72.8
March 25	Sunday	1,541	73.0
May 20	Sunday	1,553	73.5
April 1	Sunday	1,556	73.7
January 1	Monday	1,559	73.8
March 18	Sunday	1,564	74.0
March 11	Sunday	1,575	74.6
February 11	Sunday	1,576	74.6

2001 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2001: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2001.

Metropolitan France, 2001: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,281
Friday	52	2,268
Wednesday	52	2,262
Thursday	52	2,254
Monday	53	2,225
Saturday	52	1,830
Sunday	52	1,663

Metropolitan France, 2001: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	68,550	2,211
May	67,673	2,183
October	66,765	2,154
August	66,010	2,129
September	63,452	2,115
June	63,176	2,106
November	63,160	2,105
April	62,957	2,099
January	64,850	2,092
March	63,962	2,063
February	57,456	2,052
December	62,934	2,030

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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. 770,945 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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