What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2003?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2003
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 16most births in 2003a Wednesday, 2,579 births
March 30fewest births in 2003a Sunday, 1,525 births
Julybusiest month per day2,181 births per day
78%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2003, Metropolitan France recorded 761,464 births over 365 days, 2,086 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 16, a Wednesday, with 2,579 births; the quietest was March 30, a Sunday, with 1,525. 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 2003 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2003 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 2003

Dates of 2003 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 16	Wednesday	2,579	123.6
July 11	Friday	2,537	121.6
April 29	Tuesday	2,495	119.6
July 15	Tuesday	2,484	119.1
May 6	Tuesday	2,442	117.1
May 15	Thursday	2,439	116.9
May 5	Monday	2,429	116.4
July 8	Tuesday	2,424	116.2
December 19	Friday	2,422	116.1
December 16	Tuesday	2,410	115.5

The quietest dates of 2003

Dates of 2003 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
March 30	Sunday	1,525	73.1
March 9	Sunday	1,542	73.9
August 31	Sunday	1,543	74.0
January 1	Wednesday	1,549	74.2
December 25	Thursday	1,553	74.4
January 12	Sunday	1,555	74.5
March 16	Sunday	1,563	74.9
April 13	Sunday	1,574	75.4
October 19	Sunday	1,589	76.2
August 17	Sunday	1,592	76.3
April 6	Sunday	1,592	76.3

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

2003 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2003: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2003.

Metropolitan France, 2003: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,281
Friday	52	2,232
Wednesday	53	2,225
Thursday	52	2,200
Monday	52	2,197
Saturday	52	1,812
Sunday	52	1,654

Metropolitan France, 2003: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	67,625	2,181
September	63,601	2,120
May	65,699	2,119
October	65,109	2,100
April	62,670	2,089
December	64,323	2,075
February	58,057	2,073
June	62,144	2,071
August	64,025	2,065
November	61,905	2,064
January	63,955	2,063
March	62,351	2,011

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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. 761,464 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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