What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2006?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2006
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 21most births in 2006a Thursday, 2,604 births
April 2fewest births in 2006a Sunday, 1,520 births
Septemberbusiest month per day2,301 births per day
79%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2006, Metropolitan France recorded 796,896 births over 365 days, 2,183 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 21, a Thursday, with 2,604 births; the quietest was April 2, a Sunday, with 1,520. September was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 79% 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 2006 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2006 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 2006

Dates of 2006 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 21	Thursday	2,604	119.3
September 26	Tuesday	2,604	119.3
July 11	Tuesday	2,586	118.4
July 12	Wednesday	2,576	118.0
May 5	Friday	2,554	117.0
May 16	Tuesday	2,548	116.7
July 13	Thursday	2,545	116.6
May 4	Thursday	2,528	115.8
July 18	Tuesday	2,523	115.6
September 28	Thursday	2,522	115.5

The quietest dates of 2006

Dates of 2006 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
April 2	Sunday	1,520	69.6
January 1	Sunday	1,563	71.6
December 25	Monday	1,586	72.6
April 9	Sunday	1,615	74.0
March 26	Sunday	1,616	74.0
March 12	Sunday	1,627	74.5
January 8	Sunday	1,635	74.9
February 26	Sunday	1,666	76.3
March 19	Sunday	1,671	76.5
December 24	Sunday	1,677	76.8

2006 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2006: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2006.

Metropolitan France, 2006: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,359
Wednesday	52	2,339
Thursday	52	2,336
Friday	52	2,335
Monday	52	2,250
Saturday	52	1,903
Sunday	53	1,769

Metropolitan France, 2006: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
September	69,029	2,301
October	70,117	2,262
July	69,705	2,249
August	68,913	2,223
May	68,860	2,221
June	66,224	2,207
November	65,741	2,191
December	66,387	2,142
February	59,915	2,140
March	65,394	2,109
January	64,814	2,091
April	61,797	2,060

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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. 796,896 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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