What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2008?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2008
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

September 23most births in 2008a Tuesday, 2,596 births
December 25fewest births in 2008a Thursday, 1,591 births
Julybusiest month per day2,267 births per day
81%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2008, Metropolitan France recorded 796,044 births over 366 days, 2,175 on an average day. The busiest single date was September 23, a Tuesday, with 2,596 births; the quietest was December 25, a Thursday, with 1,591. July was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 81% 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 2008 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2008 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 2008

Dates of 2008 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
September 23	Tuesday	2,596	119.4
July 23	Wednesday	2,521	115.9
July 17	Thursday	2,518	115.8
May 7	Wednesday	2,517	115.7
September 16	Tuesday	2,508	115.3
July 10	Thursday	2,507	115.3
July 16	Wednesday	2,500	114.9
May 6	Tuesday	2,497	114.8
July 25	Friday	2,487	114.3
May 14	Wednesday	2,486	114.3

The quietest dates of 2008

Dates of 2008 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Thursday	1,591	73.1
March 9	Sunday	1,646	75.7
March 30	Sunday	1,670	76.8
November 2	Sunday	1,677	77.1
June 8	Sunday	1,680	77.2
February 3	Sunday	1,694	77.9
March 16	Sunday	1,698	78.1
February 17	Sunday	1,703	78.3
December 21	Sunday	1,732	79.6
January 27	Sunday	1,736	79.8

2008 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2008: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2008.

Metropolitan France, 2008: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	53	2,321
Wednesday	53	2,315
Friday	52	2,315
Thursday	52	2,297
Monday	52	2,254
Saturday	52	1,907
Sunday	52	1,812

Metropolitan France, 2008: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	70,282	2,267
September	67,820	2,261
May	68,582	2,212
April	65,943	2,198
August	67,926	2,191
June	65,352	2,178
October	67,489	2,177
January	66,911	2,158
December	66,250	2,137
November	63,865	2,129
February	61,219	2,111
March	64,405	2,078

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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. 796,044 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.

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