What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2010?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2010
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

October 4most births in 2010a Monday, 2,565 births
December 25fewest births in 2010a Saturday, 1,698 births
Octoberbusiest month per day2,268 births per day
81%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2010, Metropolitan France recorded 802,224 births over 365 days, 2,198 on an average day. The busiest single date was October 4, a Monday, with 2,565 births; the quietest was December 25, a Saturday, with 1,698. October 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 2010 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2010 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 2010

Dates of 2010 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
October 4	Monday	2,565	116.7
September 27	Monday	2,538	115.5
October 5	Tuesday	2,535	115.3
October 6	Wednesday	2,528	115.0
September 28	Tuesday	2,523	114.8
November 9	Tuesday	2,514	114.4
July 7	Wednesday	2,508	114.1
July 8	Thursday	2,493	113.4
September 21	Tuesday	2,493	113.4
September 20	Monday	2,489	113.2
November 10	Wednesday	2,489	113.2

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

The quietest dates of 2010

Dates of 2010 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Saturday	1,698	77.3
May 30	Sunday	1,707	77.7
March 28	Sunday	1,725	78.5
August 29	Sunday	1,727	78.6
June 6	Sunday	1,731	78.8
April 18	Sunday	1,732	78.8
December 26	Sunday	1,747	79.5
March 14	Sunday	1,750	79.6
April 11	Sunday	1,762	80.2
March 7	Sunday	1,764	80.3

2010 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2010: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2010.

Metropolitan France, 2010: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,362
Wednesday	52	2,330
Thursday	52	2,314
Friday	53	2,309
Monday	52	2,287
Saturday	52	1,937
Sunday	52	1,844

Metropolitan France, 2010: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
October	70,298	2,268
September	67,959	2,265
July	69,761	2,250
November	66,874	2,229
August	68,783	2,219
December	68,258	2,202
June	65,535	2,185
February	61,107	2,182
January	66,785	2,154
May	66,774	2,154
April	64,024	2,134
March	66,066	2,131

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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. 802,224 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.

Full method, leap-day treatment and definitions.

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