What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2012?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2012
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 27most births in 2012a Friday, 2,547 births
June 10fewest births in 2012a Sunday, 1,685 births
Octoberbusiest month per day2,255 births per day
82%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Thursday busiest

In 2012, Metropolitan France recorded 790,290 births over 366 days, 2,159 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 27, a Friday, with 2,547 births; the quietest was June 10, a Sunday, with 1,685. October was the busiest month per day and Thursday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 82% 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 2012 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2012 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 2012

Dates of 2012 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 27	Friday	2,547	118.0
August 1	Wednesday	2,531	117.2
September 25	Tuesday	2,529	117.1
July 26	Thursday	2,522	116.8
September 21	Friday	2,473	114.5
October 2	Tuesday	2,471	114.4
September 20	Thursday	2,467	114.3
September 24	Monday	2,467	114.3
September 14	Friday	2,462	114.0
December 28	Friday	2,461	114.0

The quietest dates of 2012

Dates of 2012 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
June 10	Sunday	1,685	78.0
December 25	Tuesday	1,692	78.4
February 5	Sunday	1,699	78.7
January 1	Sunday	1,729	80.1
January 8	Sunday	1,738	80.5
December 23	Sunday	1,741	80.6
September 2	Sunday	1,741	80.6
March 25	Sunday	1,748	81.0
December 9	Sunday	1,756	81.3
May 27	Sunday	1,758	81.4
March 18	Sunday	1,758	81.4

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

2012 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2012: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2012.

Metropolitan France, 2012: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Thursday	52	2,303
Friday	52	2,292
Tuesday	52	2,289
Wednesday	52	2,279
Monday	53	2,211
Saturday	52	1,919
Sunday	53	1,828

Metropolitan France, 2012: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
October	69,892	2,255
September	66,919	2,231
July	68,774	2,219
August	68,642	2,214
November	65,122	2,171
May	66,341	2,140
June	63,920	2,131
February	61,634	2,125
December	65,869	2,125
April	63,184	2,106
March	65,079	2,099
January	64,914	2,094

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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. 790,290 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.

Full method, leap-day treatment and definitions.

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