What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2016?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2016
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 19most births in 2016a Tuesday, 2,447 births
December 25fewest births in 2016a Sunday, 1,556 births
Julybusiest month per day2,169 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2016, Metropolitan France recorded 744,697 births over 366 days, 2,035 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 19, a Tuesday, with 2,447 births; the quietest was December 25, a Sunday, with 1,556. July was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 84% 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 2016 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2016 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 2016

Dates of 2016 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 19	Tuesday	2,447	120.3
July 20	Wednesday	2,420	118.9
July 8	Friday	2,360	116.0
August 2	Tuesday	2,357	115.8
June 14	Tuesday	2,340	115.0
September 20	Tuesday	2,339	115.0
July 22	Friday	2,323	114.2
July 7	Thursday	2,321	114.1
July 13	Wednesday	2,321	114.1
June 28	Tuesday	2,318	113.9
July 6	Wednesday	2,318	113.9

11 dates are listed because the tenth total is shared.

The quietest dates of 2016

Dates of 2016 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Sunday	1,556	76.5
April 3	Sunday	1,562	76.8
March 27	Sunday	1,586	77.9
April 17	Sunday	1,601	78.7
April 9	Saturday	1,608	79.0
April 10	Sunday	1,610	79.1
March 20	Sunday	1,626	79.9
March 13	Sunday	1,628	80.0
April 24	Sunday	1,647	80.9
March 12	Saturday	1,685	82.8

2016 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2016: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2016.

Metropolitan France, 2016: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,181
Wednesday	52	2,140
Friday	53	2,128
Thursday	52	2,125
Monday	52	2,076
Saturday	53	1,837
Sunday	52	1,758

Metropolitan France, 2016: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	67,237	2,169
September	63,579	2,119
August	65,109	2,100
June	62,797	2,093
October	64,513	2,081
January	62,570	2,018
November	60,546	2,018
May	62,373	2,012
February	57,854	1,995
December	61,250	1,976
March	59,634	1,924
April	57,235	1,908

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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. 744,697 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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