What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2017?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2017
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 20most births in 2017a Thursday, 2,405 births
March 26fewest births in 2017a Sunday, 1,526 births
Julybusiest month per day2,102 births per day
84%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2017, Metropolitan France recorded 730,242 births over 365 days, 2,001 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 20, a Thursday, with 2,405 births; the quietest was March 26, a Sunday, with 1,526. 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 2017 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2017 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 2017

Dates of 2017 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 20	Thursday	2,405	120.2
July 7	Friday	2,349	117.4
August 4	Friday	2,334	116.7
July 25	Tuesday	2,333	116.6
August 3	Thursday	2,322	116.1
August 2	Wednesday	2,312	115.6
July 26	Wednesday	2,309	115.4
October 5	Thursday	2,295	114.7
October 3	Tuesday	2,292	114.6
July 21	Friday	2,286	114.3

The quietest dates of 2017

Dates of 2017 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
March 26	Sunday	1,526	76.3
December 25	Monday	1,541	77.0
March 19	Sunday	1,550	77.5
April 2	Sunday	1,582	79.1
March 11	Saturday	1,597	79.8
February 26	Sunday	1,601	80.0
March 12	Sunday	1,605	80.2
January 1	Sunday	1,614	80.7
May 8	Monday	1,615	80.7
April 23	Sunday	1,619	80.9

2017 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2017: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2017.

Metropolitan France, 2017: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,127
Friday	52	2,123
Thursday	52	2,110
Wednesday	52	2,100
Monday	52	2,026
Saturday	52	1,805
Sunday	53	1,719

Metropolitan France, 2017: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	65,170	2,102
August	64,654	2,086
October	63,830	2,059
September	61,693	2,056
November	60,763	2,025
May	62,091	2,003
June	59,935	1,998
December	60,841	1,963
February	54,948	1,962
January	60,446	1,950
April	57,195	1,907
March	58,676	1,893

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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. 730,242 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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