What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2019?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2019
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 26most births in 2019a Friday, 2,328 births
February 24fewest births in 2019a Sunday, 1,524 births
Julybusiest month per day2,083 births per day
86%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Friday busiest

In 2019, Metropolitan France recorded 714,029 births over 365 days, 1,956 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 26, a Friday, with 2,328 births; the quietest was February 24, a Sunday, with 1,524. July was the busiest month per day and Friday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 86% 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 2019 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2019 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 2019

Dates of 2019 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 26	Friday	2,328	119.0
October 1	Tuesday	2,311	118.1
September 24	Tuesday	2,283	116.7
August 9	Friday	2,269	116.0
September 17	Tuesday	2,257	115.4
October 2	Wednesday	2,249	115.0
July 25	Thursday	2,247	114.9
July 17	Wednesday	2,246	114.8
August 6	Tuesday	2,231	114.0
June 26	Wednesday	2,220	113.5

The quietest dates of 2019

Dates of 2019 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
February 24	Sunday	1,524	77.9
March 31	Sunday	1,540	78.7
March 24	Sunday	1,542	78.8
December 25	Wednesday	1,567	80.1
March 9	Saturday	1,576	80.6
February 17	Sunday	1,576	80.6
March 3	Sunday	1,597	81.6
April 22	Monday	1,601	81.8
April 28	Sunday	1,602	81.9
March 2	Saturday	1,606	82.1

2019 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2019: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2019.

Metropolitan France, 2019: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Friday	52	2,069
Tuesday	53	2,067
Thursday	52	2,046
Wednesday	52	2,041
Monday	52	1,979
Saturday	52	1,785
Sunday	52	1,706

Metropolitan France, 2019: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	64,579	2,083
September	61,515	2,051
August	62,998	2,032
October	62,636	2,021
June	59,768	1,992
November	58,700	1,957
May	60,092	1,938
January	59,866	1,931
December	59,799	1,929
April	55,652	1,855
February	51,832	1,851
March	56,592	1,826

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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. 714,029 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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