What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2020?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2020
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 16most births in 2020a Thursday, 2,201 births
December 25fewest births in 2020a Friday, 1,393 births
Julybusiest month per day2,019 births per day
85%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Tuesday busiest

In 2020, Metropolitan France recorded 696,664 births over 366 days, 1,903 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 16, a Thursday, with 2,201 births; the quietest was December 25, a Friday, with 1,393. July was the busiest month per day and Tuesday the busiest weekday; a Saturday or Sunday recorded about 85% 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 2020 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2020 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 2020

Dates of 2020 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 16	Thursday	2,201	115.6
September 17	Thursday	2,198	115.5
June 24	Wednesday	2,191	115.1
August 5	Wednesday	2,191	115.1
September 24	Thursday	2,190	115.1
August 6	Thursday	2,176	114.3
July 10	Friday	2,174	114.2
July 23	Thursday	2,174	114.2
June 26	Friday	2,173	114.2
July 22	Wednesday	2,172	114.1

The quietest dates of 2020

Dates of 2020 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Friday	1,393	73.2
December 27	Sunday	1,514	79.5
April 19	Sunday	1,517	79.7
December 26	Saturday	1,520	79.9
December 13	Sunday	1,521	79.9
November 22	Sunday	1,528	80.3
November 29	Sunday	1,539	80.9
March 1	Sunday	1,539	80.9
May 2	Saturday	1,542	81.0
March 29	Sunday	1,543	81.1

2020 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2020: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2020.

Metropolitan France, 2020: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Tuesday	52	2,013
Thursday	53	2,001
Friday	52	1,999
Wednesday	53	1,997
Monday	52	1,930
Saturday	52	1,722
Sunday	52	1,659

Metropolitan France, 2020: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	62,593	2,019
September	59,810	1,994
October	60,873	1,964
June	58,571	1,952
August	60,399	1,948
January	59,058	1,905
May	58,722	1,894
November	56,047	1,868
March	57,285	1,848
February	53,514	1,845
April	54,317	1,811
December	55,475	1,790

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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. 696,664 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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