What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2022?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2022
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 13most births in 2022a Wednesday, 2,223 births
December 25fewest births in 2022a Sunday, 1,420 births
Julybusiest month per day1,981 births per day
85%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Friday busiest

In 2022, Metropolitan France recorded 686,564 births over 365 days, 1,881 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 13, a Wednesday, with 2,223 births; the quietest was December 25, a Sunday, with 1,420. July was the busiest month per day and Friday 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 2022 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2022 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 2022

Dates of 2022 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 13	Wednesday	2,223	118.2
June 22	Wednesday	2,187	116.3
August 5	Friday	2,186	116.2
August 12	Friday	2,186	116.2
July 22	Friday	2,172	115.5
July 12	Tuesday	2,168	115.3
July 29	Friday	2,163	115.0
July 19	Tuesday	2,162	114.9
August 11	Thursday	2,150	114.3
June 2	Thursday	2,140	113.8

The quietest dates of 2022

Dates of 2022 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Sunday	1,420	75.5
March 27	Sunday	1,484	78.9
December 18	Sunday	1,496	79.5
April 10	Sunday	1,523	81.0
March 19	Saturday	1,525	81.1
April 3	Sunday	1,526	81.1
December 24	Saturday	1,533	81.5
February 20	Sunday	1,537	81.7
February 27	Sunday	1,547	82.2
April 2	Saturday	1,554	82.6

2022 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2022: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2022.

Metropolitan France, 2022: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Friday	52	1,992
Wednesday	52	1,991
Tuesday	52	1,991
Thursday	52	1,977
Monday	52	1,890
Saturday	53	1,700
Sunday	52	1,629

Metropolitan France, 2022: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	61,415	1,981
August	60,778	1,961
June	58,331	1,944
September	56,941	1,898
February	52,956	1,891
May	58,622	1,891
November	56,128	1,871
October	57,402	1,852
January	57,168	1,844
March	56,738	1,830
April	54,233	1,808
December	55,852	1,802

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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. 686,564 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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