What was the most common birthday in Metropolitan France in 2023?

Name: Metropolitan France births by day, 2023
Creator: INSEE
Published: 2026-09-15

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

July 7most births in 2023a Friday, 2,047 births
December 25fewest births in 2023a Monday, 1,276 births
Julybusiest month per day1,809 births per day
85%weekend levelSaturday and Sunday against a weekday, per day; Friday busiest

In 2023, Metropolitan France recorded 639,533 births over 365 days, 1,752 on an average day. The busiest single date was July 7, a Friday, with 2,047 births; the quietest was December 25, a Monday, with 1,276. 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 2023 in Metropolitan France: recorded births

Every day of 2023 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 2023

Dates of 2023 with the most recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
July 7	Friday	2,047	116.8
July 12	Wednesday	2,036	116.2
August 10	Thursday	2,018	115.2
July 19	Wednesday	2,013	114.9
November 10	Friday	2,011	114.8
August 8	Tuesday	1,988	113.5
May 5	Friday	1,975	112.7
July 5	Wednesday	1,970	112.4
August 2	Wednesday	1,960	111.9
August 4	Friday	1,957	111.7

The quietest dates of 2023

Dates of 2023 with the fewest recorded births in Metropolitan France
Date	Weekday	Births	% of an average day
December 25	Monday	1,276	72.8
December 17	Sunday	1,403	80.1
January 1	Sunday	1,406	80.2
March 19	Sunday	1,409	80.4
March 26	Sunday	1,411	80.5
November 26	Sunday	1,419	81.0
April 23	Sunday	1,422	81.2
December 24	Sunday	1,425	81.3
December 31	Sunday	1,428	81.5
January 8	Sunday	1,429	81.6

2023 by weekday and by month

Metropolitan France, 2023: births per day by weekday

Seven columns, Monday to Sunday, average recorded births per day in 2023.

Metropolitan France, 2023: births per day by weekday
Weekday	Days	Births per day
Friday	52	1,865
Tuesday	52	1,850
Thursday	52	1,849
Wednesday	52	1,841
Monday	52	1,750
Saturday	52	1,600
Sunday	53	1,515

Metropolitan France, 2023: births per day by month
Month	Births	Births per day
July	56,074	1,809
June	53,985	1,800
August	55,667	1,796
November	53,388	1,780
February	49,645	1,773
October	54,907	1,771
September	52,515	1,751
May	53,847	1,737
January	53,625	1,730
March	52,886	1,706
December	52,495	1,693
April	50,499	1,683

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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. 639,533 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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