Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jean	12.50%	0	+1,666	+4.9%
2.	Michel	5.96%	0	+495	+3.0%
3.	Claude	4.79%	0	-757	-5.3%
4.	Pierre	4.40%	0	-409	-3.2%
5.	André	4.26%	0	-604	-4.8%
6.	Jacques	3.67%	0	+13	+0.1%
7.	Bernard	3.38%	0	+436	+4.8%
8.	René	2.90%	0	-668	-7.5%
9.	Roger	2.64%	0	-673	-8.3%
10.	Gérard	2.62%	+3	+903	+13.8%
11.	Robert	2.55%	-1	-229	-3.1%
12.	Guy	2.24%	-1	-524	-7.6%
13.	Daniel	2.19%	+4	+913	+17.3%
14.	Marcel	2.15%	-2	-458	-7.0%
15.	Georges	1.96%	-1	-322	-5.5%
16.	Maurice	1.80%	-1	-291	-5.4%
17.	Henri	1.80%	-1	-290	-5.4%
18.	Joseph	1.63%	+1	-187	-3.9%
19.	Paul	1.54%	+2	-119	-2.7%
20.	Raymond	1.53%	0	-343	-7.3%
21.	Louis	1.53%	-3	-500	-10.4%
22.	Yves	1.39%	+1	-31	-0.8%
23.	Gilbert	1.34%	-1	-215	-5.4%
24.	François	1.28%	0	+34	+0.9%
25.	Christian	1.22%	+1	+369	+12.0%
26.	Serge	1.19%	-1	-76	-2.2%
27.	Alain	1.09%	+3	+599	+24.2%
28.	Roland	0.94%	+1	-8	-0.3%
29.	Lucien	0.94%	-2	-285	-9.7%
30.	Albert	0.91%	-2	-122	-4.5%
31.	Jean-Claude	0.87%	+2	+610	+32.8%
32.	Francis	0.74%	0	+126	+6.4%
33.	Charles	0.69%	-2	-81	-4.0%
34.	Jean-Pierre	0.61%	+2	+334	+23.9%
35.	Marc	0.58%	-1	-33	-2.0%
36.	Philippe	0.55%	+1	+175	+12.8%
37.	Emile	0.51%	-2	-167	-10.5%
38.	Fernand	0.48%	0	+13	+1.0%
39.	Antoine	0.44%	0	-60	-4.6%
40.	Hubert	0.39%	+1	-93	-7.8%
41.	Gabriel	0.37%	-1	-174	-14.4%
42.	Léon	0.31%	0	-150	-14.6%
43.	Yvon	0.29%	+2	-15	-1.8%
44.	Denis	0.28%	+3	+14	+1.8%
45.	Eugène	0.28%	-2	-159	-17.0%
46.	Gaston	0.27%	-2	-144	-16.1%
47.	Edouard	0.26%	+1	+2	+0.3%
48.	Armand	0.25%	-2	-90	-11.4%
49.	Edmond	0.24%	0	-32	-4.5%
50.	Jean-Marie	0.24%	+11	+132	+24.2%
51.	Noël	0.24%	0	+17	+2.6%
52.	Etienne	0.23%	+1	+36	+5.8%
53.	Max	0.23%	-1	+8	+1.2%
54.	Alfred	0.22%	-4	-44	-6.5%
55.	Gilles	0.22%	+2	+32	+5.4%
56.	Joël	0.22%	+3	+57	+10.2%
57.	Jackie	0.22%	+6	+95	+18.4%
58.	Jacky	0.21%	+4	+55	+10.3%
59.	Julien	0.20%	-4	-34	-5.7%
60.	Aime	0.20%	-6	-46	-7.6%
61.	Victor	0.19%	-1	-16	-2.9%
62.	Camille	0.19%	-4	-46	-8.1%
63.	Auguste	0.18%	-7	-86	-14.5%
64.	Rémy	0.18%	0	-4	-0.8%
65.	Dominique	0.18%	+2	+26	+5.5%
66.	Marius	0.16%	0	-20	-4.2%
67.	Jules	0.16%	-2	-58	-11.4%
68.	Bruno	0.15%	+7	+51	+13.6%
69.	Hervé	0.14%	+5	+15	+3.9%
70.	Norbert	0.14%	+6	+12	+3.3%
71.	Ernest	0.13%	-3	-48	-11.3%
72.	Félix	0.12%	+5	-8	-2.2%
72.	Rémi	0.12%	-3	-42	-10.7%
74.	Germain	0.12%	-3	-34	-8.9%
75.	Richard	0.12%	-2	-39	-10.2%
76.	Alexandre	0.12%	-4	-47	-12.3%
77.	Elie	0.12%	+2	-9	-2.7%
78.	Adrien	0.11%	0	-34	-9.9%
79.	Regis	0.11%	+1	-25	-7.6%
80.	Alphonse	0.11%	-10	-84	-21.6%
80.	Jack	0.11%	+2	+20	+7.0%
82.	Jean-Paul	0.11%	+9	+60	+24.8%
83.	Laurent	0.10%	-2	-35	-10.9%
84.	Lionel	0.10%	0	+9	+3.3%
85.	Raoul	0.10%	-2	-4	-1.4%
86.	Jean-Louis	0.10%	0	+7	+2.6%
86.	Simon	0.10%	+2	+20	+7.9%
88.	José	0.09%	-1	-12	-4.6%
89.	Clément	0.09%	-4	-25	-9.1%
90.	James	0.09%	+2	+7	+2.9%
91.	Vincent	0.08%	+3	-5	-2.1%
92.	Emmanuel	0.08%	+15	+48	+26.7%
93.	Yvan	0.08%	+7	+16	+7.7%
94.	Maxime	0.08%	+3	-2	-0.9%
95.	Martial	0.08%	+1	-4	-1.8%
96.	Stanislas	0.08%	-3	-20	-8.4%
97.	Luc	0.07%	+1	-8	-3.7%
98.	William	0.07%	-3	-22	-9.6%
99.	Xavier	0.07%	0	-12	-5.6%
100.	Gustave	0.07%	-11	-56	-22.2%
101.	Patrick	0.07%	+12	+40	+25.8%
102.	Marie	0.07%	-12	-52	-21.4%
103.	Didier	0.07%	+1	-4	-2.1%
104.	Abel	0.06%	-3	-25	-12.1%
104.	Frédéric	0.06%	+8	+22	+13.8%
106.	Alexis	0.06%	-4	-24	-12.2%
106.	Nicolas	0.06%	+5	+9	+5.5%
108.	Jean-Jacques	0.06%	+13	+26	+18.4%
109.	Rolland	0.06%	0	-6	-3.5%
110.	Bertrand	0.06%	-7	-25	-13.2%
111.	Jean-Baptiste	0.06%	+7	+9	+6.0%
112.	Arthur	0.06%	-2	-14	-8.2%
113.	Ange	0.05%	-8	-29	-15.8%
114.	Sylvain	0.05%	-6	-26	-14.5%
115.	Augustin	0.05%	+3	-3	-2.0%
115.	Olivier	0.05%	-1	-5	-3.3%
117.	Eric	0.05%	+21	+58	+65.2%
118.	Henry	0.05%	+8	+21	+17.2%
119.	Désiré	0.05%	-13	-45	-24.7%
120.	Hugues	0.05%	-4	-16	-10.5%
121.	Arsene	0.05%	+1	-10	-7.1%
122.	Ferdinand	0.05%	-2	-15	-10.5%
123.	Raphaël	0.05%	-9	-26	-17.0%
124.	Marceau	0.04%	0	-13	-9.4%
124.	Pascal	0.04%	+3	+7	+5.9%
126.	Benoît	0.04%	+5	+20	+20.4%
127.	Jean-François	0.04%	+16	+34	+42.0%
128.	Mario	0.04%	+10	+25	+28.1%
129.	Moise	0.04%	-4	-19	-14.4%
130.	Adolphe	0.04%	-7	-27	-19.4%
131.	Constant	0.04%	-15	-41	-27.0%
132.	Casimir	0.04%	+10	+22	+26.2%
133.	Martin	0.04%	-5	-9	-7.9%
134.	Theodore	0.04%	-5	-10	-8.8%
135.	Romain	0.03%	+14	+20	+26.0%
136.	Patrice	0.03%	+19	+23	+32.4%
137.	Emilien	0.03%	-2	+3	+3.3%
138.	Antonin	0.03%	-3	+1	+1.1%
138.	Christophe	0.03%	-4	-1	-1.1%
140.	Leopold	0.03%	-8	-3	-3.2%
141.	Amedee	0.03%	-6	-2	-2.2%
142.	Jacki	0.03%	+5	+9	+11.5%
142.	Kleber	0.03%	+9	+11	+14.5%
144.	Jerome	0.03%	-6	-4	-4.5%
145.	Leonard	0.03%	+21	+19	+29.2%
146.	Gaëtan	0.03%	+22	+20	+31.7%
146.	Guillaume	0.03%	-16	-17	-17.0%
148.	Edgard	0.03%	+7	+8	+11.3%
148.	Theophile	0.03%	-16	-14	-15.1%
150.	Franck	0.03%	-5	-1	-1.3%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	8.19%	0	+448	+2.0%
2.	Monique	4.98%	0	+845	+6.4%
3.	Jacqueline	3.62%	0	+275	+2.8%
4.	Nicole	2.99%	0	+570	+7.2%
5.	Jeannine	2.50%	0	-442	-5.9%
6.	Christiane	2.17%	+2	+327	+5.6%
7.	Yvette	2.04%	0	-333	-5.5%
8.	Denise	1.91%	+1	-142	-2.6%
9.	Françoise	1.89%	+4	+628	+13.4%
10.	Josette	1.87%	0	+24	+0.5%
11.	Colette	1.79%	-5	-1,583	-23.9%
12.	Simone	1.60%	-1	-207	-4.4%
13.	Jeanne	1.57%	-1	-276	-5.8%
14.	Paulette	1.55%	0	-286	-6.1%
15.	Thérèse	1.41%	+1	-170	-4.1%
16.	Anne	1.38%	+3	0	0.0%
17.	Ginette	1.35%	-2	-546	-12.6%
18.	Madeleine	1.25%	0	-394	-10.0%
19.	Andrée	1.25%	-2	-410	-10.4%
20.	Renée	1.17%	+2	-257	-7.2%
21.	Liliane	1.17%	+6	+333	+11.2%
22.	Odette	1.16%	-2	-390	-10.6%
23.	Suzanne	1.14%	-2	-417	-11.4%
24.	Michelle	1.11%	+2	+164	+5.5%
25.	Bernadette	1.10%	0	+104	+3.5%
26.	Gisèle	1.07%	-3	-268	-8.1%
27.	Arlette	0.99%	-3	-256	-8.4%
28.	Danielle	0.97%	+18	+976	+55.5%
29.	Geneviève	0.96%	+1	-82	-2.9%
30.	Michèle	0.96%	+13	+749	+38.4%
31.	Micheline	0.92%	0	-71	-2.7%
32.	Eliane	0.92%	+1	-41	-1.6%
33.	Marcelle	0.90%	-1	-114	-4.3%
34.	Huguette	0.89%	-5	-318	-11.2%
35.	Claudine	0.88%	+6	+423	+20.5%
36.	Raymonde	0.87%	-2	-153	-5.9%
37.	Yvonne	0.87%	-9	-483	-16.5%
38.	Hélène	0.83%	-3	-192	-7.5%
39.	Pierrette	0.79%	-3	-143	-6.0%
40.	Janine	0.78%	-2	-105	-4.6%
41.	Annie	0.78%	+6	+457	+26.3%
42.	Marguerite	0.77%	-5	-157	-6.7%
43.	Josiane	0.73%	+1	+159	+8.4%
44.	Georgette	0.69%	-5	-167	-7.9%
45.	Lucienne	0.69%	-5	-175	-8.3%
46.	Claudette	0.67%	-1	+108	+6.0%
47.	Lucette	0.67%	-5	-152	-7.4%
48.	Annick	0.66%	+2	+221	+13.4%
49.	Mireille	0.64%	-1	+87	+5.0%
50.	Solange	0.61%	-1	+16	+0.9%
51.	Claude	0.57%	+2	+101	+6.7%
52.	Jeanine	0.57%	0	+9	+0.6%
53.	Mauricette	0.55%	-2	-54	-3.4%
54.	Odile	0.54%	+2	+64	+4.4%
55.	Daniele	0.54%	+8	+420	+38.5%
56.	Irène	0.50%	-2	-80	-5.3%
57.	Francine	0.49%	+2	+85	+6.5%
58.	Marie-Thérèse	0.49%	-1	+17	+1.2%
59.	Germaine	0.48%	-4	-115	-7.8%
60.	Maryse	0.46%	+1	+86	+7.1%
61.	Henriette	0.42%	-1	-81	-6.4%
62.	Louise	0.40%	-4	-236	-17.3%
63.	Yolande	0.37%	+1	+13	+1.3%
64.	Anne-Marie	0.37%	+5	+167	+19.3%
65.	Gilberte	0.34%	0	-82	-8.0%
66.	Chantal	0.33%	+12	+202	+28.2%
67.	Rose	0.32%	+4	+55	+6.4%
68.	Alice	0.31%	-6	-231	-20.8%
69.	Elisabeth	0.31%	+5	+81	+10.2%
70.	Marthe	0.31%	-3	-67	-7.2%
71.	Simonne	0.30%	-6	-193	-18.8%
72.	Rolande	0.29%	0	-32	-3.7%
73.	Antoinette	0.29%	-3	-48	-5.5%
74.	Annette	0.28%	+3	+82	+11.4%
75.	Cécile	0.28%	-7	-85	-9.6%
76.	Fernande	0.27%	-3	-90	-10.7%
77.	Jocelyne	0.25%	+7	+52	+8.0%
78.	Juliette	0.24%	-3	-79	-10.3%
79.	Nicolle	0.24%	+1	+6	+0.9%
80.	Gabrielle	0.24%	-4	-79	-10.6%
81.	Edith	0.23%	-2	-42	-6.1%
82.	Régine	0.23%	+5	+52	+8.7%
83.	Maria	0.22%	-1	-40	-6.0%
84.	Lucie	0.22%	-3	-55	-8.2%
84.	Paule	0.22%	-1	-32	-4.9%
86.	Agnès	0.20%	+3	-6	-1.0%
87.	Aline	0.20%	-2	-39	-6.4%
88.	Maryvonne	0.20%	+9	+76	+15.5%
89.	Anna	0.20%	-3	-49	-8.2%
90.	Louisette	0.20%	+3	+1	+0.2%
91.	Claire	0.19%	+3	+10	+1.9%
92.	Josephine	0.19%	0	-22	-4.0%
93.	Nelly	0.19%	+6	+48	+10.0%
94.	Catherine	0.18%	+1	+19	+3.8%
94.	Jeannette	0.18%	-4	-54	-9.5%
96.	Angèle	0.18%	-6	-60	-10.5%
97.	Brigitte	0.18%	+3	+26	+5.5%
97.	Evelyne	0.18%	+6	+69	+16.0%
99.	Elise	0.18%	-11	-87	-14.9%
100.	Ghislaine	0.17%	+1	+53	+12.2%
101.	Reine	0.17%	-5	-5	-1.0%
102.	Marinette	0.15%	-4	-62	-12.7%
103.	Viviane	0.15%	+6	+50	+13.5%
104.	Marie-Louise	0.15%	-3	-25	-5.7%
105.	Emilienne	0.14%	0	-22	-5.3%
106.	Nadine	0.14%	+6	+45	+13.2%
107.	Noëlle	0.14%	+3	+31	+8.8%
108.	France	0.14%	+3	+39	+11.4%
109.	Eveline	0.13%	-1	-25	-6.6%
110.	Berthe	0.13%	-4	-55	-13.4%
111.	Sylviane	0.12%	+6	+43	+14.2%
112.	Léone	0.12%	-8	-83	-19.5%
113.	Claudie	0.12%	+1	+18	+5.7%
114.	Marie-Claire	0.10%	+4	-9	-3.0%
115.	Charlotte	0.10%	-2	-31	-9.7%
115.	Marie-Claude	0.10%	+22	+89	+44.3%
115.	Martine	0.10%	+4	+10	+3.6%
118.	Joëlle	0.10%	+9	+40	+17.0%
119.	Lydie	0.09%	-12	-126	-32.4%
119.	Roberte	0.09%	+8	+28	+11.9%
121.	Isabelle	0.09%	+3	+5	+2.0%
122.	Carmen	0.09%	-6	-48	-15.7%
123.	Christine	0.09%	+19	+63	+33.5%
123.	Roseline	0.09%	-3	-23	-8.4%
125.	Béatrice	0.09%	+19	+74	+43.0%
126.	Adrienne	0.09%	0	-5	-2.0%
127.	Aimée	0.09%	-12	-69	-22.3%
127.	Marlène	0.09%	+5	+27	+12.6%
129.	Eugénie	0.09%	-7	-27	-10.2%
130.	Anny	0.08%	-1	+8	+3.5%
131.	Léa	0.08%	-6	-29	-11.6%
132.	Olga	0.08%	-1	+4	+1.9%
133.	Blanche	0.07%	+6	+8	+4.0%
134.	Camille	0.07%	-13	-63	-23.6%
134.	Christianne	0.07%	0	-6	-2.9%
136.	Mathilde	0.07%	+5	+10	+5.2%
137.	Sylvette	0.07%	-2	-6	-2.9%
138.	Julienne	0.07%	-15	-62	-23.9%
139.	Suzette	0.07%	-3	-13	-6.4%
140.	Mariette	0.07%	+10	+25	+15.4%
141.	Céline	0.07%	+5	+18	+10.9%
142.	Alberte	0.06%	-10	-36	-16.8%
143.	Violette	0.06%	-13	-42	-19.2%
144.	Rejane	0.06%	-1	-5	-2.8%
145.	Eliette	0.06%	-5	-23	-12.0%
146.	Dominique	0.06%	+46	+65	+65.7%
146.	Francette	0.06%	0	-1	-0.6%
148.	Albertine	0.06%	-10	-39	-19.5%
149.	Marie-Jeanne	0.06%	-1	-7	-4.3%
149.	Pauline	0.06%	-4	-9	-5.4%

Popularity extremes for France