Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jean	13.18%	0	+1,917	+5.4%
2.	Michel	6.07%	0	+292	+1.7%
3.	Claude	4.70%	0	-277	-2.0%
4.	Pierre	4.21%	0	-565	-4.5%
5.	André	4.02%	0	-688	-5.7%
6.	Jacques	3.59%	0	-226	-2.2%
7.	Bernard	3.29%	0	-262	-2.7%
8.	Gérard	2.83%	+2	+589	+7.9%
9.	René	2.74%	-1	-463	-5.6%
10.	Robert	2.41%	+1	-411	-5.7%
11.	Daniel	2.40%	+2	+583	+9.4%
12.	Roger	2.37%	-3	-777	-10.4%
13.	Guy	2.23%	-1	-43	-0.7%
14.	Marcel	2.10%	0	-143	-2.4%
15.	Georges	1.90%	0	-166	-3.0%
16.	Henri	1.75%	+1	-145	-2.9%
17.	Maurice	1.69%	-1	-329	-6.5%
18.	Joseph	1.60%	0	-112	-2.4%
19.	Louis	1.49%	+2	-110	-2.5%
20.	Raymond	1.48%	0	-145	-3.3%
21.	Paul	1.45%	-2	-256	-5.9%
22.	Alain	1.40%	+5	+888	+28.9%
23.	Yves	1.35%	-1	-121	-3.1%
24.	François	1.30%	0	+68	+1.9%
25.	Gilbert	1.30%	-2	-125	-3.3%
26.	Christian	1.25%	-1	+88	+2.6%
27.	Serge	1.10%	-1	-239	-7.1%
28.	Jean-Claude	1.01%	+3	+392	+15.9%
29.	Albert	0.91%	+1	-3	-0.1%
30.	Lucien	0.90%	-1	-109	-4.1%
31.	Roland	0.90%	-3	-135	-5.1%
32.	Francis	0.79%	0	+118	+5.6%
33.	Jean-Pierre	0.73%	+1	+328	+19.0%
34.	Charles	0.63%	-1	-170	-8.7%
35.	Philippe	0.63%	+1	+243	+15.7%
36.	Marc	0.62%	-1	+111	+6.8%
37.	Emile	0.51%	0	+2	+0.1%
38.	Fernand	0.45%	0	-85	-6.2%
39.	Antoine	0.43%	0	-40	-3.2%
40.	Hubert	0.39%	0	-4	-0.4%
41.	Gabriel	0.38%	0	+45	+4.4%
42.	Eugène	0.29%	+3	+55	+7.1%
43.	Yvon	0.29%	0	+5	+0.6%
44.	Léon	0.29%	-2	-69	-7.9%
45.	Denis	0.28%	-1	-7	-0.9%
46.	Jacky	0.26%	+12	+156	+26.5%
47.	Gaston	0.26%	-1	-12	-1.6%
48.	Edouard	0.25%	-1	-14	-1.9%
49.	Jean-Marie	0.25%	+1	+35	+5.2%
50.	Joël	0.25%	+6	+75	+12.2%
51.	Edmond	0.24%	-2	-4	-0.6%
52.	Armand	0.23%	-4	-42	-6.0%
53.	Gilles	0.23%	+2	+32	+5.1%
54.	Etienne	0.22%	-2	-28	-4.3%
55.	Jackie	0.22%	+2	+5	+0.8%
56.	Noël	0.21%	-5	-63	-9.4%
57.	Max	0.21%	-4	-49	-7.6%
58.	Alfred	0.21%	-4	-55	-8.7%
59.	Dominique	0.19%	+6	+37	+7.4%
60.	Julien	0.19%	-1	-29	-5.2%
61.	Victor	0.18%	0	-27	-5.0%
62.	Camille	0.17%	0	-34	-6.5%
63.	Aime	0.17%	-3	-75	-13.4%
64.	Richard	0.17%	+11	+134	+39.2%
65.	Auguste	0.17%	-2	-35	-6.9%
66.	Rémy	0.17%	-2	-40	-7.9%
67.	Jules	0.16%	0	0	0.0%
68.	Jean-Paul	0.16%	+14	+140	+46.4%
69.	Hervé	0.13%	0	-19	-4.8%
70.	Jean-Louis	0.13%	+16	+97	+35.5%
71.	Ernest	0.13%	0	-14	-3.7%
72.	Marius	0.13%	-6	-101	-21.9%
73.	José	0.13%	+15	+104	+41.6%
74.	Félix	0.12%	-2	0	0.0%
75.	Bruno	0.12%	-7	-78	-18.3%
75.	Germain	0.12%	-1	-2	-0.6%
77.	Alexandre	0.12%	-1	-1	-0.3%
78.	Norbert	0.11%	-8	-60	-15.7%
79.	Alphonse	0.11%	+1	+11	+3.6%
80.	Regis	0.11%	-1	+7	+2.3%
81.	Elie	0.11%	-4	-14	-4.3%
82.	Rémi	0.11%	-10	-45	-12.8%
83.	Laurent	0.10%	0	-4	-1.4%
84.	Jean-Jacques	0.10%	+24	+114	+68.3%
85.	Jack	0.10%	-5	-26	-8.6%
86.	Lionel	0.10%	-2	-14	-4.9%
87.	Adrien	0.09%	-9	-43	-13.9%
87.	Marie	0.09%	+15	+75	+39.3%
89.	James	0.09%	+1	+7	+2.8%
90.	Raoul	0.09%	-5	-23	-8.4%
91.	Clément	0.09%	-2	-1	-0.4%
92.	Didier	0.09%	+11	+60	+32.8%
93.	Simon	0.09%	-7	-32	-11.7%
94.	Vincent	0.08%	-3	+5	+2.2%
95.	Patrick	0.08%	+6	+33	+16.9%
96.	Martial	0.08%	-1	+2	+0.9%
97.	Luc	0.08%	0	+11	+5.2%
98.	Bertrand	0.08%	+12	+54	+32.9%
99.	Emmanuel	0.08%	-7	-11	-4.8%
99.	Sylvain	0.08%	+15	+64	+41.8%
101.	Yvan	0.07%	-8	-15	-6.7%
102.	Stanislas	0.07%	-6	-14	-6.5%
103.	William	0.07%	-5	-5	-2.4%
103.	Xavier	0.07%	-4	-3	-1.5%
105.	Maxime	0.07%	-11	-24	-10.8%
106.	Augustin	0.07%	+9	+49	+33.1%
107.	Gustave	0.07%	-7	-3	-1.5%
108.	Alexis	0.07%	-2	+11	+6.4%
109.	Nicolas	0.06%	-3	+4	+2.3%
110.	Abel	0.06%	-6	-13	-7.2%
111.	Hugues	0.06%	+9	+26	+19.1%
112.	Arthur	0.06%	0	+5	+3.2%
113.	Frédéric	0.06%	-9	-22	-12.2%
114.	Olivier	0.05%	+1	-2	-1.4%
115.	Ange	0.05%	-2	-11	-7.1%
115.	Raphaël	0.05%	+8	+16	+12.6%
115.	Rolland	0.05%	-6	-22	-13.3%
118.	Martin	0.05%	+15	+36	+34.3%
119.	Jean-François	0.05%	+8	+18	+15.7%
120.	Désiré	0.05%	-1	-6	-4.4%
121.	Henry	0.05%	-3	-16	-11.2%
122.	Eric	0.04%	-5	-23	-15.6%
123.	Pascal	0.04%	+1	-3	-2.4%
124.	Moise	0.04%	+5	+5	+4.4%
125.	Adolphe	0.04%	+5	+5	+4.5%
126.	Benoît	0.04%	0	-4	-3.4%
127.	Ferdinand	0.04%	-5	-17	-13.3%
128.	Allain	0.04%	+28	+38	+53.5%
129.	Franck	0.04%	+21	+30	+38.5%
130.	Mario	0.04%	-2	-8	-7.0%
131.	Constant	0.04%	0	-9	-8.1%
131.	Gérald	0.04%	+21	+26	+34.2%
131.	Jean-Baptiste	0.04%	-20	-58	-36.3%
134.	Marceau	0.04%	-10	-24	-19.2%
135.	Arsene	0.04%	-14	-30	-23.1%
136.	Antonio	0.03%	+57	+49	+104%
136.	Casimir	0.03%	-4	-10	-9.4%
138.	Theodore	0.03%	-4	-9	-8.7%
139.	Antonin	0.03%	-1	+1	+1.1%
139.	Patrice	0.03%	-3	-2	-2.1%
141.	Romain	0.03%	-6	-6	-6.2%
142.	Jean-Michel	0.03%	+12	+16	+21.6%
143.	Christophe	0.03%	-5	-4	-4.4%
144.	Leopold	0.03%	-4	-4	-4.4%
145.	Manuel	0.03%	+16	+18	+26.9%
146.	Theophile	0.03%	+2	+5	+6.3%
147.	Leonard	0.03%	-2	-2	-2.4%
148.	Achille	0.03%	+20	+16	+25.4%
148.	Emilien	0.03%	-11	-14	-15.1%
148.	Gaëtan	0.03%	-2	-4	-4.8%
148.	Jacki	0.03%	-6	-8	-9.2%
148.	Stéphane	0.03%	+5	+4	+5.3%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	8.32%	0	+432	+1.9%
2.	Monique	4.95%	0	-37	-0.3%
3.	Jacqueline	3.38%	0	-634	-6.2%
4.	Nicole	3.25%	0	+768	+9.1%
5.	Jeannine	2.24%	0	-728	-10.3%
6.	Christiane	2.19%	0	+66	+1.1%
7.	Françoise	2.10%	+2	+615	+11.5%
8.	Colette	2.04%	+3	+744	+14.7%
9.	Yvette	1.90%	-2	-389	-6.7%
10.	Josette	1.82%	0	-127	-2.4%
11.	Denise	1.58%	-3	-920	-17.1%
12.	Anne	1.48%	+4	+297	+7.6%
13.	Jeanne	1.47%	0	-272	-6.1%
14.	Paulette	1.43%	0	-319	-7.3%
15.	Simone	1.41%	-3	-523	-11.5%
16.	Thérèse	1.33%	-1	-206	-5.2%
17.	Liliane	1.26%	+4	+266	+8.1%
18.	Ginette	1.26%	-1	-241	-6.3%
19.	Andrée	1.25%	0	+24	+0.7%
20.	Michèle	1.23%	+10	+798	+29.5%
21.	Michelle	1.18%	+3	+202	+6.4%
22.	Danielle	1.17%	+6	+583	+21.3%
23.	Madeleine	1.17%	-5	-231	-6.5%
24.	Renée	1.15%	-4	-61	-1.8%
25.	Bernadette	1.13%	0	+90	+2.9%
26.	Suzanne	1.05%	-3	-238	-7.4%
27.	Gisèle	1.04%	-1	-81	-2.7%
28.	Geneviève	1.00%	+1	+110	+4.1%
29.	Claudine	0.92%	+6	+126	+5.1%
30.	Odette	0.91%	-8	-692	-21.1%
31.	Eliane	0.91%	+1	-13	-0.5%
32.	Arlette	0.90%	-5	-257	-9.2%
33.	Marcelle	0.89%	0	-21	-0.8%
34.	Annie	0.87%	+7	+287	+13.1%
35.	Pierrette	0.86%	+4	+201	+9.0%
36.	Yvonne	0.83%	+1	-91	-3.7%
37.	Raymonde	0.82%	-1	-126	-5.1%
38.	Micheline	0.80%	-7	-324	-12.5%
39.	Huguette	0.80%	-5	-260	-10.3%
40.	Hélène	0.79%	-2	-102	-4.3%
41.	Josiane	0.79%	+2	+174	+8.5%
42.	Annick	0.76%	+6	+286	+15.3%
43.	Janine	0.73%	-3	-131	-6.0%
44.	Marguerite	0.70%	-2	-187	-8.6%
45.	Claudette	0.69%	+1	+61	+3.2%
46.	Mireille	0.69%	+3	+137	+7.6%
47.	Georgette	0.67%	-3	-55	-2.8%
48.	Daniele	0.65%	+7	+345	+22.8%
49.	Lucette	0.65%	-2	-62	-3.3%
50.	Lucienne	0.63%	-5	-145	-7.5%
51.	Claude	0.59%	0	+66	+4.1%
52.	Solange	0.59%	-2	-41	-2.4%
53.	Mauricette	0.55%	0	+11	+0.7%
54.	Odile	0.53%	0	-1	-0.1%
55.	Francine	0.53%	+2	+120	+8.6%
56.	Marie-Thérèse	0.53%	+2	+115	+8.3%
57.	Jeanine	0.51%	-5	-153	-9.5%
58.	Irène	0.49%	-2	-46	-3.2%
59.	Germaine	0.42%	0	-179	-13.1%
60.	Henriette	0.41%	+1	-9	-0.8%
61.	Louise	0.41%	+1	+29	+2.6%
62.	Maryse	0.40%	-2	-175	-13.4%
63.	Anne-Marie	0.37%	+1	+28	+2.7%
64.	Chantal	0.37%	+2	+122	+13.3%
65.	Yolande	0.35%	-2	-40	-3.8%
66.	Elisabeth	0.34%	+3	+99	+11.4%
67.	Gilberte	0.34%	-2	+4	+0.4%
68.	Alice	0.30%	0	-21	-2.4%
69.	Rose	0.29%	-2	-84	-9.2%
70.	Annette	0.29%	+4	+11	+1.4%
71.	Rolande	0.28%	+1	-20	-2.4%
72.	Jocelyne	0.28%	+5	+92	+13.2%
73.	Antoinette	0.28%	0	-28	-3.4%
74.	Marthe	0.27%	-4	-100	-11.6%
75.	Cécile	0.26%	0	-57	-7.1%
76.	Fernande	0.26%	0	-18	-2.4%
77.	Gabrielle	0.25%	+3	+51	+7.7%
78.	Simonne	0.25%	-7	-134	-16.0%
79.	Edith	0.24%	+2	+33	+5.1%
80.	Maryvonne	0.24%	+8	+104	+18.4%
81.	Maria	0.23%	+2	+40	+6.4%
82.	Nicolle	0.22%	-3	-51	-7.5%
83.	Régine	0.22%	-1	-35	-5.4%
84.	Louisette	0.22%	+6	+61	+11.1%
85.	Brigitte	0.21%	+12	+107	+21.4%
86.	Viviane	0.21%	+17	+184	+43.7%
87.	Juliette	0.21%	-9	-88	-12.8%
88.	Aline	0.21%	-1	+29	+5.1%
89.	Catherine	0.21%	+5	+80	+15.5%
90.	Paule	0.21%	-6	-26	-4.2%
91.	Evelyne	0.21%	+6	+91	+18.2%
92.	France	0.21%	+16	+200	+52.5%
93.	Lucie	0.20%	-9	-55	-8.9%
94.	Jeannette	0.20%	0	+44	+8.5%
95.	Agnès	0.19%	-9	-36	-6.3%
96.	Claire	0.19%	-5	+3	+0.6%
97.	Nelly	0.18%	-4	-11	-2.1%
98.	Ghislaine	0.18%	+2	+26	+5.3%
99.	Anna	0.17%	-10	-57	-10.3%
100.	Reine	0.17%	+1	-1	-0.2%
101.	Nadine	0.17%	+5	+97	+25.1%
102.	Angèle	0.17%	-6	-31	-6.1%
103.	Josephine	0.16%	-11	-74	-13.9%
104.	Marinette	0.16%	-2	+31	+7.3%
105.	Elise	0.16%	-6	-46	-9.3%
106.	Marie-Louise	0.15%	-2	+19	+4.6%
107.	Eveline	0.14%	+2	+43	+12.1%
108.	Emilienne	0.14%	-3	+2	+0.5%
109.	Sylviane	0.14%	+2	+39	+11.3%
110.	Léone	0.13%	+2	+32	+9.3%
111.	Noëlle	0.13%	-4	-13	-3.4%
112.	Martine	0.13%	+3	+75	+25.9%
113.	Joëlle	0.12%	+5	+74	+26.9%
114.	Marie-Claude	0.11%	+1	+34	+11.7%
115.	Lydie	0.11%	+4	+54	+20.5%
116.	Carmen	0.11%	+6	+53	+20.6%
117.	Berthe	0.11%	-7	-49	-13.8%
118.	Marie-Claire	0.10%	-4	+3	+1.0%
119.	Claudie	0.10%	-6	-42	-12.6%
120.	Aimée	0.10%	+7	+41	+17.0%
121.	Roberte	0.10%	-2	+16	+6.1%
122.	Charlotte	0.10%	-7	-14	-4.8%
123.	Roseline	0.09%	0	+16	+6.4%
124.	Béatrice	0.09%	+1	0	0.0%
125.	Christine	0.09%	-2	-6	-2.4%
126.	Christianne	0.09%	+8	+40	+19.6%
127.	Camille	0.09%	+7	+37	+18.1%
128.	Alberte	0.08%	+14	+53	+29.8%
129.	Anny	0.08%	+1	-8	-3.4%
129.	Sylvette	0.08%	+8	+28	+14.1%
131.	Adrienne	0.08%	-5	-19	-7.8%
132.	Léa	0.08%	-1	+2	+0.9%
133.	Isabelle	0.07%	-12	-49	-18.8%
134.	Blanche	0.07%	-1	0	0.0%
135.	Marlène	0.07%	-8	-41	-17.0%
136.	Dominique	0.07%	+10	+32	+19.5%
137.	Eugénie	0.07%	-8	-46	-19.2%
137.	Julienne	0.07%	+1	-4	-2.0%
139.	Olga	0.07%	-7	-28	-12.8%
140.	Marie-Jeanne	0.07%	+9	+32	+20.4%
140.	Rejane	0.07%	+4	+18	+10.5%
142.	Suzette	0.07%	-3	-4	-2.1%
143.	Marie-France	0.07%	+83	+116	+173%
144.	Eliette	0.06%	+1	+12	+7.1%
145.	Francette	0.06%	+1	+13	+7.9%
145.	Marie-Rose	0.06%	+17	+44	+33.1%
147.	Violette	0.06%	-4	-1	-0.6%
148.	Mathilde	0.06%	-12	-29	-14.4%
149.	Céline	0.06%	-8	-13	-7.1%
150.	Marie-Madeleine	0.06%	+14	+35	+26.5%

Popularity extremes for France