Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jean	13.62%	0	-1,587	-4.6%
2.	Michel	6.61%	0	-228	-1.4%
3.	Claude	4.18%	0	-1,384	-11.9%
4.	André	3.73%	0	-956	-9.5%
5.	Jacques	3.71%	+1	-265	-2.8%
6.	Pierre	3.69%	-1	-958	-9.6%
7.	Bernard	3.57%	0	+83	+1.0%
8.	Daniel	3.07%	+1	+256	+3.5%
9.	Gérard	2.85%	-1	-324	-4.4%
10.	Robert	2.58%	+1	+270	+4.5%
11.	René	2.37%	-1	-964	-14.3%
12.	Alain	2.02%	+4	+537	+12.2%
13.	Roger	2.01%	0	-703	-12.5%
14.	Guy	1.97%	-2	-868	-15.3%
15.	Georges	1.84%	0	-289	-6.0%
16.	Marcel	1.71%	-2	-1,080	-20.5%
17.	Henri	1.60%	+1	-391	-9.1%
18.	Christian	1.58%	+6	+375	+10.7%
19.	Maurice	1.55%	-2	-512	-11.9%
20.	Jean-Claude	1.49%	+5	+549	+17.7%
21.	Joseph	1.45%	-2	-460	-11.5%
22.	Paul	1.43%	-2	-236	-6.3%
23.	Philippe	1.36%	+10	+1,216	+57.9%
24.	Louis	1.34%	-2	-370	-10.1%
25.	Raymond	1.32%	-4	-448	-12.2%
26.	François	1.32%	-3	-325	-9.2%
27.	Yves	1.19%	-1	-166	-5.4%
28.	Gilbert	1.16%	-1	-11	-0.4%
29.	Jean-Pierre	1.05%	+3	+367	+16.8%
30.	Serge	1.03%	-2	-137	-5.2%
31.	Roland	0.87%	0	-88	-4.0%
32.	Lucien	0.80%	-3	-312	-13.8%
33.	Albert	0.79%	-3	-314	-14.0%
34.	Francis	0.78%	0	-48	-2.5%
35.	Charles	0.65%	0	-27	-1.7%
36.	Marc	0.62%	0	-12	-0.8%
37.	Emile	0.43%	0	-150	-12.4%
38.	Antoine	0.40%	0	-130	-11.7%
39.	Gabriel	0.35%	+1	-1	-0.1%
40.	Hubert	0.35%	+1	-1	-0.1%
41.	Fernand	0.34%	-2	-213	-20.3%
42.	Jacky	0.32%	+5	+79	+11.3%
43.	Alfred	0.30%	+9	+155	+26.3%
44.	Joël	0.30%	-2	-37	-4.7%
45.	Denis	0.30%	-2	-35	-4.6%
46.	Jean-Marie	0.26%	+2	-35	-5.2%
47.	Eugène	0.26%	-2	-72	-10.1%
48.	Richard	0.26%	+11	+146	+29.6%
49.	Gilles	0.26%	+5	+67	+11.9%
50.	Yvon	0.25%	-5	-93	-13.0%
51.	Léon	0.24%	-7	-135	-18.9%
52.	Jean-Paul	0.24%	+9	+128	+28.6%
53.	Jackie	0.23%	+5	+55	+11.1%
54.	Noël	0.22%	-3	-90	-14.6%
55.	Edouard	0.21%	-6	-157	-23.5%
56.	Max	0.20%	+9	+78	+18.7%
57.	Edmond	0.20%	-2	-45	-8.3%
58.	Dominique	0.20%	-2	-31	-6.0%
59.	Gaston	0.19%	-9	-191	-29.8%
60.	Armand	0.17%	-7	-148	-26.1%
61.	Jean-Louis	0.17%	+10	+68	+19.5%
62.	Etienne	0.16%	-5	-119	-23.2%
63.	Victor	0.16%	0	-55	-12.6%
64.	Bruno	0.15%	+13	+69	+22.9%
65.	Camille	0.15%	-1	-57	-13.6%
66.	Hervé	0.15%	+3	+6	+1.7%
67.	Aime	0.15%	-5	-82	-18.6%
68.	Julien	0.15%	-8	-127	-26.3%
69.	Auguste	0.14%	-3	-63	-15.2%
70.	Rémy	0.14%	-2	-24	-6.4%
71.	Norbert	0.14%	-1	-10	-2.8%
72.	Ernest	0.14%	+2	+13	+4.1%
73.	Jules	0.13%	-6	-74	-19.0%
74.	José	0.12%	+2	-5	-1.6%
75.	Marius	0.12%	-3	-56	-16.2%
76.	Elie	0.12%	+11	+28	+11.1%
77.	Félix	0.11%	-2	-40	-12.6%
78.	Alphonse	0.11%	+5	-6	-2.2%
78.	Didier	0.11%	+26	+90	+49.5%
80.	Regis	0.11%	-7	-58	-17.9%
81.	Patrick	0.10%	-2	-54	-18.3%
82.	Laurent	0.10%	+2	-26	-9.8%
83.	Jean-Jacques	0.10%	+3	-25	-9.6%
84.	Jack	0.10%	-5	-62	-21.0%
84.	Lionel	0.10%	+7	-5	-2.1%
86.	Rémi	0.10%	-4	-54	-18.9%
87.	Alexandre	0.09%	-9	-71	-23.9%
88.	Vincent	0.09%	+1	-35	-13.9%
89.	Germain	0.09%	-8	-75	-26.2%
90.	Luc	0.09%	+6	+7	+3.5%
91.	Clément	0.08%	0	-41	-17.2%
92.	Simon	0.08%	-4	-58	-23.0%
93.	James	0.08%	+2	-16	-7.7%
93.	Xavier	0.08%	+8	+4	+2.1%
95.	Adrien	0.08%	-10	-74	-28.1%
96.	Maxime	0.08%	+9	+11	+6.2%
97.	William	0.08%	+9	+10	+5.7%
98.	Marie	0.08%	-4	-30	-14.0%
99.	Frédéric	0.07%	+12	+38	+26.6%
100.	Eric	0.07%	+8	+27	+18.0%
101.	Emmanuel	0.07%	-8	-48	-21.6%
102.	Raoul	0.07%	-12	-74	-30.0%
103.	Jean-François	0.07%	+10	+25	+18.4%
104.	Bertrand	0.07%	-6	-38	-19.3%
104.	Yvan	0.07%	-5	-37	-18.9%
106.	Martial	0.06%	-6	-40	-20.6%
106.	Sylvain	0.06%	-3	-31	-16.8%
108.	Rodolphe	0.06%	+38	+73	+94.8%
109.	Gustave	0.06%	-7	-40	-21.5%
110.	Hugues	0.06%	-2	-9	-6.0%
111.	Raphaël	0.06%	+5	+7	+5.3%
112.	Nicolas	0.06%	-1	-9	-6.3%
112.	Stanislas	0.06%	-15	-64	-32.3%
114.	Benoît	0.05%	+7	+5	+3.9%
115.	Alexis	0.05%	+1	-4	-3.0%
116.	Adolphe	0.05%	+17	+24	+23.5%
117.	Ange	0.05%	-7	-28	-18.9%
118.	Arthur	0.05%	-2	-13	-9.8%
118.	Augustin	0.05%	-4	-16	-11.9%
120.	Olivier	0.05%	-13	-54	-31.6%
120.	Patrice	0.05%	+11	+14	+13.6%
122.	Rolland	0.05%	-3	-14	-10.8%
123.	Martin	0.05%	+1	-2	-1.7%
124.	Abel	0.05%	-9	-21	-15.7%
125.	Désiré	0.05%	-6	-19	-14.6%
126.	Pascal	0.04%	-4	-21	-16.5%
127.	Ferdinand	0.04%	+7	+7	+7.1%
128.	Henry	0.04%	+9	+10	+10.6%
128.	Jean-Baptiste	0.04%	-3	-11	-9.6%
130.	Manuel	0.04%	+15	+22	+28.2%
131.	Jean-Michel	0.04%	-3	-10	-9.3%
132.	Christophe	0.04%	+9	+6	+6.9%
133.	Gérald	0.04%	-7	-20	-18.0%
133.	Willy	0.04%	+30	+31	+51.7%
135.	Casimir	0.04%	+1	-7	-7.3%
135.	Marceau	0.04%	-12	-31	-25.8%
137.	Franck	0.04%	-7	-18	-17.1%
138.	Alex	0.04%	+4	+2	+2.4%
139.	Guillaume	0.03%	+10	+9	+12.2%
140.	Allain	0.03%	+4	-1	-1.2%
141.	Moise	0.03%	-3	-17	-18.3%
141.	Yannick	0.03%	+23	+17	+28.8%
143.	Mario	0.03%	-9	-23	-23.5%
144.	Jacki	0.03%	-13	-31	-30.1%
145.	Constant	0.03%	-16	-35	-33.0%
146.	Jacquy	0.03%	+3	-8	-10.8%
147.	Erwin	0.03%	+81	+34	+110%
148.	Jean-Luc	0.03%	+60	+27	+73.0%
148.	Theodore	0.03%	-8	-24	-27.3%
150.	Arsene	0.03%	-23	-46	-42.2%
150.	Justin	0.03%	+7	-1	-1.6%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	8.47%	0	-1,837	-8.2%
2.	Monique	4.90%	0	-656	-5.2%
3.	Nicole	3.58%	0	+218	+2.6%
4.	Jacqueline	3.30%	0	-359	-4.3%
5.	Françoise	2.60%	0	+288	+4.8%
6.	Christiane	2.59%	0	+402	+6.9%
7.	Jeannine	1.84%	0	-755	-14.5%
8.	Danielle	1.81%	+6	+590	+15.6%
9.	Colette	1.79%	-1	-485	-10.1%
9.	Michèle	1.79%	+2	+374	+9.5%
11.	Josette	1.79%	-2	-299	-6.5%
12.	Anne	1.58%	+1	+15	+0.4%
13.	Yvette	1.47%	-3	-692	-16.3%
14.	Denise	1.45%	-2	-440	-11.1%
15.	Liliane	1.35%	+2	-127	-3.7%
16.	Simone	1.34%	+5	-54	-1.6%
17.	Michelle	1.32%	+3	-133	-4.0%
18.	Jeanne	1.28%	-2	-295	-8.7%
19.	Annie	1.26%	+8	+358	+13.4%
20.	Paulette	1.20%	-1	-465	-13.8%
21.	Thérèse	1.13%	-6	-760	-21.8%
22.	Andrée	1.11%	-4	-705	-20.8%
23.	Madeleine	1.08%	+3	-134	-4.9%
24.	Ginette	1.06%	-2	-370	-12.6%
25.	Bernadette	1.05%	-1	-309	-10.8%
26.	Claudine	1.03%	+2	-72	-2.8%
27.	Geneviève	1.02%	-4	-445	-15.3%
28.	Suzanne	1.00%	+2	+59	+2.5%
29.	Renée	0.95%	-4	-537	-18.9%
30.	Gisèle	0.94%	-1	-100	-4.2%
31.	Annick	0.90%	+12	+294	+15.5%
32.	Eliane	0.90%	-1	-107	-4.7%
33.	Josiane	0.89%	-1	-141	-6.2%
34.	Mireille	0.86%	+7	+153	+8.0%
35.	Arlette	0.85%	+1	-84	-3.9%
36.	Daniele	0.84%	+3	+89	+4.6%
37.	Micheline	0.84%	-2	-118	-5.5%
38.	Hélène	0.82%	+2	+42	+2.2%
39.	Odette	0.81%	-5	-271	-12.2%
40.	Marguerite	0.73%	+8	+115	+7.0%
41.	Raymonde	0.73%	-4	-375	-17.6%
42.	Marcelle	0.72%	-9	-529	-23.3%
43.	Pierrette	0.71%	-5	-325	-16.0%
44.	Claudette	0.70%	+1	-132	-7.2%
45.	Huguette	0.70%	-3	-207	-10.9%
46.	Janine	0.68%	0	-129	-7.2%
47.	Yvonne	0.67%	-3	-245	-13.2%
48.	Marie-Thérèse	0.64%	+7	+145	+10.3%
49.	Odile	0.64%	-2	-139	-8.2%
50.	Lucette	0.58%	+3	-73	-5.0%
51.	Claude	0.57%	-2	-226	-14.1%
52.	Francine	0.53%	+2	-191	-13.0%
53.	Georgette	0.53%	-2	-294	-18.8%
54.	Lucienne	0.52%	-4	-344	-21.6%
55.	Solange	0.50%	+1	-127	-9.4%
56.	Chantal	0.50%	+3	+65	+5.7%
57.	Maryse	0.48%	+3	+96	+9.1%
58.	Anne-Marie	0.47%	+4	+148	+14.9%
59.	Jeanine	0.46%	-2	-204	-15.4%
60.	Mauricette	0.46%	-8	-368	-25.0%
61.	Irène	0.41%	-3	-218	-18.1%
62.	Jocelyne	0.38%	+3	+43	+4.9%
63.	Elisabeth	0.36%	+3	+9	+1.1%
64.	Henriette	0.34%	-3	-181	-18.0%
65.	Germaine	0.34%	-1	-154	-16.0%
66.	Rose	0.33%	+4	+49	+6.5%
67.	Louise	0.33%	-4	-178	-18.3%
68.	Marthe	0.33%	+12	+154	+24.2%
69.	Brigitte	0.29%	+14	+84	+13.5%
70.	Yolande	0.29%	-3	-120	-14.6%
71.	France	0.29%	-3	-63	-8.2%
72.	Edith	0.28%	+7	+31	+4.7%
73.	Maryvonne	0.28%	+4	+24	+3.7%
74.	Viviane	0.27%	0	+3	+0.5%
75.	Catherine	0.27%	+6	+29	+4.6%
76.	Cécile	0.25%	-3	-51	-7.7%
77.	Gilberte	0.25%	-8	-150	-19.9%
78.	Annette	0.25%	-1	-57	-8.7%
79.	Evelyne	0.25%	+3	-34	-5.4%
80.	Régine	0.24%	+8	+48	+9.1%
81.	Rolande	0.24%	-6	-86	-13.1%
82.	Alice	0.23%	-11	-182	-24.5%
83.	Antoinette	0.23%	-11	-120	-17.9%
84.	Gabrielle	0.22%	+1	-35	-6.2%
85.	Nelly	0.22%	+4	+9	+1.7%
86.	Ghislaine	0.21%	+9	+48	+10.3%
87.	Marie-Claude	0.21%	+17	+113	+29.0%
88.	Paule	0.21%	+2	-17	-3.3%
89.	Aline	0.21%	+2	+6	+1.2%
90.	Claire	0.19%	+7	+12	+2.6%
91.	Fernande	0.19%	-16	-195	-29.7%
92.	Agnès	0.19%	+11	+57	+14.3%
93.	Nadine	0.19%	+12	+61	+15.8%
94.	Louisette	0.18%	-8	-98	-18.0%
95.	Marie-Louise	0.18%	+16	+84	+23.5%
96.	Joëlle	0.18%	+4	+7	+1.6%
97.	Nicolle	0.18%	-10	-100	-18.8%
98.	Juliette	0.18%	-6	-62	-12.7%
99.	Marie-France	0.17%	+13	+67	+18.9%
100.	Martine	0.17%	+8	+44	+11.8%
101.	Maria	0.17%	-8	-60	-12.7%
102.	Lucie	0.17%	-8	-63	-13.5%
103.	Sylviane	0.16%	-1	-12	-3.0%
104.	Josephine	0.16%	+2	+7	+1.8%
105.	Jeannette	0.16%	-7	-61	-13.6%
106.	Claudie	0.15%	+1	-19	-5.0%
107.	Noëlle	0.15%	-11	-99	-21.7%
108.	Simonne	0.15%	-24	-263	-42.6%
109.	Elise	0.14%	0	-38	-10.2%
109.	Marinette	0.14%	+7	+1	+0.3%
111.	Anna	0.14%	-12	-103	-24.0%
112.	Reine	0.13%	+2	-15	-4.4%
113.	Angèle	0.13%	-12	-105	-25.1%
114.	Lydie	0.13%	+1	-26	-7.8%
115.	Christine	0.12%	+6	+41	+16.3%
116.	Eveline	0.12%	+1	-8	-2.7%
117.	Marie-Claire	0.12%	+6	+38	+15.4%
118.	Emilienne	0.11%	-5	-69	-20.2%
119.	Anny	0.11%	+9	+54	+25.6%
120.	Charlotte	0.11%	+7	+23	+9.6%
121.	Carmen	0.11%	+3	+18	+7.4%
122.	Berthe	0.11%	-3	-17	-6.3%
123.	Dominique	0.10%	+8	+44	+21.7%
124.	Sylvette	0.10%	-2	-9	-3.6%
125.	Isabelle	0.10%	0	-11	-4.6%
126.	Marlène	0.09%	+17	+68	+43.3%
127.	Béatrice	0.09%	+6	+14	+6.9%
128.	Roseline	0.09%	-8	-54	-20.3%
129.	Christianne	0.08%	+2	+1	+0.5%
129.	Roselyne	0.08%	+6	+24	+13.3%
131.	Roberte	0.08%	-13	-89	-30.6%
132.	Léone	0.08%	-22	-161	-45.0%
133.	Marie-Françoise	0.08%	+3	+15	+8.6%
134.	Marianne	0.08%	+16	+42	+29.2%
135.	Francette	0.08%	+4	+18	+10.8%
136.	Aimée	0.07%	-10	-60	-25.0%
137.	Anita	0.07%	+5	+18	+11.3%
137.	Suzette	0.07%	+2	+10	+6.0%
139.	Marie-Jeanne	0.07%	-1	+2	+1.2%
140.	Marie-Rose	0.07%	+7	+8	+5.3%
140.	Rejane	0.07%	-3	-10	-5.9%
142.	Sylvie	0.07%	+11	+20	+14.5%
143.	Eugénie	0.06%	+5	+4	+2.7%
143.	Marie-Madeleine	0.06%	+17	+26	+20.5%
145.	Mathilde	0.06%	0	-4	-2.6%
146.	Camille	0.06%	-17	-60	-29.0%
147.	Adrienne	0.06%	-13	-60	-29.9%
148.	Eliette	0.06%	+4	0	0.0%
149.	Marie-Josephe	0.06%	+6	+1	+0.8%
150.	Danièle	0.05%	+41	+43	+48.9%

Popularity extremes for France