Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jean	13.85%	0	+4,209	+12.6%
2.	Michel	6.91%	0	+2,564	+15.9%
3.	Bernard	3.79%	+4	+1,533	+17.6%
4.	Claude	3.72%	-1	-129	-1.3%
5.	Jacques	3.70%	0	+965	+10.7%
6.	André	3.62%	-2	+684	+7.5%
7.	Pierre	3.57%	-1	+646	+7.2%
8.	Daniel	3.53%	0	+2,040	+27.2%
9.	Gérard	3.38%	0	+2,175	+31.2%
10.	Alain	2.47%	+2	+1,735	+35.1%
11.	Robert	2.33%	-1	-13	-0.2%
12.	René	2.21%	-1	+182	+3.1%
13.	Guy	2.03%	+1	+673	+14.0%
14.	Christian	1.88%	+4	+1,211	+31.3%
15.	Roger	1.86%	-2	+127	+2.6%
16.	Jean-Claude	1.76%	+4	+1,130	+31.0%
17.	Georges	1.70%	-2	+100	+2.2%
18.	Marcel	1.56%	-2	+42	+1.0%
19.	Henri	1.50%	-2	+167	+4.3%
20.	Maurice	1.44%	-1	+125	+3.3%
21.	Jean-Pierre	1.34%	+8	+1,074	+42.1%
22.	Yves	1.31%	+5	+635	+21.9%
23.	François	1.30%	+3	+305	+9.5%
24.	Paul	1.27%	-2	-59	-1.7%
25.	Joseph	1.26%	-4	-144	-4.1%
26.	Raymond	1.22%	-1	+70	+2.2%
27.	Gilbert	1.18%	+1	+345	+12.2%
28.	Louis	1.17%	-4	-116	-3.5%
29.	Serge	1.12%	+1	+499	+19.8%
30.	Philippe	1.03%	-7	-527	-15.9%
31.	Roland	0.88%	0	+247	+11.6%
32.	Francis	0.80%	+2	+269	+14.2%
33.	Lucien	0.74%	-1	+64	+3.3%
34.	Albert	0.73%	-1	+36	+1.9%
35.	Marc	0.62%	+1	+178	+11.8%
36.	Charles	0.57%	-1	-28	-1.8%
37.	Joël	0.39%	+7	+321	+43.3%
38.	Antoine	0.37%	0	+11	+1.1%
39.	Emile	0.35%	-2	-113	-10.7%
40.	Jacky	0.34%	+2	+140	+18.0%
41.	Denis	0.34%	+4	+183	+25.2%
42.	Hubert	0.34%	-2	+62	+7.3%
43.	Fernand	0.33%	-2	+44	+5.3%
44.	Jean-Marie	0.32%	+2	+213	+33.2%
45.	Gabriel	0.31%	-6	-27	-3.1%
46.	Jean-Paul	0.31%	+6	+260	+45.1%
47.	Gilles	0.27%	+2	+93	+14.8%
48.	Dominique	0.27%	+10	+233	+48.0%
49.	Yvon	0.26%	+1	+86	+13.9%
50.	Richard	0.25%	-2	+26	+4.1%
51.	Alfred	0.23%	-8	-130	-17.5%
52.	Jean-Louis	0.22%	+9	+179	+42.9%
53.	Noël	0.21%	+1	+32	+6.1%
54.	Jackie	0.20%	-1	+3	+0.5%
55.	Max	0.20%	+1	+38	+7.7%
56.	Eugène	0.20%	-9	-109	-17.0%
57.	Léon	0.20%	-6	-50	-8.6%
58.	Edmond	0.18%	-1	-5	-1.0%
59.	Edouard	0.18%	-4	-24	-4.7%
60.	Gaston	0.18%	-1	+22	+4.9%
61.	Etienne	0.17%	+1	+71	+18.1%
62.	Patrick	0.17%	+19	+206	+85.5%
63.	Armand	0.16%	-3	+7	+1.7%
64.	Rémy	0.15%	+6	+62	+17.7%
65.	Bruno	0.15%	-1	+29	+7.8%
65.	Hervé	0.15%	+1	+37	+10.2%
67.	Norbert	0.14%	+4	+44	+12.8%
68.	Camille	0.14%	-3	+23	+6.3%
69.	Victor	0.14%	-6	-14	-3.7%
70.	Jean-Jacques	0.14%	+13	+130	+55.3%
71.	Aime	0.13%	-4	+4	+1.1%
72.	Didier	0.13%	+6	+79	+29.0%
73.	Regis	0.12%	+7	+66	+24.8%
74.	Auguste	0.12%	-5	-24	-6.8%
75.	Julien	0.12%	-7	-29	-8.2%
76.	Ernest	0.12%	-4	-12	-3.6%
77.	José	0.12%	-3	+21	+7.0%
78.	Jean-François	0.11%	+25	+130	+80.7%
79.	Jules	0.11%	-6	-31	-9.8%
80.	Félix	0.10%	-3	-8	-2.9%
81.	Alphonse	0.10%	-3	-4	-1.5%
82.	Rémi	0.10%	+4	+34	+14.7%
83.	Marius	0.09%	-8	-34	-11.8%
84.	Laurent	0.09%	-2	+7	+2.9%
85.	Lionel	0.09%	-1	+11	+4.7%
86.	Bertrand	0.09%	+18	+84	+52.8%
87.	Alexandre	0.09%	0	+15	+6.6%
88.	Jack	0.09%	-4	+7	+3.0%
89.	Elie	0.09%	-13	-42	-14.9%
90.	Germain	0.09%	-1	+27	+12.8%
91.	Luc	0.09%	-1	+28	+13.4%
92.	Patrice	0.08%	+28	+104	+88.9%
93.	Xavier	0.08%	0	+22	+11.4%
94.	Eric	0.08%	+6	+28	+15.8%
95.	Adrien	0.08%	0	+14	+7.4%
96.	Clément	0.07%	-5	-1	-0.5%
97.	Vincent	0.07%	-9	-21	-9.7%
98.	William	0.07%	-1	+8	+4.3%
99.	Martial	0.07%	+7	+33	+21.4%
100.	Emmanuel	0.07%	+1	+12	+6.9%
101.	James	0.07%	-8	-9	-4.7%
102.	Simon	0.07%	-10	-14	-7.2%
103.	Yvan	0.07%	+1	+20	+12.6%
104.	Raoul	0.06%	-2	0	0.0%
105.	Frédéric	0.06%	-6	-10	-5.5%
106.	Olivier	0.06%	+14	+46	+39.3%
107.	Marie	0.06%	-9	-29	-15.8%
107.	Maxime	0.06%	-11	-33	-17.6%
109.	Hugues	0.06%	+1	+11	+7.8%
109.	Sylvain	0.06%	-3	-2	-1.3%
111.	Nicolas	0.05%	+1	+13	+9.7%
112.	Jean-Michel	0.05%	+19	+49	+50.5%
113.	Ferdinand	0.05%	+14	+39	+37.1%
114.	Gustave	0.05%	-5	-4	-2.7%
115.	Alexis	0.05%	0	+11	+8.6%
116.	Benoît	0.05%	-2	-2	-1.5%
117.	Pascal	0.05%	+9	+21	+19.8%
118.	Henry	0.05%	+10	+22	+21.2%
119.	Rolland	0.05%	+3	+9	+7.8%
120.	Ange	0.05%	-3	+2	+1.7%
121.	Martin	0.04%	+2	+6	+5.3%
121.	Yannick	0.04%	+20	+44	+57.9%
123.	Gérald	0.04%	+10	+27	+29.7%
123.	Jean-Yves	0.04%	+29	+56	+90.3%
123.	Raphaël	0.04%	-12	-21	-15.1%
123.	Rodolphe	0.04%	-15	-32	-21.3%
127.	Augustin	0.04%	-9	-4	-3.4%
128.	Willy	0.04%	+5	+21	+23.1%
129.	Abel	0.04%	-5	-6	-5.3%
129.	Franck	0.04%	+8	+20	+23.0%
131.	Arthur	0.04%	-13	-13	-10.9%
131.	Jean-Luc	0.04%	+17	+42	+65.6%
131.	Stanislas	0.04%	-19	-28	-20.9%
134.	Jean-Baptiste	0.04%	-6	0	0.0%
135.	Guillaume	0.03%	+4	+10	+12.0%
136.	Désiré	0.03%	-11	-21	-18.9%
137.	Allain	0.03%	+3	+9	+11.3%
138.	Christophe	0.03%	-6	-9	-9.7%
138.	Jacki	0.03%	+6	+12	+16.7%
140.	Alex	0.03%	-2	-3	-3.5%
140.	Marceau	0.03%	-5	-7	-7.9%
142.	Adolphe	0.03%	-26	-46	-36.5%
142.	Casimir	0.03%	-7	-9	-10.1%
144.	Manuel	0.03%	-14	-23	-23.0%
145.	Loïc	0.03%	+22	+23	+43.4%
146.	Moise	0.03%	-5	-2	-2.6%
146.	Theodore	0.03%	+2	+10	+15.6%
148.	Thierry	0.03%	+28	+24	+49.0%
149.	Jerome	0.03%	+7	+13	+22.0%
150.	Arsene	0.03%	0	+8	+12.7%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	8.50%	0	+2,035	+9.9%
2.	Monique	4.74%	0	+681	+5.7%
3.	Nicole	3.85%	0	+1,527	+17.6%
4.	Jacqueline	3.25%	0	+615	+7.7%
5.	Françoise	2.98%	0	+1,600	+25.5%
6.	Christiane	2.77%	0	+1,071	+17.1%
7.	Danielle	2.32%	+1	+1,762	+40.3%
8.	Michèle	2.00%	+1	+980	+22.6%
9.	Colette	1.77%	0	+364	+8.4%
10.	Josette	1.77%	+1	+369	+8.5%
11.	Jeannine	1.63%	-4	-118	-2.7%
12.	Anne	1.63%	0	+501	+13.1%
13.	Annie	1.58%	+6	+1,146	+37.7%
14.	Yvette	1.40%	-1	+158	+4.5%
15.	Denise	1.36%	-1	+90	+2.6%
16.	Michelle	1.33%	+1	+327	+10.2%
17.	Liliane	1.24%	-2	+27	+0.8%
18.	Simone	1.15%	-2	-202	-6.2%
19.	Jeanne	1.11%	-1	-169	-5.4%
20.	Annick	1.10%	+11	+726	+33.2%
21.	Paulette	1.09%	-1	-18	-0.6%
22.	Geneviève	1.07%	+5	+366	+14.8%
23.	Andrée	1.06%	-1	+129	+4.8%
24.	Bernadette	1.05%	+1	+224	+8.8%
25.	Claudine	1.04%	+1	+252	+10.1%
26.	Daniele	1.04%	+10	+711	+34.9%
27.	Thérèse	1.02%	-6	-39	-1.4%
28.	Ginette	0.99%	-4	+68	+2.7%
29.	Madeleine	0.98%	-6	-24	-0.9%
30.	Renée	0.97%	-1	+264	+11.5%
31.	Josiane	0.97%	+2	+416	+19.4%
32.	Gisèle	0.95%	-2	+245	+10.8%
33.	Eliane	0.94%	-1	+295	+13.5%
34.	Mireille	0.93%	0	+388	+18.7%
35.	Suzanne	0.90%	-7	-22	-0.9%
36.	Micheline	0.87%	+1	+260	+12.8%
37.	Arlette	0.80%	-2	+53	+2.6%
38.	Hélène	0.74%	0	-39	-2.0%
39.	Chantal	0.71%	+17	+688	+57.2%
40.	Odette	0.70%	-1	-84	-4.3%
41.	Huguette	0.66%	+4	+60	+3.5%
42.	Pierrette	0.66%	+1	+39	+2.3%
43.	Raymonde	0.66%	-2	-15	-0.9%
44.	Claudette	0.65%	0	+16	+0.9%
45.	Marcelle	0.64%	-3	-51	-2.9%
46.	Janine	0.64%	0	+27	+1.6%
47.	Marie-Thérèse	0.63%	+1	+112	+7.2%
48.	Yvonne	0.61%	-1	0	0.0%
49.	Marguerite	0.61%	-9	-164	-9.3%
50.	Anne-Marie	0.59%	+8	+417	+36.5%
51.	Odile	0.58%	-2	-24	-1.6%
52.	Francine	0.57%	0	+243	+19.0%
53.	Claude	0.54%	-2	+45	+3.3%
54.	Lucette	0.51%	-4	-57	-4.1%
55.	Lucienne	0.49%	-1	+51	+4.1%
56.	Jeanine	0.49%	+3	+165	+14.7%
57.	Maryse	0.47%	0	+86	+7.4%
58.	Georgette	0.46%	-5	-56	-4.4%
59.	Mauricette	0.45%	+1	+96	+8.7%
60.	Solange	0.42%	-5	-97	-8.0%
61.	Jocelyne	0.40%	+1	+139	+15.1%
62.	Elisabeth	0.39%	+1	+161	+18.7%
63.	Irène	0.37%	-2	-6	-0.6%
64.	Catherine	0.35%	+11	+260	+39.6%
65.	Maryvonne	0.33%	+8	+197	+29.0%
66.	Yolande	0.32%	+4	+153	+21.8%
67.	Brigitte	0.32%	+2	+148	+21.0%
68.	Evelyne	0.32%	+11	+257	+43.3%
69.	Edith	0.29%	+3	+89	+13.0%
70.	Henriette	0.29%	-6	-52	-6.3%
71.	Rose	0.29%	-5	-30	-3.7%
72.	Germaine	0.29%	-7	-43	-5.3%
73.	Viviane	0.28%	+1	+84	+12.7%
74.	Louise	0.28%	-7	-51	-6.4%
75.	Régine	0.27%	+5	+144	+25.1%
76.	Annette	0.26%	+2	+83	+13.9%
77.	Gilberte	0.25%	0	+67	+11.1%
78.	Marthe	0.25%	-10	-133	-16.8%
79.	Marie-France	0.25%	+20	+232	+55.1%
80.	France	0.24%	-9	-64	-9.1%
81.	Martine	0.24%	+19	+218	+52.2%
82.	Marie-Claude	0.24%	+5	+132	+26.2%
83.	Ghislaine	0.23%	+3	+102	+19.9%
84.	Rolande	0.23%	-3	+30	+5.3%
85.	Joëlle	0.23%	+11	+163	+37.6%
86.	Nelly	0.22%	-1	+59	+11.1%
87.	Cécile	0.22%	-11	-39	-6.4%
88.	Gabrielle	0.22%	-4	+37	+7.0%
89.	Aline	0.21%	0	+71	+14.3%
90.	Alice	0.21%	-8	0	0.0%
91.	Antoinette	0.21%	-8	-7	-1.3%
92.	Agnès	0.19%	0	+37	+8.1%
93.	Claire	0.18%	-3	+16	+3.4%
93.	Nadine	0.18%	0	+36	+8.1%
95.	Sylviane	0.18%	+8	+88	+22.3%
96.	Paule	0.18%	-8	-24	-4.8%
97.	Marie-Louise	0.17%	-2	+11	+2.5%
98.	Noëlle	0.17%	+9	+88	+24.6%
99.	Nicolle	0.16%	-2	-4	-0.9%
100.	Louisette	0.16%	-6	-25	-5.6%
101.	Fernande	0.15%	-10	-54	-11.7%
102.	Juliette	0.15%	-4	-22	-5.2%
103.	Christine	0.15%	+12	+106	+36.2%
104.	Marie-Claire	0.15%	+13	+102	+35.9%
105.	Lucie	0.14%	-3	-22	-5.5%
106.	Jeannette	0.14%	-1	-18	-4.6%
107.	Josephine	0.14%	-3	-23	-5.9%
108.	Marinette	0.14%	+1	+29	+8.7%
109.	Elise	0.14%	0	+24	+7.2%
110.	Dominique	0.14%	+13	+110	+44.5%
111.	Claudie	0.13%	-5	-13	-3.6%
112.	Anny	0.13%	+7	+79	+29.8%
113.	Eveline	0.13%	+3	+47	+16.4%
114.	Anna	0.12%	-3	-3	-0.9%
115.	Reine	0.12%	-3	-3	-0.9%
116.	Maria	0.12%	-15	-95	-22.9%
117.	Marlène	0.12%	+9	+89	+39.6%
118.	Lydie	0.11%	-4	-8	-2.6%
119.	Simonne	0.11%	-11	-63	-17.8%
120.	Angèle	0.11%	-7	-35	-11.1%
121.	Béatrice	0.10%	+6	+57	+26.4%
122.	Roseline	0.10%	+6	+51	+24.1%
123.	Carmen	0.10%	-2	-8	-3.1%
123.	Marie-Jeanne	0.10%	+16	+83	+48.8%
123.	Sylvette	0.10%	+1	+14	+5.9%
126.	Marie-Françoise	0.09%	+7	+47	+24.9%
127.	Emilienne	0.09%	-9	-38	-14.0%
128.	Isabelle	0.09%	-3	-6	-2.6%
129.	Anita	0.08%	+8	+45	+25.4%
130.	Charlotte	0.08%	-10	-44	-16.8%
131.	Roselyne	0.08%	-2	+11	+5.4%
132.	Berthe	0.08%	-10	-41	-16.1%
133.	Aimée	0.08%	+3	+32	+17.8%
134.	Léone	0.08%	-2	+13	+6.6%
135.	Christianne	0.08%	-6	0	0.0%
136.	Roberte	0.08%	-5	0	0.0%
137.	Marie-José	0.07%	+25	+83	+73.5%
137.	Marie-Rose	0.07%	+3	+36	+22.5%
139.	Francette	0.07%	-4	+8	+4.3%
140.	Suzette	0.07%	-3	+10	+5.6%
141.	Violette	0.07%	+11	+55	+43.3%
142.	Sylvie	0.06%	0	+9	+5.7%
143.	Marie-Madeleine	0.06%	0	+13	+8.5%
144.	Adrienne	0.06%	+3	+18	+12.8%
144.	Julienne	0.06%	+10	+34	+27.2%
146.	Alberte	0.06%	+9	+34	+27.4%
146.	Rejane	0.06%	-6	-2	-1.3%
148.	Danièle	0.06%	+2	+26	+19.8%
148.	Marie-Josephe	0.06%	+1	+23	+17.2%
150.	Olga	0.06%	+1	+26	+20.0%

Popularity extremes for France