Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	+/-
Boys
1.	Jean	13.60%	0
2.	Michel	7.09%	0
3.	Daniel	4.16%	+1
4.	Bernard	4.06%	-1
5.	Gérard	4.04%	0
6.	Jacques	3.66%	0
7.	Alain	3.45%	+3
8.	André	3.32%	-1
9.	Claude	3.17%	-1
10.	Pierre	3.16%	-1
11.	Christian	2.40%	+1
12.	Guy	2.03%	+2
13.	René	2.00%	0
14.	Robert	1.99%	-3
15.	Jean-Claude	1.88%	0
16.	Jean-Pierre	1.70%	+1
17.	Roger	1.61%	-1
18.	Georges	1.52%	0
19.	Marcel	1.36%	0
20.	Yves	1.29%	+1
21.	Henri	1.27%	-1
22.	François	1.24%	+1
23.	Serge	1.23%	+1
24.	Maurice	1.18%	-2
25.	Gilbert	1.15%	0
26.	Raymond	1.07%	0
27.	Joseph	1.00%	0
28.	Paul	0.98%	0
29.	Francis	0.93%	+2
30.	Louis	0.92%	-1
31.	Roland	0.85%	-1
32.	Marc	0.72%	+3
33.	Lucien	0.59%	+1
34.	Joël	0.57%	+3
35.	Charles	0.55%	+1
36.	Albert	0.53%	-4
37.	Philippe	0.48%	-4
38.	Jean-Paul	0.44%	0
39.	Patrick	0.44%	+12
40.	Jacky	0.43%	+1
41.	Jean-Marie	0.43%	-1
42.	Gilles	0.42%	-3
43.	Dominique	0.40%	-1
44.	Denis	0.38%	0
45.	Richard	0.33%	+2
46.	Antoine	0.33%	-3
47.	Jean-Louis	0.32%	+2
48.	Gabriel	0.30%	-2
49.	Hubert	0.29%	-1
50.	Yvon	0.27%	+2
51.	Fernand	0.25%	-1
52.	Emile	0.25%	-8
53.	Noël	0.24%	0
54.	Patrice	0.24%	+27
55.	Jackie	0.23%	-1
56.	Didier	0.22%	+4
57.	Hervé	0.21%	+1
58.	Max	0.20%	-3
59.	Jean-Jacques	0.19%	+2
60.	Alfred	0.16%	-4
61.	Eugène	0.16%	-4
62.	Etienne	0.16%	+4
63.	Jean-François	0.16%	+5
64.	Rémy	0.16%	-1
65.	Bruno	0.15%	+2
66.	Léon	0.15%	-2
67.	Edouard	0.14%	-5
68.	Edmond	0.14%	-9
69.	Armand	0.14%	-4
69.	Regis	0.14%	0
71.	Gaston	0.14%	-1
72.	José	0.13%	-1
73.	Jack	0.13%	+1
74.	William	0.12%	+10
75.	Norbert	0.12%	+1
76.	Lionel	0.12%	+1
77.	Camille	0.12%	-5
78.	Victor	0.11%	-1
79.	Aime	0.11%	-4
80.	Luc	0.11%	-3
81.	Julien	0.11%	-8
82.	Jean-Michel	0.10%	+4
83.	Rémi	0.10%	0
84.	Bertrand	0.10%	+1
85.	Auguste	0.09%	-5
86.	James	0.09%	+7
87.	Laurent	0.09%	+4
88.	Ernest	0.08%	-6
89.	Xavier	0.08%	+1
90.	Félix	0.08%	-1
91.	Alexandre	0.08%	-3
92.	Elie	0.08%	0
93.	Jean-Marc	0.08%	+25
94.	Eric	0.08%	0
95.	Frédéric	0.07%	+7
96.	Vincent	0.07%	+1
96.	Yvan	0.07%	+3
98.	Marius	0.07%	+1
99.	Jules	0.07%	-13
100.	Martial	0.07%	+3
101.	Olivier	0.07%	-6
102.	Jean-Luc	0.07%	+10
103.	Pascal	0.07%	+13
104.	Emmanuel	0.07%	-8
105.	Yannick	0.07%	+14
106.	Gérald	0.07%	+11
107.	Germain	0.06%	-10
108.	Marie	0.06%	-4
109.	Alphonse	0.06%	-8
110.	Hugues	0.06%	+11
111.	Rolland	0.06%	0
112.	Raoul	0.06%	+1
113.	Jean-Yves	0.06%	-3
114.	Sylvain	0.06%	-8
115.	Nicolas	0.06%	-9
116.	Simon	0.06%	-7
117.	Adrien	0.05%	-12
118.	Henry	0.05%	+8
119.	Maxime	0.05%	-4
120.	Thierry	0.05%	+10
121.	Clément	0.05%	-13
122.	Stanislas	0.04%	+2
123.	Raphaël	0.04%	0
124.	Ange	0.04%	-11
125.	Gustave	0.04%	-3
126.	Alex	0.04%	+1
127.	Augustin	0.04%	+6
128.	Loïc	0.04%	+9
129.	Abel	0.04%	+11
129.	Franck	0.04%	+6
129.	Jerome	0.04%	+31
129.	Martin	0.04%	+4
133.	Allain	0.03%	-8
133.	Stéphane	0.03%	+11
133.	Willy	0.03%	+2
136.	Alexis	0.03%	-16
136.	Benoît	0.03%	-5
138.	Jacki	0.03%	-6
139.	Ferdinand	0.03%	-11
140.	Jacquy	0.03%	+10
141.	Jean-Baptiste	0.03%	-13
142.	Guillaume	0.03%	-1
143.	Christophe	0.03%	+7
144.	Arnaud	0.03%	+25
144.	Désiré	0.03%	-1
146.	Manuel	0.03%	0
146.	Moise	0.03%	-4
148.	Jean-Noël	0.03%	+41
149.	Arthur	0.02%	-10
150.	Marceau	0.02%	-6
150.	Theodore	0.02%	+3

Rank	Name	Pct.	+/-
Girls
1.	Marie	8.69%	0
2.	Monique	4.45%	0
3.	Nicole	3.82%	0
4.	Françoise	3.27%	0
5.	Jacqueline	3.03%	0
6.	Christiane	2.78%	0
7.	Danielle	2.78%	0
8.	Michèle	2.22%	0
9.	Annie	2.10%	0
10.	Josette	1.62%	0
11.	Colette	1.59%	0
12.	Anne	1.59%	0
13.	Jeannine	1.41%	0
14.	Michelle	1.37%	0
15.	Annick	1.30%	+2
16.	Chantal	1.24%	+11
17.	Daniele	1.22%	+1
18.	Yvette	1.17%	-2
19.	Claudine	1.15%	+1
19.	Josiane	1.15%	+4
21.	Liliane	1.14%	-2
22.	Denise	1.10%	-7
23.	Geneviève	1.09%	-2
24.	Mireille	1.05%	0
25.	Bernadette	0.99%	0
26.	Thérèse	0.95%	+7
27.	Simone	0.93%	-5
28.	Andrée	0.92%	-2
29.	Eliane	0.92%	+3
30.	Gisèle	0.88%	+1
31.	Ginette	0.86%	+3
32.	Jeanne	0.85%	-3
33.	Paulette	0.85%	-5
34.	Micheline	0.84%	+2
35.	Madeleine	0.83%	-5
36.	Renée	0.79%	-1
37.	Arlette	0.78%	+2
38.	Suzanne	0.71%	-1
39.	Hélène	0.69%	-1
40.	Marie-Thérèse	0.68%	0
41.	Anne-Marie	0.64%	+1
42.	Francine	0.63%	+8
43.	Huguette	0.59%	+2
44.	Janine	0.59%	-3
45.	Jocelyne	0.58%	+12
46.	Pierrette	0.58%	-3
47.	Maryse	0.56%	+8
48.	Raymonde	0.56%	-4
49.	Odile	0.55%	0
50.	Claudette	0.54%	-3
51.	Odette	0.51%	-5
52.	Marcelle	0.51%	-4
53.	Claude	0.49%	-1
54.	Catherine	0.49%	+9
55.	Martine	0.48%	+15
56.	Marguerite	0.48%	-5
57.	Brigitte	0.47%	+5
58.	Solange	0.46%	0
58.	Yvonne	0.46%	-5
60.	Evelyne	0.45%	+7
61.	Lucette	0.45%	-7
62.	Marie-France	0.45%	+7
63.	Jeanine	0.43%	-7
64.	Mauricette	0.41%	-3
65.	Lucienne	0.40%	-6
66.	Elisabeth	0.40%	-2
67.	Maryvonne	0.40%	-2
68.	Georgette	0.39%	-8
69.	Marie-Claude	0.39%	-1
70.	Joëlle	0.35%	+3
71.	Edith	0.34%	+3
72.	Irène	0.33%	-6
73.	Viviane	0.33%	-1
74.	Régine	0.32%	+2
75.	Yolande	0.32%	-4
76.	Nadine	0.29%	+6
77.	Dominique	0.28%	+11
78.	France	0.27%	+6
79.	Annette	0.27%	-4
80.	Ghislaine	0.27%	-1
81.	Nelly	0.26%	-1
82.	Sylviane	0.25%	+7
83.	Rose	0.24%	-6
84.	Christine	0.24%	+12
85.	Henriette	0.23%	-7
86.	Gabrielle	0.22%	+1
87.	Noëlle	0.21%	+7
88.	Louise	0.21%	-3
89.	Agnès	0.21%	-3
90.	Gilberte	0.21%	-7
91.	Germaine	0.20%	-10
92.	Rolande	0.20%	0
93.	Aline	0.19%	-2
94.	Cécile	0.18%	-1
95.	Marie-Claire	0.17%	+5
96.	Marthe	0.17%	-6
97.	Antoinette	0.17%	0
98.	Alice	0.16%	-3
99.	Eveline	0.16%	+4
100.	Claire	0.16%	-2
101.	Louisette	0.16%	-2
102.	Béatrice	0.16%	+3
103.	Paule	0.15%	0
104.	Marie-Françoise	0.15%	+6
105.	Nicolle	0.15%	-4
106.	Marie-José	0.14%	+13
107.	Anny	0.14%	+10
108.	Claudie	0.14%	-2
109.	Marie-Louise	0.13%	-7
110.	Roselyne	0.13%	+8
111.	Fernande	0.13%	-4
112.	Marinette	0.12%	+2
113.	Jeannette	0.12%	-4
114.	Reine	0.12%	+1
115.	Lydie	0.12%	-3
116.	Juliette	0.12%	-8
117.	Sylvette	0.11%	-6
118.	Anita	0.11%	+14
119.	Lucie	0.11%	-6
120.	Sylvie	0.11%	+8
121.	Roseline	0.10%	0
122.	Angèle	0.10%	+3
123.	Elise	0.10%	-1
124.	Maria	0.10%	-9
125.	Marie-Madeleine	0.10%	+12
126.	Simonne	0.09%	-6
127.	Carmen	0.09%	+3
128.	Marie-Jeanne	0.09%	-2
129.	Anna	0.09%	-6
130.	Francette	0.09%	+9
131.	Josephine	0.09%	-7
132.	Isabelle	0.08%	-5
133.	Marianne	0.08%	+7
134.	Nadia	0.08%	+15
135.	Marie-Paule	0.08%	+10
135.	Rejane	0.08%	+9
137.	Marie-Rose	0.07%	+9
138.	Danièle	0.07%	0
139.	Christianne	0.07%	-9
140.	Léone	0.07%	-6
140.	Marie-Josephe	0.07%	+2
142.	Marie-Hélène	0.07%	+5
142.	Marlène	0.07%	-13
144.	Violette	0.06%	+7
145.	Charlotte	0.06%	-12
146.	Emilienne	0.06%	-11
147.	Aimée	0.06%	-4
148.	Roberte	0.06%	-7
149.	Josseline	0.06%	+6
150.	Yveline	0.06%	+8

Popularity extremes for France