Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jean	6.63%	0	-784	-2.7%
2.	Michel	4.99%	0	-969	-4.3%
3.	Patrick	4.84%	+1	+2,288	+12.4%
4.	Alain	4.74%	-1	-980	-4.6%
5.	Christian	3.98%	0	+258	+1.5%
6.	Philippe	3.47%	+3	+1,942	+15.0%
7.	Bernard	3.38%	-1	-1,209	-7.7%
8.	Daniel	3.01%	0	-936	-6.8%
9.	Gérard	2.98%	-2	-1,737	-12.0%
10.	Dominique	2.29%	+1	+1,020	+11.6%
11.	Jacques	2.05%	-1	-519	-5.6%
12.	Didier	1.94%	+7	+2,053	+32.7%
13.	Jean-Pierre	1.94%	-1	-362	-4.2%
14.	Claude	1.85%	-1	-438	-5.2%
15.	Pierre	1.84%	-1	-330	-4.0%
16.	Serge	1.74%	-1	-128	-1.7%
17.	Joël	1.59%	-1	-475	-6.5%
18.	André	1.46%	-1	-554	-8.1%
19.	Yves	1.41%	+2	+54	+0.9%
20.	Jean-Claude	1.37%	0	-151	-2.5%
21.	Guy	1.35%	-3	-797	-12.1%
22.	Gilles	1.27%	+3	+521	+10.6%
23.	Jean-Luc	1.22%	+4	+546	+11.6%
24.	Patrice	1.21%	0	+214	+4.3%
25.	Francis	1.20%	-2	-46	-0.9%
26.	Marc	1.20%	-4	-188	-3.5%
27.	François	1.14%	-1	+88	+1.8%
28.	Denis	1.05%	+2	+420	+10.3%
29.	René	0.96%	-1	-196	-4.6%
30.	Robert	0.96%	-1	-130	-3.1%
31.	Jean-Paul	0.94%	0	+161	+4.2%
32.	Pascal	0.93%	+7	+1,330	+50.2%
33.	Gilbert	0.86%	-1	-181	-4.7%
34.	Jean-Louis	0.84%	-1	+179	+5.2%
35.	Jean-Marie	0.82%	+2	+451	+14.8%
36.	Thierry	0.77%	+11	+900	+37.4%
37.	Bruno	0.73%	+6	+666	+27.0%
38.	Georges	0.72%	-4	-301	-8.9%
39.	Jacky	0.70%	-3	-85	-2.8%
40.	Roger	0.68%	-5	-321	-9.9%
41.	Jean-Marc	0.68%	+4	+466	+18.9%
42.	Eric	0.64%	+11	+829	+43.4%
43.	Jean-Jacques	0.63%	-3	+87	+3.3%
44.	Hervé	0.59%	-2	-26	-1.0%
45.	Jean-Michel	0.57%	+3	+77	+3.3%
46.	Henri	0.57%	-8	-284	-10.4%
47.	Marcel	0.57%	-6	-169	-6.5%
48.	Jean-François	0.57%	+1	+211	+9.5%
49.	Joseph	0.56%	-3	-38	-1.6%
50.	Roland	0.55%	-6	-107	-4.3%
51.	Maurice	0.50%	-1	-72	-3.3%
52.	Raymond	0.47%	-1	-200	-9.1%
53.	Paul	0.45%	-1	-105	-5.2%
54.	Richard	0.41%	0	-59	-3.3%
55.	Louis	0.36%	0	-122	-7.2%
56.	Luc	0.36%	0	+30	+2.0%
57.	Lionel	0.34%	+1	+146	+11.3%
58.	Regis	0.33%	-1	-19	-1.3%
59.	Hubert	0.29%	0	-17	-1.4%
60.	Jean-Yves	0.28%	+1	+2	+0.2%
61.	José	0.28%	+2	+10	+0.8%
62.	Charles	0.28%	-3	-45	-3.6%
63.	Yvon	0.26%	+4	+78	+7.5%
64.	Laurent	0.26%	+6	+120	+12.3%
65.	Lucien	0.25%	-3	-126	-10.4%
66.	Antoine	0.25%	-2	-9	-0.8%
67.	Yannick	0.25%	-2	0	0.0%
68.	Olivier	0.25%	+3	+117	+12.4%
69.	Noël	0.24%	-3	-5	-0.5%
70.	Rémy	0.23%	-1	-7	-0.7%
71.	Frédéric	0.23%	+2	+137	+16.6%
72.	Fabrice	0.22%	+3	+267	+38.9%
73.	Bertrand	0.21%	-1	+27	+3.0%
74.	Albert	0.20%	-6	-123	-12.4%
75.	Sylvain	0.20%	+1	+169	+25.1%
76.	Xavier	0.18%	+2	+125	+19.0%
77.	Gérald	0.18%	-3	-59	-7.3%
78.	Etienne	0.15%	+2	-10	-1.5%
79.	Martial	0.15%	+2	-18	-2.8%
80.	Rémi	0.15%	+2	+54	+9.4%
81.	Vincent	0.14%	+2	+47	+8.2%
82.	Gabriel	0.14%	-5	-64	-9.7%
83.	Max	0.13%	-5	-87	-13.2%
84.	Loïc	0.13%	+3	+49	+9.6%
85.	William	0.12%	0	-13	-2.4%
86.	Jackie	0.12%	0	-10	-2.0%
87.	Fernand	0.11%	+1	-20	-3.9%
88.	Stéphane	0.11%	+6	+106	+28.1%
89.	Emmanuel	0.11%	+4	+49	+12.2%
90.	Hugues	0.10%	+2	+31	+7.5%
91.	Emile	0.10%	-2	-51	-10.6%
92.	Christophe	0.10%	+4	+67	+18.6%
93.	Benoît	0.10%	-3	-1	-0.2%
94.	Jean-Philippe	0.10%	+3	+77	+22.6%
95.	Norbert	0.09%	-11	-171	-30.1%
96.	Franck	0.09%	+4	+74	+23.1%
97.	Jean-Noël	0.09%	-2	+21	+5.7%
98.	Armand	0.09%	-7	-44	-10.7%
99.	Alex	0.08%	-1	+25	+7.7%
100.	Dany	0.08%	0	+21	+6.6%
101.	Mario	0.07%	+5	+40	+14.4%
102.	James	0.07%	0	-3	-0.9%
103.	Yvan	0.07%	-4	-16	-5.0%
104.	Jerome	0.07%	+9	+57	+23.4%
104.	Nicolas	0.07%	+6	+35	+13.2%
106.	Edouard	0.07%	-2	+11	+3.8%
107.	Jean-Bernard	0.07%	-4	-22	-7.1%
108.	Alfred	0.06%	+1	-4	-1.5%
109.	Alexandre	0.06%	+7	+34	+15.0%
109.	Edmond	0.06%	-4	-18	-6.5%
111.	Julien	0.06%	+6	+22	+9.8%
112.	Jean-Charles	0.06%	0	-8	-3.3%
113.	Gaston	0.05%	+1	-4	-1.7%
114.	Camille	0.05%	-6	-38	-14.2%
115.	Erick	0.05%	+18	+74	+47.7%
116.	Félix	0.05%	-2	-9	-3.8%
117.	Victor	0.05%	+1	+5	+2.3%
118.	Léon	0.05%	-7	-42	-15.9%
119.	Fabien	0.05%	+21	+80	+57.1%
120.	Yann	0.05%	+2	+15	+7.7%
121.	Jack	0.05%	-2	-7	-3.2%
121.	Marie	0.05%	+6	+40	+23.7%
123.	Eugène	0.05%	-16	-73	-27.1%
124.	Maxime	0.04%	+2	+9	+5.1%
125.	Germain	0.04%	-5	-24	-11.5%
126.	Aime	0.04%	-5	-14	-7.1%
126.	Jocelyn	0.04%	+19	+50	+37.3%
126.	Jules	0.04%	+19	+50	+37.3%
129.	Mohamed	0.04%	+6	+30	+19.9%
130.	Ghislain	0.04%	+1	+18	+11.3%
131.	David	0.04%	+3	+22	+14.3%
132.	Arnaud	0.04%	-7	-9	-5.0%
132.	Simon	0.04%	0	+15	+9.6%
134.	Elie	0.04%	+6	+31	+22.1%
135.	Martin	0.04%	+8	+27	+19.6%
135.	Pierrick	0.04%	+3	+19	+13.0%
137.	Ali	0.04%	-2	+13	+8.6%
138.	Jean-Baptiste	0.04%	-14	-24	-13.0%
138.	Manuel	0.04%	+6	+25	+18.5%
140.	Raphaël	0.04%	-17	-36	-18.6%
141.	Adrien	0.04%	-13	-15	-8.9%
142.	Clément	0.04%	-13	-16	-9.7%
143.	Gaëtan	0.03%	+7	+25	+20.5%
143.	Jean-Loup	0.03%	-3	+7	+5.0%
145.	Auguste	0.03%	+2	+2	+1.5%
146.	Ange	0.03%	+2	+6	+4.8%
147.	Freddy	0.03%	+6	+13	+11.3%
148.	Rolland	0.03%	-11	-26	-17.3%
149.	Gildas	0.03%	+32	+49	+67.1%
149.	Henry	0.03%	+6	+16	+15.1%
149.	Marius	0.03%	+5	+13	+11.9%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	5.72%	0	+833	+3.7%
2.	Martine	5.59%	0	+431	+1.9%
3.	Chantal	3.23%	0	+297	+2.3%
4.	Françoise	2.99%	0	-264	-2.1%
5.	Catherine	2.44%	+4	+1,177	+13.4%
6.	Dominique	2.42%	0	+230	+2.4%
7.	Monique	2.35%	-2	-693	-6.8%
8.	Brigitte	2.12%	+3	+1,138	+15.1%
9.	Annie	2.04%	-2	-548	-6.2%
10.	Nicole	1.95%	-2	-880	-9.9%
11.	Evelyne	1.72%	-1	-741	-9.6%
12.	Christine	1.70%	+1	+627	+10.0%
13.	Jocelyne	1.54%	+9	+1,566	+33.1%
14.	Christiane	1.54%	-2	-640	-9.2%
15.	Michèle	1.45%	-1	-373	-5.9%
16.	Patricia	1.42%	+5	+982	+20.3%
17.	Joëlle	1.42%	-1	-138	-2.3%
18.	Claudine	1.35%	-1	-392	-6.7%
19.	Annick	1.29%	0	+137	+2.7%
20.	Jacqueline	1.27%	-5	-896	-14.7%
21.	Sylvie	1.22%	+2	+537	+12.1%
22.	Josiane	1.16%	-4	-444	-8.5%
23.	Nadine	1.15%	+4	+647	+15.9%
24.	Marie-Christine	1.07%	+7	+850	+24.1%
25.	Elisabeth	1.07%	-1	-61	-1.4%
26.	Maryse	1.02%	-1	+26	+0.6%
27.	Danielle	1.01%	-7	-746	-15.3%
28.	Bernadette	0.98%	-2	-117	-2.8%
29.	Anne-Marie	0.96%	+3	+459	+13.2%
30.	Anne	0.93%	-2	-37	-1.0%
31.	Mireille	0.87%	-1	-150	-4.1%
32.	Colette	0.85%	-3	-318	-8.4%
33.	Geneviève	0.75%	0	-60	-1.9%
34.	Béatrice	0.72%	+7	+366	+14.3%
35.	Michelle	0.69%	0	-272	-8.8%
36.	Eliane	0.66%	0	-174	-6.1%
37.	Marie-Claude	0.65%	+1	-46	-1.7%
38.	Josette	0.64%	-4	-477	-15.4%
39.	Francine	0.62%	+3	-27	-1.1%
40.	Marie-Thérèse	0.61%	+4	+14	+0.6%
41.	Marie-France	0.61%	+5	+133	+5.6%
42.	Ghislaine	0.60%	+1	-49	-2.0%
42.	Odile	0.60%	-2	-137	-5.3%
44.	Liliane	0.60%	-5	-274	-10.1%
45.	Daniele	0.59%	-8	-390	-14.0%
46.	Isabelle	0.56%	+15	+842	+57.8%
47.	Sylviane	0.56%	0	-64	-2.7%
48.	Gisèle	0.54%	-3	-217	-8.9%
49.	Denise	0.52%	-1	-155	-6.8%
50.	Yvette	0.51%	-1	-143	-6.5%
51.	Viviane	0.50%	+1	-78	-3.7%
52.	Régine	0.50%	-2	-124	-5.7%
53.	Hélène	0.50%	-2	-121	-5.6%
54.	Marie-José	0.48%	+2	+210	+12.2%
55.	Véronique	0.46%	+12	+509	+37.0%
56.	Agnès	0.46%	-2	-101	-5.1%
57.	Thérèse	0.45%	-4	-170	-8.5%
58.	Pascale	0.40%	+12	+301	+22.8%
59.	Jeannine	0.40%	-4	-347	-17.7%
60.	Marie-Claire	0.38%	+5	+169	+12.2%
61.	Muriel	0.37%	+16	+407	+36.4%
62.	Arlette	0.37%	-5	-79	-5.0%
63.	Nelly	0.35%	-3	-57	-3.8%
64.	Maryvonne	0.35%	-6	-126	-8.1%
65.	Fabienne	0.34%	+17	+356	+33.9%
66.	Edith	0.33%	-4	-69	-4.8%
67.	Yolande	0.32%	-3	-123	-8.7%
68.	Laurence	0.32%	+23	+418	+47.9%
69.	Myriam	0.31%	+15	+252	+24.7%
70.	Marie-Hélène	0.30%	+9	+146	+13.3%
71.	Ginette	0.30%	-8	-193	-13.6%
72.	Micheline	0.30%	-13	-281	-18.7%
73.	Claude	0.30%	-2	-92	-7.0%
74.	Simone	0.30%	-5	-113	-8.6%
75.	Marie-Françoise	0.29%	-2	+1	+0.1%
76.	Pierrette	0.29%	-8	-149	-11.1%
77.	Andrée	0.28%	-11	-229	-16.6%
78.	Solange	0.26%	+3	+3	+0.3%
79.	Claire	0.26%	+7	+55	+5.5%
80.	Claudette	0.26%	+5	+32	+3.2%
81.	Huguette	0.25%	-6	-125	-10.8%
82.	Renée	0.25%	-6	-113	-9.9%
83.	Corinne	0.25%	+19	+306	+42.5%
84.	Madeleine	0.25%	-12	-193	-16.1%
85.	Roselyne	0.24%	-2	-39	-3.8%
86.	Aline	0.24%	-8	-136	-12.2%
87.	Jeanne	0.24%	-13	-207	-17.8%
88.	Paulette	0.23%	-1	-43	-4.3%
89.	Marie-Paule	0.23%	+5	+118	+14.3%
90.	Suzanne	0.22%	-10	-160	-14.9%
91.	Florence	0.22%	+20	+246	+37.6%
92.	Lydie	0.21%	+4	+77	+9.8%
93.	Raymonde	0.20%	-4	-53	-6.0%
94.	Anita	0.20%	+5	+51	+6.7%
95.	Noëlle	0.19%	-7	-116	-12.8%
96.	Janine	0.19%	-6	-93	-10.5%
97.	Marie-Noëlle	0.19%	+9	+105	+15.5%
98.	Claudie	0.19%	-6	-109	-12.5%
99.	Mauricette	0.18%	-4	-62	-7.7%
100.	Marguerite	0.18%	0	-24	-3.2%
101.	Lucette	0.18%	-8	-116	-13.7%
102.	Marylene	0.18%	+12	+133	+22.3%
103.	Irène	0.18%	+6	+51	+7.7%
104.	Marcelle	0.16%	-3	-71	-9.8%
105.	Annette	0.16%	-8	-128	-16.5%
106.	Marlène	0.15%	-3	-85	-12.0%
107.	Armelle	0.15%	+9	+48	+8.4%
108.	Cécile	0.15%	+2	-48	-7.3%
108.	Yvonne	0.15%	-3	-84	-12.0%
110.	Nadia	0.15%	+8	+49	+8.8%
111.	Sylvette	0.15%	+4	+18	+3.1%
112.	Marie-Pierre	0.14%	+8	+75	+14.7%
113.	Marie-Ange	0.14%	+24	+201	+52.6%
114.	Yveline	0.14%	-6	-89	-13.4%
115.	Jeanine	0.14%	-8	-101	-15.0%
116.	Murielle	0.14%	+19	+174	+43.6%
117.	Lucienne	0.14%	-4	-51	-8.2%
118.	Odette	0.14%	-20	-212	-27.4%
119.	Marie-Jeanne	0.14%	-2	-5	-0.9%
120.	Carole	0.14%	+1	+54	+10.7%
121.	Marie-Odile	0.14%	+12	+136	+32.8%
122.	Rose	0.13%	-10	-88	-13.8%
123.	Maryline	0.13%	+87	+411	+309%
124.	Eveline	0.13%	-20	-163	-23.1%
125.	Lysiane	0.12%	+1	+52	+11.5%
126.	Roseline	0.12%	-7	-28	-5.3%
127.	Marianne	0.12%	+4	+39	+9.0%
128.	Georgette	0.11%	-5	-15	-3.2%
129.	Frédérique	0.11%	+12	+79	+21.3%
130.	Marie-Louise	0.11%	-8	-60	-12.0%
131.	Sabine	0.11%	+1	+20	+4.8%
132.	Maria	0.10%	-8	-38	-8.3%
133.	Sophie	0.10%	+12	+71	+20.5%
134.	Marie-Line	0.10%	+104	+306	+281%
135.	Carmen	0.10%	-5	-25	-5.7%
136.	Violette	0.10%	+3	+26	+6.9%
137.	Marie-Laure	0.10%	+13	+77	+23.8%
138.	Rose-Marie	0.10%	-9	-48	-10.8%
139.	Sonia	0.10%	+3	+24	+6.6%
140.	Gilberte	0.09%	-15	-76	-16.7%
141.	Marie-Madeleine	0.09%	+2	+11	+3.0%
142.	Marinette	0.09%	-14	-74	-16.6%
143.	Lydia	0.09%	+10	+68	+22.9%
144.	Gabrielle	0.09%	-10	-45	-11.0%
145.	Edwige	0.09%	-5	-11	-3.0%
146.	Nathalie	0.09%	+16	+89	+33.3%
147.	Antoinette	0.09%	-20	-102	-22.6%
148.	Marie-Josephe	0.08%	-4	-16	-4.5%
149.	Line	0.08%	-1	+8	+2.4%
150.	Marie-Annick	0.08%	+10	+61	+22.3%

Popularity extremes for France