Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	+/-
Boys
1.	Jean	5.58%	0
2.	Patrick	5.00%	+1
3.	Michel	4.79%	-1
4.	Philippe	4.41%	+1
5.	Alain	4.34%	-1
6.	Christian	3.73%	0
7.	Bernard	2.82%	0
8.	Dominique	2.65%	+1
9.	Daniel	2.60%	-1
10.	Gérard	2.28%	0
11.	Didier	2.25%	0
12.	Jean-Pierre	1.85%	0
13.	Claude	1.78%	+1
14.	Pierre	1.75%	+1
15.	Jacques	1.74%	-2
16.	Pascal	1.69%	+8
17.	Serge	1.67%	-1
18.	Gilles	1.53%	0
19.	Marc	1.45%	0
20.	Jean-Luc	1.41%	0
21.	Jean-Claude	1.34%	+1
22.	Thierry	1.32%	+7
23.	Joël	1.28%	-6
24.	Yves	1.27%	+1
25.	André	1.23%	-2
26.	Guy	1.18%	-5
27.	Francis	1.18%	0
28.	François	1.17%	-2
29.	Patrice	1.17%	+1
30.	Bruno	1.13%	+1
31.	Denis	1.09%	-3
32.	Jean-Marc	0.92%	+3
33.	Eric	0.91%	+5
34.	Jean-Paul	0.90%	-2
35.	Jean-Louis	0.83%	-1
36.	Jean-Michel	0.80%	+5
37.	Robert	0.79%	-4
38.	René	0.77%	-2
39.	Gilbert	0.75%	-2
40.	Hervé	0.70%	+4
41.	Jean-François	0.65%	+4
42.	Jean-Marie	0.65%	-3
43.	Jacky	0.63%	-3
44.	Georges	0.62%	-2
45.	Jean-Jacques	0.59%	+1
46.	Roger	0.59%	-3
47.	Joseph	0.50%	+3
48.	Marcel	0.49%	0
49.	Roland	0.48%	-2
50.	Henri	0.47%	-1
51.	Maurice	0.40%	0
52.	Richard	0.39%	+3
53.	Frédéric	0.39%	+5
54.	Luc	0.39%	0
55.	Laurent	0.38%	+7
56.	Olivier	0.38%	+3
57.	Paul	0.37%	-5
58.	Raymond	0.37%	-5
59.	Regis	0.36%	-3
60.	Jean-Yves	0.35%	0
61.	Lionel	0.34%	0
62.	Hubert	0.33%	+1
63.	Louis	0.32%	-6
64.	José	0.29%	0
65.	Bertrand	0.28%	+3
66.	Charles	0.27%	-1
67.	Antoine	0.26%	-1
68.	Yannick	0.25%	+1
69.	Rémy	0.24%	+1
70.	Fabrice	0.23%	+4
71.	Lucien	0.23%	+1
72.	Noël	0.22%	-1
73.	Xavier	0.22%	0
74.	Yvon	0.22%	-7
75.	Sylvain	0.22%	+1
76.	Vincent	0.21%	+1
77.	Christophe	0.18%	+3
78.	Franck	0.17%	+11
79.	Stéphane	0.17%	+6
80.	Loïc	0.17%	-2
81.	Albert	0.16%	-6
82.	Rémi	0.15%	-3
83.	Etienne	0.15%	-2
84.	Martial	0.15%	-1
85.	William	0.15%	+1
86.	Gabriel	0.14%	-2
87.	Max	0.14%	-5
88.	Emmanuel	0.14%	+5
89.	Jean-Philippe	0.13%	+1
90.	Benoît	0.13%	+2
91.	Norbert	0.12%	-3
92.	Gérald	0.12%	-1
93.	Jean-Noël	0.10%	+2
94.	Hugues	0.09%	-7
95.	Mario	0.09%	+5
96.	Jackie	0.09%	-2
97.	Fernand	0.09%	-1
98.	Emile	0.08%	-1
99.	Armand	0.08%	+2
100.	Dany	0.08%	-2
101.	Yvan	0.08%	-3
102.	James	0.08%	+1
103.	Nicolas	0.08%	+3
104.	Jerome	0.08%	+4
105.	Alex	0.07%	-3
106.	Jean-Charles	0.07%	-2
107.	Jean-Bernard	0.07%	-3
108.	Erick	0.07%	+1
109.	Edouard	0.06%	-2
110.	David	0.06%	+13
111.	Jocelyn	0.06%	+1
112.	Edmond	0.06%	-2
113.	Pierrick	0.06%	+9
114.	Eugène	0.06%	+1
114.	Fabien	0.06%	-1
116.	Arnaud	0.05%	+18
117.	Félix	0.05%	0
118.	Mohamed	0.05%	+8
119.	Alexandre	0.05%	-5
120.	Alfred	0.05%	-1
121.	Julien	0.05%	+5
122.	Camille	0.05%	-6
123.	Léon	0.05%	-12
123.	Raphaël	0.05%	0
125.	Victor	0.05%	-5
126.	Jean-Baptiste	0.05%	+2
127.	Maxime	0.04%	+8
128.	Germain	0.04%	+2
129.	Yann	0.04%	+2
130.	Freddy	0.04%	+18
131.	Ali	0.04%	+1
132.	Aime	0.04%	+4
133.	Clément	0.04%	+7
133.	Gaston	0.04%	-13
135.	Jack	0.04%	-17
136.	Ghislain	0.04%	-11
137.	Elie	0.04%	+1
138.	Martin	0.04%	-6
139.	Damien	0.04%	+13
139.	Simon	0.04%	+2
141.	Farid	0.04%	+15
142.	Manuel	0.03%	-1
143.	Gildas	0.03%	-7
144.	Jules	0.03%	+5
145.	Michael	0.03%	+8
145.	Rachid	0.03%	+9
147.	Jean-Christophe	0.03%	+19
147.	Marie	0.03%	-19
149.	Rodolphe	0.03%	-3
150.	Rolland	0.03%	-6

Rank	Name	Pct.	+/-
Girls
1.	Marie	4.78%	+1
2.	Martine	4.77%	-1
3.	Catherine	3.45%	+2
4.	Françoise	3.12%	-1
5.	Brigitte	3.03%	+2
6.	Chantal	2.88%	-2
7.	Dominique	2.52%	-1
8.	Patricia	2.25%	+7
9.	Christine	2.22%	+1
10.	Sylvie	2.08%	+2
11.	Monique	1.88%	-3
12.	Annie	1.87%	-3
13.	Nicole	1.69%	-2
14.	Evelyne	1.60%	-1
15.	Michèle	1.55%	-1
16.	Nadine	1.36%	+3
17.	Claudine	1.35%	+1
18.	Jocelyne	1.35%	-2
19.	Christiane	1.25%	-2
20.	Annick	1.13%	+1
21.	Marie-Christine	1.11%	+2
22.	Jacqueline	1.08%	0
23.	Joëlle	1.06%	-3
24.	Béatrice	1.01%	+7
25.	Elisabeth	1.01%	-1
26.	Anne	0.95%	+4
27.	Isabelle	0.94%	+10
28.	Josiane	0.94%	-3
29.	Maryse	0.93%	-2
30.	Anne-Marie	0.88%	-2
31.	Bernadette	0.85%	-5
32.	Véronique	0.82%	+3
33.	Danielle	0.79%	-4
34.	Ghislaine	0.77%	+2
35.	Geneviève	0.72%	-2
36.	Michelle	0.71%	-2
36.	Mireille	0.71%	-4
38.	Colette	0.69%	0
39.	Odile	0.64%	+1
40.	Pascale	0.61%	+15
41.	Marie-Claude	0.59%	-2
42.	Sylviane	0.58%	0
43.	Régine	0.57%	+6
44.	Eliane	0.54%	-3
45.	Agnès	0.54%	+6
46.	Hélène	0.53%	+7
47.	Josette	0.52%	-4
48.	Daniele	0.51%	-1
49.	Fabienne	0.50%	+10
50.	Marie-France	0.50%	-2
51.	Francine	0.50%	-6
51.	Marie-Thérèse	0.50%	-7
53.	Marie-José	0.47%	+1
54.	Liliane	0.46%	-4
55.	Gisèle	0.46%	-3
56.	Muriel	0.42%	+4
57.	Yvette	0.40%	+1
58.	Viviane	0.40%	-12
59.	Laurence	0.39%	+5
60.	Thérèse	0.39%	-3
61.	Denise	0.39%	-5
62.	Corinne	0.38%	+9
63.	Nelly	0.36%	0
64.	Florence	0.35%	+12
65.	Marie-Hélène	0.34%	+1
66.	Marie-Claire	0.34%	-5
67.	Myriam	0.33%	0
68.	Edith	0.33%	-3
69.	Jeannine	0.32%	-7
70.	Marie-Françoise	0.30%	-2
71.	Claire	0.29%	+4
72.	Claude	0.29%	+2
73.	Pierrette	0.28%	-1
74.	Yolande	0.28%	-5
75.	Arlette	0.28%	-5
76.	Maryvonne	0.27%	-3
77.	Lydie	0.26%	+11
78.	Aline	0.25%	0
79.	Maryline	0.25%	+12
80.	Claudette	0.23%	+3
81.	Marylene	0.23%	+12
82.	Ginette	0.23%	-2
83.	Roselyne	0.23%	+1
84.	Micheline	0.23%	-7
85.	Andrée	0.22%	-4
86.	Marie-Pierre	0.21%	+12
87.	Simone	0.21%	-5
88.	Jeanne	0.21%	-1
89.	Solange	0.21%	-10
90.	Claudie	0.21%	+2
91.	Anita	0.21%	+3
92.	Marie-Noëlle	0.21%	+4
93.	Marie-Paule	0.20%	-3
93.	Renée	0.20%	-7
95.	Huguette	0.19%	-6
96.	Sophie	0.19%	+25
97.	Paulette	0.19%	0
98.	Irène	0.18%	+15
99.	Nadia	0.18%	+6
100.	Suzanne	0.18%	-5
101.	Frédérique	0.18%	+8
102.	Madeleine	0.18%	-17
103.	Armelle	0.17%	-1
104.	Noëlle	0.17%	-5
105.	Sabine	0.17%	+10
106.	Cécile	0.16%	+2
107.	Murielle	0.16%	+7
108.	Raymonde	0.16%	-8
109.	Carole	0.16%	+1
110.	Marianne	0.16%	+13
111.	Annette	0.15%	-4
112.	Marcelle	0.14%	-2
112.	Mauricette	0.14%	-9
114.	Marguerite	0.14%	-8
115.	Marie-Odile	0.14%	+9
116.	Janine	0.14%	-15
117.	Lucette	0.14%	-13
118.	Sylvette	0.14%	-6
119.	Nathalie	0.13%	+18
120.	Marie-Ange	0.13%	-2
121.	Marlène	0.13%	-2
122.	Marie-Line	0.13%	+7
123.	Marie-Laure	0.13%	+2
124.	Roseline	0.13%	-4
125.	Odette	0.12%	-8
126.	Marie-Jeanne	0.12%	-4
127.	Jeanine	0.12%	-11
128.	Marie-Chantal	0.12%	+51
129.	Yvonne	0.12%	-1
130.	Sonia	0.11%	+13
131.	Lucienne	0.11%	-5
132.	Yveline	0.11%	-2
133.	Eveline	0.11%	-6
134.	Lysiane	0.11%	-1
135.	Rose	0.10%	-4
136.	Maria	0.10%	+2
137.	Lydia	0.10%	+10
138.	Marie-Josee	0.10%	+8
139.	Laure	0.09%	+16
140.	Carmen	0.09%	-1
141.	Marie-Louise	0.09%	-9
142.	Dany	0.09%	-7
142.	Sylvia	0.09%	+17
144.	Antoinette	0.09%	+6
144.	Edwige	0.09%	-8
144.	Line	0.09%	+5
147.	Gabrielle	0.08%	+4
148.	Georgette	0.08%	-8
148.	Marinette	0.08%	-4
150.	Marie-Annick	0.08%	-9

Popularity extremes for France