Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Philippe	5.60%	0	-190	-0.7%
2.	Thierry	5.49%	+2	+6,496	+34.2%
3.	Eric	4.30%	0	-67	-0.3%
4.	Pascal	3.84%	-2	-2,793	-13.5%
5.	Patrick	3.47%	0	-1,102	-6.4%
6.	Jean	2.86%	0	-412	-3.0%
7.	Alain	2.71%	0	-639	-4.8%
8.	Didier	2.65%	+1	+811	+7.1%
9.	Bruno	2.63%	-1	-497	-3.9%
10.	Laurent	2.56%	+3	+3,442	+40.6%
11.	Christophe	2.14%	+4	+2,332	+30.6%
12.	Michel	2.13%	-2	-1,526	-13.3%
13.	Frédéric	1.97%	+1	+982	+12.0%
14.	Dominique	1.93%	-3	-911	-9.2%
15.	Christian	1.91%	-3	-926	-9.5%
16.	Olivier	1.68%	+2	+1,182	+17.8%
17.	Franck	1.51%	+12	+2,787	+65.6%
18.	Gilles	1.43%	-2	-409	-5.8%
19.	Marc	1.33%	0	-391	-6.0%
20.	Stéphane	1.33%	+6	+1,046	+20.4%
21.	Daniel	1.27%	-4	-862	-12.8%
22.	François	1.25%	0	-33	-0.6%
23.	Pierre	1.24%	-3	-441	-7.1%
24.	Jean-Luc	1.19%	0	-155	-2.7%
25.	Denis	1.17%	-4	-707	-11.5%
26.	Hervé	1.13%	+1	+131	+2.6%
27.	Patrice	1.12%	+6	+1,077	+26.0%
28.	Bernard	1.00%	-5	-1,090	-19.0%
29.	Fabrice	0.98%	+13	+1,800	+65.8%
30.	Jean-Pierre	0.95%	-2	-487	-10.0%
31.	Serge	0.95%	-6	-904	-17.1%
32.	Jean-Marc	0.94%	-1	+152	+3.6%
33.	Claude	0.85%	-3	-255	-6.0%
34.	Jean-Michel	0.78%	+1	-194	-5.1%
35.	Jean-François	0.77%	+3	+102	+2.9%
36.	Jacques	0.77%	-2	-484	-12.0%
37.	Joël	0.76%	-5	-672	-15.9%
38.	Yves	0.70%	-2	-440	-11.9%
39.	Jean-Claude	0.63%	0	-333	-10.2%
40.	Vincent	0.63%	+4	+349	+13.5%
41.	Gérard	0.63%	-4	-672	-18.7%
42.	Francis	0.57%	-2	-434	-14.0%
43.	André	0.55%	-2	-248	-8.8%
44.	Guy	0.51%	-1	-347	-12.9%
45.	Xavier	0.50%	+2	+301	+14.9%
46.	Nicolas	0.48%	+10	+469	+27.0%
47.	Richard	0.46%	+3	+221	+11.4%
48.	Luc	0.46%	0	+115	+5.7%
49.	Jean-Paul	0.44%	-4	-355	-14.7%
50.	Lionel	0.44%	-1	+73	+3.7%
51.	Sylvain	0.42%	+14	+508	+35.2%
52.	Jean-Louis	0.42%	-6	-305	-13.5%
53.	Bertrand	0.41%	0	+90	+4.9%
54.	José	0.38%	0	+11	+0.6%
55.	Jean-Marie	0.36%	-4	-230	-12.0%
56.	Emmanuel	0.36%	+5	+151	+10.1%
57.	Jean-Philippe	0.35%	+6	+146	+9.8%
58.	Yannick	0.35%	-1	-46	-2.7%
59.	Jerome	0.35%	+8	+250	+18.1%
60.	Robert	0.35%	-8	-220	-11.9%
61.	Jean-Yves	0.34%	-3	-1	-0.1%
62.	Joseph	0.34%	-7	-167	-9.6%
63.	Benoît	0.34%	+7	+239	+18.1%
64.	Antoine	0.33%	-2	+30	+2.0%
65.	Regis	0.30%	-1	-105	-7.1%
66.	Jean-Jacques	0.30%	-6	-178	-11.5%
67.	Georges	0.29%	-8	-211	-13.5%
68.	Jacky	0.27%	+1	-79	-5.9%
69.	Jean-Christophe	0.27%	+8	+301	+31.9%
70.	René	0.27%	-4	-187	-13.1%
71.	Henri	0.25%	0	-118	-9.2%
72.	Paul	0.24%	-4	-209	-15.6%
73.	Gilbert	0.24%	-1	-169	-13.3%
74.	Arnaud	0.21%	+12	+207	+26.6%
75.	Loïc	0.21%	+3	+47	+5.0%
76.	Roland	0.20%	-2	-177	-15.7%
77.	Roger	0.20%	-4	-231	-19.8%
78.	Ludovic	0.19%	+16	+289	+47.5%
79.	Hubert	0.19%	-4	-149	-14.3%
80.	Rémy	0.18%	-1	-75	-8.1%
81.	Marcel	0.18%	-5	-124	-13.0%
82.	Charles	0.18%	-1	-63	-7.1%
83.	William	0.18%	-3	-75	-8.4%
84.	David	0.17%	+5	+131	+19.4%
85.	Martial	0.17%	-2	-71	-8.3%
86.	Louis	0.17%	-4	-86	-10.0%
87.	Maurice	0.16%	-3	-76	-9.4%
88.	Rémi	0.15%	-1	-53	-6.9%
89.	Manuel	0.15%	+2	+59	+9.1%
90.	Yann	0.15%	0	+20	+3.0%
91.	Hugues	0.15%	+10	+223	+48.2%
92.	Raymond	0.14%	-7	-119	-15.3%
93.	Fabien	0.14%	-1	+4	+0.6%
94.	Noël	0.13%	-6	-83	-11.8%
95.	Mohamed	0.13%	+2	+96	+18.8%
96.	Gérald	0.13%	+3	+99	+19.9%
97.	Frank	0.13%	+12	+206	+54.6%
98.	Etienne	0.13%	-5	-49	-7.8%
99.	Antonio	0.12%	-3	+5	+0.9%
100.	Yvon	0.11%	-5	-87	-14.7%
101.	Alexandre	0.11%	+6	+55	+12.6%
102.	Albert	0.10%	-4	-36	-7.1%
103.	Jean-Charles	0.10%	-1	+10	+2.2%
104.	Raphaël	0.10%	+2	+27	+6.2%
105.	Yvan	0.10%	-1	+1	+0.2%
106.	Jean-Noël	0.10%	-6	-29	-6.0%
107.	Farid	0.10%	+6	+81	+22.6%
108.	Max	0.09%	-3	-1	-0.2%
109.	Lucien	0.09%	-6	-44	-9.6%
110.	Rachid	0.09%	+4	+54	+15.2%
111.	Gabriel	0.09%	+6	+65	+19.0%
112.	Guillaume	0.09%	-1	+34	+9.3%
113.	Cyrille	0.08%	+5	+60	+18.2%
114.	Karim	0.08%	+7	+61	+19.3%
115.	Ali	0.08%	+10	+59	+19.3%
116.	Florent	0.08%	+8	+51	+16.5%
117.	Norbert	0.08%	-9	-66	-15.6%
118.	Juan	0.08%	-2	+11	+3.2%
118.	Renaud	0.08%	+12	+60	+20.4%
120.	Damien	0.08%	-5	+8	+2.3%
121.	Mario	0.08%	-11	-24	-6.4%
122.	Ahmed	0.07%	+3	+33	+10.8%
123.	Pierrick	0.07%	-11	-24	-6.6%
124.	Freddy	0.07%	+7	+25	+8.7%
125.	Francisco	0.06%	+12	+82	+37.8%
126.	Dany	0.06%	+6	+16	+5.7%
126.	James	0.06%	-7	-25	-7.8%
128.	Alex	0.06%	-6	-30	-9.5%
129.	Rodolphe	0.06%	0	-23	-7.6%
130.	Erick	0.06%	-10	-42	-13.2%
131.	Armand	0.06%	-4	-28	-9.2%
132.	Thomas	0.06%	+1	+10	+3.8%
133.	Jean-Bernard	0.06%	-6	-32	-10.6%
134.	Jocelyn	0.06%	-12	-49	-15.6%
135.	Edouard	0.06%	0	+11	+4.5%
136.	Stephan	0.06%	0	+17	+7.2%
137.	Tony	0.05%	-3	-5	-2.0%
138.	Michael	0.05%	+15	+57	+31.3%
139.	Kamel	0.05%	+1	+23	+10.8%
140.	Mustapha	0.05%	+15	+47	+26.4%
141.	Jean-Baptiste	0.05%	0	+13	+6.2%
141.	Jean-Pascal	0.05%	-3	+8	+3.7%
143.	Abdelkader	0.05%	+7	+33	+17.5%
143.	Samuel	0.05%	+17	+55	+32.9%
145.	Alexis	0.05%	-2	+12	+5.8%
146.	Eddy	0.05%	+20	+57	+35.8%
147.	Ghislain	0.05%	-5	+7	+3.4%
148.	Said	0.05%	-4	+7	+3.5%
149.	Maxime	0.05%	+3	+25	+13.7%
150.	Victor	0.04%	-1	+12	+6.3%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sylvie	6.21%	0	+1,882	+7.3%
2.	Nathalie	5.00%	+5	+9,656	+77.1%
3.	Isabelle	4.85%	0	+3,967	+22.6%
4.	Catherine	4.19%	-2	-1,309	-6.6%
5.	Christine	3.61%	0	-74	-0.5%
6.	Véronique	3.38%	-2	-1,224	-7.6%
7.	Valérie	2.92%	+5	+4,570	+54.5%
8.	Corinne	2.66%	-2	-748	-6.0%
9.	Patricia	2.60%	0	+92	+0.8%
10.	Marie	2.56%	-2	-584	-4.9%
11.	Laurence	2.02%	+2	+947	+11.8%
12.	Martine	1.73%	-2	-1,389	-15.3%
13.	Françoise	1.67%	-2	-1,263	-14.5%
14.	Florence	1.58%	+6	+939	+15.4%
15.	Pascale	1.52%	-1	-792	-10.5%
16.	Nadine	1.33%	0	-961	-14.0%
17.	Béatrice	1.31%	+1	-390	-6.3%
18.	Brigitte	1.27%	-3	-1,342	-19.2%
19.	Anne	1.25%	+2	+262	+5.0%
20.	Fabienne	1.24%	+2	+388	+7.6%
21.	Chantal	1.17%	-4	-1,091	-17.4%
22.	Dominique	1.14%	-4	-1,167	-18.8%
23.	Sophie	1.05%	0	+452	+10.8%
24.	Agnès	0.87%	+2	+91	+2.4%
25.	Carole	0.82%	+8	+789	+27.7%
26.	Elisabeth	0.79%	-1	-397	-10.2%
26.	Muriel	0.79%	+5	+392	+12.6%
28.	Annie	0.77%	-4	-723	-17.4%
29.	Marie-Christine	0.74%	0	-116	-3.4%
30.	Evelyne	0.70%	-3	-602	-16.3%
31.	Claudine	0.63%	-3	-583	-17.2%
32.	Hélène	0.63%	+4	+227	+8.8%
33.	Nicole	0.60%	-3	-487	-15.4%
34.	Caroline	0.57%	+13	+528	+26.4%
35.	Monique	0.53%	-3	-719	-23.4%
36.	Myriam	0.52%	+1	-233	-9.2%
37.	Michèle	0.52%	-3	-486	-17.4%
38.	Murielle	0.51%	+14	+531	+30.8%
39.	Annick	0.50%	-4	-401	-15.4%
40.	Nadia	0.49%	+5	+151	+7.4%
41.	Jocelyne	0.48%	-2	-301	-12.4%
42.	Sabine	0.47%	+8	+259	+14.1%
43.	Sandrine	0.47%	+32	+1,004	+94.6%
44.	Joëlle	0.46%	-6	-459	-18.2%
45.	Cécile	0.46%	+18	+555	+37.2%
46.	Anne-Marie	0.43%	-6	-313	-14.0%
47.	Frédérique	0.41%	+12	+262	+16.8%
48.	Mireille	0.41%	-5	-315	-14.8%
49.	Odile	0.41%	-7	-346	-16.1%
50.	Jacqueline	0.41%	-4	-234	-11.5%
51.	Maryse	0.40%	-10	-404	-18.4%
52.	Maria	0.40%	+4	+168	+10.5%
53.	Claire	0.38%	+7	+112	+7.2%
54.	Ghislaine	0.37%	-6	-291	-15.2%
55.	Marie-Pierre	0.37%	-1	-46	-2.8%
56.	Régine	0.36%	-5	-140	-8.1%
57.	Christiane	0.35%	-13	-496	-24.3%
58.	Lydie	0.34%	0	-33	-2.1%
59.	Bernadette	0.34%	-10	-345	-18.5%
60.	Marie-Hélène	0.33%	+1	-13	-0.9%
61.	Danielle	0.31%	-8	-323	-18.8%
62.	Geneviève	0.31%	-5	-206	-12.9%
63.	Maryline	0.31%	+1	-67	-4.6%
64.	Marielle	0.30%	+46	+797	+145%
65.	Josiane	0.30%	-10	-308	-18.6%
66.	Sylviane	0.29%	-4	-188	-12.6%
67.	Nelly	0.28%	0	-18	-1.4%
68.	Marie-France	0.28%	-2	-121	-8.8%
69.	Magali	0.26%	+10	+141	+13.7%
70.	Marie-Claude	0.26%	-5	-256	-18.3%
71.	Marie-Laure	0.25%	+3	+10	+0.9%
72.	Viviane	0.25%	-2	-120	-9.9%
73.	Michelle	0.24%	-5	-164	-13.3%
74.	Francine	0.24%	-3	-146	-12.1%
75.	Emmanuelle	0.24%	+10	+193	+22.3%
76.	Corine	0.24%	-7	-177	-14.4%
77.	Marie-Claire	0.22%	+1	-67	-6.5%
78.	Edith	0.21%	+1	-91	-8.8%
79.	Gisèle	0.21%	-3	-120	-11.3%
80.	Colette	0.21%	-8	-235	-20.5%
81.	Marie-Line	0.21%	+2	-39	-4.1%
82.	Daniele	0.20%	-9	-249	-22.1%
83.	Virginie	0.20%	+7	+102	+13.4%
84.	Marie-Thérèse	0.19%	-7	-184	-17.7%
85.	Sonia	0.19%	+6	+95	+12.6%
86.	Eliane	0.19%	-4	-141	-14.4%
87.	Anita	0.18%	-3	-50	-5.8%
88.	Christelle	0.18%	+35	+399	+96.6%
89.	Marie-José	0.18%	-8	-231	-22.8%
90.	Lydia	0.17%	+3	+30	+4.1%
91.	Thérèse	0.17%	-6	-117	-13.5%
92.	Marie-Noëlle	0.16%	-4	-62	-7.9%
93.	Malika	0.16%	+4	+26	+3.8%
94.	Aline	0.15%	+9	+27	+4.2%
95.	Cathy	0.15%	+5	+19	+2.9%
96.	Marianne	0.15%	-4	-84	-11.1%
97.	Marie-Françoise	0.15%	-8	-112	-14.5%
98.	Liliane	0.15%	-11	-152	-19.0%
99.	Benedicte	0.14%	-2	-41	-6.0%
100.	Laure	0.14%	+7	+47	+8.0%
101.	Armelle	0.13%	+3	-48	-7.6%
102.	Yolande	0.13%	-8	-152	-20.7%
103.	Denise	0.13%	-8	-153	-20.8%
104.	Claude	0.13%	-5	-96	-14.3%
105.	Claudie	0.13%	+1	-15	-2.6%
105.	Karine	0.13%	+9	+109	+23.5%
107.	Josette	0.12%	-11	-158	-22.3%
108.	Marie-Paule	0.12%	0	-54	-9.2%
109.	Roselyne	0.12%	-8	-124	-19.0%
110.	Nadege	0.12%	+7	+73	+16.2%
111.	Sylvia	0.12%	0	-21	-3.9%
112.	Irène	0.11%	+1	+28	+5.9%
113.	Yvette	0.11%	-4	-75	-13.0%
114.	Marie-Ange	0.11%	-9	-111	-18.4%
115.	Fatima	0.11%	+4	+42	+9.7%
116.	Solange	0.11%	-14	-181	-27.8%
117.	Blandine	0.11%	-2	+14	+3.1%
118.	Katia	0.10%	+12	+66	+17.2%
119.	Jeanne	0.10%	-7	-58	-11.5%
120.	Geraldine	0.10%	+39	+161	+60.3%
121.	Christel	0.10%	+21	+109	+35.0%
122.	Noëlle	0.09%	0	+5	+1.2%
123.	Carmen	0.09%	+6	+12	+3.1%
124.	Anna	0.09%	0	-27	-6.6%
125.	Micheline	0.08%	+1	-22	-5.6%
126.	Carine	0.08%	+20	+68	+22.5%
127.	Rachel	0.08%	+44	+127	+52.5%
128.	Marylene	0.08%	-12	-85	-18.8%
129.	Maryvonne	0.08%	-4	-40	-9.9%
130.	Marlène	0.08%	-4	-35	-8.9%
131.	Roseline	0.08%	0	-20	-5.3%
132.	Pierrette	0.08%	-12	-72	-16.8%
133.	Guylaine	0.08%	-5	-39	-9.9%
134.	Jeannine	0.08%	-13	-76	-18.1%
135.	Mylène	0.08%	+12	+41	+13.6%
136.	Edwige	0.08%	+1	0	0.0%
137.	Céline	0.07%	+32	+84	+34.4%
137.	Rose	0.07%	+5	+17	+5.5%
139.	Marie-Agnès	0.07%	0	-5	-1.5%
140.	Dalila	0.07%	+16	+42	+15.4%
141.	Suzanne	0.07%	-8	-49	-13.5%
142.	Arlette	0.07%	-4	-23	-6.9%
143.	Farida	0.07%	+18	+50	+19.3%
144.	Andrée	0.07%	-9	-51	-14.9%
145.	Marie-Josee	0.07%	-5	-33	-10.2%
146.	Madeleine	0.06%	-12	-66	-18.9%
147.	Marie-Odile	0.06%	-15	-90	-24.1%
148.	Huguette	0.06%	-3	-27	-8.9%
148.	Rose-Marie	0.06%	+4	-5	-1.8%
148.	Yamina	0.06%	+9	+5	+1.8%

Popularity extremes for France