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http://www.prenoms.com/ Select a year from the drop-down menu under "le top des prénoms" to see the most popular names for that year.
http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/site/LesClassiques/LesClassiques.htm Check out the names listed under "zoom sur les prénoms rétro de début de XXe siècle"
http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/stats/topprenoms.htm Type a year in the box to see the most popular names from that year.

This message was edited 7/28/2010, 3:01 PM

I took these names from Wikipedian articles about noble French people from 1837 to 1901 (expecially from "House of Bonaparte" and "House of Orléans"). They are traditional names and thus very conservative: they were diffuse before 1837 and are still popular in France. With them you cannot be wrong!

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Male names:
Albert Alexandre Antoine Auguste Charles Emmanuel Ferdinand François Grégoire Henri Jacques Jean Jérôme Joseph Laurent Léopold Louis Lucien Paul Philippe Robert Victor

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Female names:
Adélaïde Anne Charlotte Clémentine Jeanne Joséphine Louise Marie Pauline Sophie Thérèse Victoire

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If you want something more old-fashioned, the selection is wider, for example:
Baudouin Bertrand Clovis Dagobert Gontran Lothaire Thierry Toussaint...