Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jean	8.44%	0	-4,507	-10.6%
2.	Michel	6.17%	0	-2,495	-8.2%
3.	Alain	5.31%	0	+574	+2.4%
4.	Gérard	4.11%	0	-1,390	-6.9%
5.	Bernard	4.05%	+1	-750	-3.9%
6.	Daniel	4.03%	-1	-1,007	-5.2%
7.	Christian	3.76%	0	-260	-1.5%
8.	Jacques	2.88%	0	-624	-4.6%
9.	Patrick	2.63%	+4	+2,633	+28.3%
10.	Claude	2.33%	-1	-355	-3.3%
11.	Pierre	2.28%	-1	-487	-4.5%
12.	Jean-Pierre	2.20%	0	-267	-2.6%
13.	André	2.13%	-2	-1,089	-10.1%
14.	Guy	1.82%	+1	-159	-1.9%
15.	Jean-Claude	1.76%	-1	-926	-10.4%
16.	Philippe	1.66%	+2	+826	+12.3%
17.	Serge	1.63%	-1	+580	+8.5%
18.	Joël	1.44%	+3	+815	+14.3%
19.	Yves	1.41%	+1	+58	+0.9%
20.	Robert	1.35%	-1	-555	-8.3%
21.	René	1.33%	-4	-716	-10.7%
22.	Dominique	1.25%	+5	+1,076	+23.5%
23.	Francis	1.19%	-1	-241	-4.3%
24.	François	1.17%	-1	-236	-4.3%
25.	Gilbert	1.10%	0	-181	-3.5%
26.	Roger	1.09%	-2	-507	-9.3%
27.	Georges	1.03%	-1	-489	-9.5%
28.	Marc	0.93%	+3	+356	+9.2%
29.	Jean-Paul	0.92%	0	+125	+3.1%
30.	Marcel	0.88%	-2	-334	-7.7%
31.	Gilles	0.84%	+4	+451	+13.5%
32.	Henri	0.82%	-2	-332	-8.2%
33.	Patrice	0.81%	+8	+616	+20.3%
34.	Didier	0.79%	+10	+1,179	+49.4%
35.	Jean-Louis	0.78%	+2	+254	+7.7%
36.	Jean-Marie	0.76%	0	+138	+4.2%
37.	Roland	0.75%	-4	-76	-2.2%
38.	Denis	0.75%	+2	+319	+10.4%
39.	Jacky	0.73%	-1	+62	+1.9%
40.	Maurice	0.72%	-8	-302	-8.4%
41.	Raymond	0.72%	-7	-216	-6.2%
42.	Joseph	0.69%	-3	-109	-3.4%
43.	Paul	0.59%	-1	-315	-10.5%
44.	Louis	0.56%	-1	-174	-6.4%
45.	Jean-Luc	0.52%	+4	+488	+26.3%
46.	Richard	0.48%	+1	+241	+12.5%
47.	Jean-Jacques	0.47%	-2	+147	+7.4%
48.	Jean-François	0.45%	0	+119	+6.2%
49.	Hervé	0.44%	+3	+345	+20.9%
50.	Jean-Michel	0.42%	0	+91	+5.1%
51.	Lucien	0.39%	-5	-163	-8.4%
52.	Jean-Marc	0.37%	+3	+413	+33.2%
53.	Charles	0.34%	-2	-148	-8.8%
54.	Bruno	0.32%	+5	+305	+26.9%
55.	Albert	0.31%	-2	-105	-7.0%
56.	Hubert	0.30%	-2	+4	+0.3%
57.	Yvon	0.28%	0	+74	+6.2%
58.	Noël	0.28%	-2	+19	+1.5%
59.	Pascal	0.26%	+5	+286	+31.5%
60.	Antoine	0.26%	-2	+8	+0.7%
61.	Thierry	0.25%	+3	+234	+25.8%
62.	Lionel	0.25%	-1	+66	+6.2%
63.	Jean-Yves	0.25%	-3	0	0.0%
64.	Regis	0.23%	+3	+153	+17.2%
65.	Luc	0.22%	+4	+145	+17.5%
66.	Gabriel	0.21%	0	+33	+3.7%
67.	Rémy	0.20%	+1	+32	+3.6%
68.	José	0.20%	-5	-13	-1.4%
69.	Eric	0.18%	+4	+155	+23.0%
70.	Jackie	0.18%	-8	-127	-13.5%
71.	Fernand	0.16%	0	-49	-6.2%
72.	Emile	0.16%	-2	-77	-9.7%
73.	Etienne	0.16%	-1	-38	-5.0%
74.	Max	0.16%	0	+39	+5.8%
75.	Olivier	0.15%	+1	+68	+11.1%
76.	Bertrand	0.15%	+2	+73	+12.4%
77.	Yannick	0.14%	0	+44	+7.3%
78.	Laurent	0.14%	+1	+43	+7.5%
79.	Norbert	0.13%	-4	-67	-10.4%
80.	Vincent	0.13%	+2	+63	+12.4%
81.	Sylvain	0.12%	+7	+117	+26.3%
82.	Rémi	0.12%	-1	+8	+1.5%
83.	Armand	0.12%	-3	-2	-0.4%
84.	Xavier	0.11%	+3	+65	+14.4%
85.	Gérald	0.11%	+14	+149	+42.3%
86.	Frédéric	0.11%	+7	+88	+21.5%
87.	Martial	0.11%	-3	+27	+5.8%
88.	William	0.10%	-5	-22	-4.4%
89.	Edouard	0.09%	-3	-59	-12.8%
90.	Edmond	0.09%	-5	-64	-13.9%
91.	Loïc	0.09%	+6	+15	+4.0%
92.	Jean-Noël	0.09%	+6	+22	+6.1%
93.	Eugène	0.09%	-2	-41	-9.7%
94.	Alfred	0.08%	-5	-65	-14.7%
94.	Léon	0.08%	-2	-45	-10.7%
96.	Jack	0.08%	-6	-51	-12.0%
97.	Emmanuel	0.08%	-1	-24	-6.2%
98.	Gaston	0.08%	-3	-37	-9.5%
99.	James	0.07%	+3	+13	+4.1%
100.	Benoît	0.07%	+7	+43	+15.4%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	6.48%	0	-2,275	-7.5%
2.	Martine	3.77%	+2	+2,319	+16.6%
3.	Françoise	3.41%	-1	-521	-3.4%
4.	Monique	3.39%	-1	-565	-3.7%
5.	Nicole	2.94%	0	-855	-6.3%
6.	Chantal	2.71%	0	+244	+2.1%
7.	Annie	2.41%	+1	-180	-1.7%
8.	Christiane	2.26%	-1	-997	-9.3%
9.	Jacqueline	2.04%	0	-1,016	-10.3%
10.	Michèle	1.93%	+1	-745	-8.2%
11.	Danielle	1.85%	-1	-1,365	-14.6%
12.	Josiane	1.54%	0	+75	+1.1%
13.	Claudine	1.46%	0	-159	-2.5%
14.	Annick	1.43%	0	-62	-1.0%
15.	Dominique	1.36%	+7	+1,266	+27.4%
16.	Catherine	1.22%	+8	+786	+17.5%
17.	Evelyne	1.19%	+8	+656	+14.6%
18.	Colette	1.17%	+5	+479	+10.5%
19.	Bernadette	1.14%	-3	-163	-3.2%
20.	Jocelyne	1.12%	+1	+197	+4.2%
21.	Brigitte	1.09%	+7	+616	+15.0%
22.	Josette	1.09%	-7	-423	-8.3%
23.	Geneviève	1.05%	-3	-122	-2.6%
24.	Joëlle	1.03%	+8	+702	+18.7%
25.	Mireille	1.02%	-6	-253	-5.4%
26.	Michelle	1.01%	-8	-419	-8.8%
27.	Anne	0.99%	-10	-561	-11.6%
28.	Maryse	0.98%	+5	+524	+14.1%
29.	Anne-Marie	0.91%	+2	+138	+3.6%
30.	Liliane	0.91%	-4	-301	-7.2%
31.	Eliane	0.89%	-4	-326	-7.8%
32.	Daniele	0.88%	-2	-90	-2.3%
33.	Elisabeth	0.87%	-4	-195	-4.9%
34.	Marie-Thérèse	0.77%	+1	-255	-7.1%
35.	Christine	0.77%	+13	+730	+28.2%
36.	Jeannine	0.75%	-2	-378	-10.4%
37.	Yvette	0.75%	0	-220	-6.4%
38.	Gisèle	0.73%	0	-229	-6.8%
39.	Denise	0.70%	-3	-529	-14.8%
40.	Marie-Claude	0.70%	-1	-118	-3.7%
41.	Nadine	0.70%	+6	+400	+15.3%
42.	Francine	0.69%	-2	-33	-1.1%
43.	Thérèse	0.64%	-2	-217	-7.3%
44.	Odile	0.64%	+1	+128	+4.9%
45.	Marie-France	0.63%	-2	-44	-1.6%
46.	Hélène	0.62%	-4	-166	-5.8%
47.	Arlette	0.56%	-3	-297	-11.0%
48.	Ginette	0.55%	+3	+11	+0.5%
49.	Micheline	0.54%	-4	-284	-10.8%
50.	Ghislaine	0.53%	+5	+163	+7.6%
51.	Sylvie	0.51%	+23	+680	+44.9%
52.	Viviane	0.50%	+1	-104	-4.6%
53.	Simone	0.50%	-3	-236	-9.9%
54.	Andrée	0.48%	-5	-339	-14.0%
55.	Patricia	0.48%	+20	+612	+41.8%
56.	Sylviane	0.48%	+8	+236	+12.9%
57.	Béatrice	0.48%	+8	+297	+16.8%
58.	Maryvonne	0.47%	-4	-187	-8.5%
59.	Régine	0.46%	+4	+117	+6.3%
60.	Madeleine	0.46%	-8	-316	-13.7%
61.	Yolande	0.44%	+11	+338	+21.8%
62.	Paulette	0.44%	-6	-183	-8.9%
63.	Jeanne	0.43%	-5	-123	-6.2%
64.	Marie-Christine	0.42%	+7	+214	+13.4%
65.	Renée	0.42%	-8	-252	-12.3%
66.	Huguette	0.41%	-5	-137	-7.3%
67.	Solange	0.40%	-8	-176	-9.2%
68.	Marie-José	0.40%	0	+106	+6.5%
69.	Suzanne	0.40%	-9	-172	-9.1%
70.	Pierrette	0.40%	-8	-178	-9.4%
71.	Claude	0.39%	-4	+12	+0.7%
72.	Edith	0.37%	+1	+59	+3.8%
73.	Marie-Claire	0.34%	+7	+113	+8.3%
74.	Claudette	0.34%	-4	-124	-7.8%
75.	Agnès	0.32%	+9	+150	+12.1%
76.	Raymonde	0.32%	-7	-232	-14.3%
77.	Janine	0.31%	-11	-398	-23.0%
77.	Marie-Françoise	0.31%	+2	-72	-5.1%
79.	Nelly	0.31%	-2	-76	-5.4%
80.	Lucette	0.29%	-4	-152	-10.7%
81.	Marguerite	0.29%	+2	-41	-3.2%
82.	Mauricette	0.28%	-4	-191	-13.6%
83.	Marcelle	0.28%	-1	-90	-7.1%
84.	Irène	0.25%	+7	+81	+8.0%
85.	Noëlle	0.25%	+4	-30	-2.7%
86.	Annette	0.24%	+2	-70	-6.2%
87.	Jeanine	0.24%	-2	-115	-9.9%
88.	Claire	0.24%	+2	+16	+1.6%
89.	Odette	0.24%	-8	-259	-19.9%
90.	Yvonne	0.24%	-3	-95	-8.4%
91.	Lucienne	0.24%	-5	-122	-10.7%
92.	Marie-Hélène	0.23%	+1	+37	+3.9%
93.	Roselyne	0.22%	+3	+58	+6.6%
94.	Aline	0.21%	0	+8	+0.9%
95.	Isabelle	0.21%	+2	+127	+16.0%
96.	Marie-Paule	0.20%	-1	-39	-4.3%
97.	Georgette	0.19%	-5	-118	-12.4%
98.	Véronique	0.17%	+16	+188	+33.5%
99.	Cécile	0.17%	-1	-32	-4.1%
99.	Claudie	0.17%	+3	+68	+10.1%

Popularity extremes for France