Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Christophe	4.88%	+1	+1,055	+5.1%
2.	Philippe	4.77%	-1	-1,509	-6.6%
3.	Laurent	3.92%	+3	+1,441	+9.0%
4.	Eric	3.75%	0	-1,489	-8.2%
5.	Thierry	3.54%	-2	-3,601	-18.6%
6.	Pascal	3.46%	-1	-1,324	-7.9%
7.	Frédéric	3.04%	0	-207	-1.5%
8.	Stéphane	2.76%	+6	+2,394	+24.2%
9.	Olivier	2.51%	+3	+922	+9.0%
10.	Franck	2.35%	+3	+338	+3.3%
11.	Patrick	2.23%	-3	-1,117	-10.1%
12.	Bruno	2.16%	-3	-1,302	-11.9%
13.	Didier	2.06%	-2	-1,388	-13.2%
14.	Alain	2.03%	+1	-861	-8.7%
15.	Jean	2.00%	-5	-1,752	-16.4%
16.	Hervé	1.58%	+2	+296	+4.4%
17.	Michel	1.52%	-1	-1,174	-14.8%
18.	Dominique	1.51%	-1	-777	-10.3%
19.	Fabrice	1.42%	+2	+593	+10.4%
20.	Christian	1.30%	-1	-918	-13.7%
21.	Marc	1.19%	+2	-45	-0.8%
22.	Gilles	1.19%	-2	-536	-9.2%
23.	François	1.11%	-1	-712	-12.6%
24.	Pierre	1.10%	0	-425	-8.0%
25.	David	1.08%	+22	+2,586	+117%
26.	Patrice	1.03%	+2	+528	+13.0%
27.	Daniel	0.95%	-2	-649	-13.3%
28.	Jean-Luc	0.94%	-2	-575	-12.1%
29.	Denis	0.93%	-2	-377	-8.3%
30.	Emmanuel	0.86%	+6	+667	+21.2%
31.	Jean-Marc	0.78%	-1	-280	-7.5%
32.	Jean-Pierre	0.77%	-3	-588	-14.7%
33.	Jean-François	0.76%	-2	-167	-4.7%
34.	Vincent	0.76%	-1	+117	+3.6%
35.	Serge	0.68%	-3	-455	-13.1%
36.	Jean-Michel	0.67%	-1	-159	-5.1%
37.	Nicolas	0.63%	+6	+333	+13.4%
38.	Xavier	0.63%	+3	+204	+7.9%
39.	Claude	0.62%	-2	-361	-11.6%
40.	Sylvain	0.60%	-1	-7	-0.3%
41.	Joël	0.59%	-3	-387	-12.8%
42.	Bernard	0.59%	-8	-541	-17.2%
43.	Lionel	0.56%	-1	-60	-2.4%
44.	Jerome	0.55%	+1	+48	+2.0%
45.	Yves	0.54%	-1	-100	-4.0%
46.	Jacques	0.49%	-6	-428	-16.3%
47.	José	0.48%	+3	+122	+6.1%
48.	Jean-Claude	0.45%	0	-205	-9.3%
49.	Gérard	0.44%	0	-79	-3.9%
50.	Richard	0.43%	+2	-3	-0.2%
51.	Benoît	0.43%	+6	+148	+8.3%
52.	Jean-Philippe	0.43%	-1	-80	-4.0%
53.	Yannick	0.43%	+6	+148	+8.5%
54.	Jean-Christophe	0.41%	+1	+31	+1.7%
55.	Bertrand	0.41%	-1	-8	-0.4%
56.	Luc	0.39%	-3	-150	-8.0%
57.	Francis	0.39%	-11	-598	-25.7%
58.	Regis	0.37%	+7	+301	+22.1%
59.	André	0.35%	-3	-234	-13.1%
60.	Guy	0.34%	-2	-235	-13.4%
61.	Ludovic	0.34%	+2	+53	+3.7%
62.	Jean-Paul	0.32%	-1	-164	-10.3%
63.	Jean-Marie	0.32%	-1	-80	-5.4%
64.	Jean-Louis	0.31%	-4	-269	-16.5%
65.	Arnaud	0.29%	+2	+55	+4.5%
66.	Yann	0.27%	+9	+277	+29.9%
67.	Jean-Yves	0.26%	+1	-45	-3.8%
68.	Joseph	0.26%	-4	-231	-16.9%
69.	Fabien	0.26%	+3	+44	+4.0%
70.	Georges	0.24%	0	-52	-4.6%
71.	Loïc	0.22%	+3	+50	+5.3%
72.	Antoine	0.22%	-6	-316	-24.1%
73.	Robert	0.22%	-4	-180	-15.5%
74.	William	0.22%	+6	+115	+13.7%
75.	Manuel	0.21%	+2	+28	+3.1%
76.	Jacky	0.21%	-3	-116	-11.3%
77.	Guillaume	0.20%	+5	+82	+10.0%
78.	Jean-Jacques	0.20%	-7	-227	-20.3%
79.	Henri	0.20%	-3	-29	-3.2%
80.	Martial	0.20%	+1	+38	+4.5%
81.	Alexandre	0.19%	+9	+102	+13.8%
82.	Paul	0.19%	-3	-70	-7.8%
83.	Raphaël	0.18%	+14	+224	+37.7%
84.	René	0.18%	-6	-96	-10.7%
85.	Hugues	0.17%	+2	-4	-0.5%
86.	Antonio	0.17%	+5	+55	+7.8%
87.	Hubert	0.17%	-1	-40	-5.2%
88.	Mohamed	0.16%	+5	+62	+9.3%
89.	Sébastien	0.16%	+16	+193	+36.8%
90.	Charles	0.16%	-5	-65	-8.4%
91.	Cyrille	0.16%	+3	+68	+10.6%
92.	Rémy	0.16%	-4	-71	-9.3%
93.	Gilbert	0.15%	-10	-135	-16.5%
94.	Gérald	0.15%	+4	+96	+16.6%
95.	Florent	0.15%	+14	+194	+42.2%
96.	Roland	0.15%	0	+17	+2.7%
97.	Louis	0.14%	-2	-7	-1.1%
98.	Noël	0.14%	+2	+62	+10.9%
99.	Rémi	0.14%	-15	-183	-22.7%
100.	Damien	0.14%	+2	+72	+13.2%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Nathalie	6.88%	0	-2,179	-6.9%
2.	Valérie	5.29%	+2	+2,198	+10.8%
3.	Isabelle	5.09%	-1	-1,595	-6.9%
4.	Sylvie	4.08%	-1	-2,993	-14.7%
5.	Véronique	3.07%	+1	-1,328	-9.2%
6.	Catherine	3.01%	-1	-2,322	-15.4%
7.	Corinne	2.91%	+2	+782	+6.7%
8.	Laurence	2.70%	0	-309	-2.6%
9.	Christine	2.70%	-2	-1,555	-11.9%
10.	Sandrine	2.23%	+3	+2,442	+34.6%
11.	Marie	1.90%	-1	-1,483	-15.5%
12.	Patricia	1.87%	-1	-1,023	-11.4%
13.	Florence	1.85%	-1	+681	+9.5%
14.	Sophie	1.64%	0	+449	+6.9%
15.	Anne	1.44%	0	-91	-1.5%
16.	Fabienne	1.44%	0	-28	-0.5%
17.	Béatrice	1.15%	+1	-434	-8.2%
18.	Françoise	1.08%	-1	-981	-17.6%
19.	Pascale	1.04%	0	-865	-16.4%
20.	Carole	1.03%	+2	+276	+6.7%
21.	Martine	0.95%	-1	-928	-18.7%
22.	Christelle	0.87%	+9	+1,055	+40.0%
23.	Nadine	0.85%	-2	-659	-15.4%
24.	Muriel	0.83%	+3	+143	+4.2%
25.	Agnès	0.78%	-2	-396	-10.7%
26.	Chantal	0.76%	-2	-389	-10.8%
27.	Karine	0.76%	+26	+1,593	+98.6%
28.	Myriam	0.74%	+7	+757	+31.7%
29.	Brigitte	0.72%	-4	-540	-15.1%
30.	Cécile	0.70%	-1	-89	-2.9%
31.	Dominique	0.69%	-5	-560	-16.0%
32.	Elisabeth	0.66%	-4	-347	-11.0%
33.	Sabine	0.62%	-1	+78	+3.0%
34.	Hélène	0.62%	-4	-240	-8.3%
35.	Frédérique	0.59%	-1	+66	+2.7%
36.	Emmanuelle	0.58%	+9	+585	+31.3%
37.	Mireille	0.57%	+7	+424	+21.4%
38.	Nadia	0.56%	-1	+148	+6.7%
39.	Maria	0.53%	+1	+90	+4.2%
40.	Murielle	0.53%	-4	+16	+0.7%
41.	Caroline	0.52%	-2	+7	+0.3%
42.	Céline	0.52%	+50	+1,476	+205%
43.	Annie	0.49%	-10	-377	-15.3%
44.	Evelyne	0.49%	-6	-137	-6.2%
45.	Virginie	0.47%	+4	+323	+19.3%
46.	Stéphanie	0.45%	+13	+587	+44.3%
47.	Claudine	0.43%	-5	-247	-12.0%
48.	Delphine	0.42%	+23	+663	+58.2%
49.	Magali	0.42%	+2	+121	+7.4%
50.	Claire	0.41%	-4	-72	-3.9%
51.	Marie-Christine	0.40%	-10	-413	-19.5%
52.	Anne-Marie	0.37%	-9	-461	-22.5%
53.	Marie-Pierre	0.35%	-5	-209	-12.3%
54.	Sandra	0.34%	+15	+271	+22.9%
55.	Nicole	0.32%	-3	-258	-15.8%
56.	Lydie	0.32%	+4	+51	+3.9%
57.	Marie-Laure	0.32%	+6	+111	+8.9%
58.	Michèle	0.32%	-11	-426	-24.1%
59.	Annick	0.29%	-5	-279	-18.3%
60.	Odile	0.29%	-4	-208	-14.4%
61.	Joëlle	0.29%	-4	-215	-14.9%
62.	Aline	0.28%	-4	-186	-13.3%
63.	Monique	0.28%	-13	-478	-28.6%
64.	Geraldine	0.28%	+16	+280	+31.0%
65.	Maryline	0.28%	-3	-78	-6.2%
66.	Corine	0.27%	+7	+45	+4.1%
67.	Jocelyne	0.27%	-12	-340	-22.8%
68.	Sonia	0.26%	+11	+212	+23.5%
69.	Maryse	0.26%	-1	-96	-8.1%
70.	Nelly	0.26%	-5	-133	-10.9%
71.	Benedicte	0.25%	+14	+240	+28.6%
72.	Régine	0.25%	-6	-163	-13.4%
73.	Marie-Hélène	0.25%	-12	-225	-17.8%
74.	Christel	0.24%	+12	+220	+26.9%
75.	Ghislaine	0.24%	-11	-224	-18.2%
76.	Cathy	0.23%	+6	+91	+10.3%
77.	Marie-France	0.23%	-7	-167	-14.6%
78.	Jacqueline	0.22%	-11	-246	-20.6%
79.	Laure	0.22%	-1	+34	+3.7%
80.	Marielle	0.22%	-6	-169	-15.5%
81.	Bernadette	0.21%	-9	-232	-20.9%
81.	Danielle	0.21%	-6	-196	-18.3%
83.	Rachel	0.20%	+20	+251	+41.1%
84.	Geneviève	0.20%	-7	-122	-12.5%
85.	Christèle	0.19%	+19	+206	+34.6%
85.	Sylviane	0.19%	-4	-90	-10.1%
87.	Christiane	0.18%	-11	-235	-23.3%
88.	Viviane	0.18%	+1	-21	-2.6%
89.	Marie-Claude	0.18%	-6	-126	-14.4%
90.	Lydia	0.18%	+9	+104	+16.2%
91.	Anita	0.17%	+5	+60	+9.1%
92.	Marie-Noëlle	0.17%	+6	+65	+10.0%
93.	Malika	0.17%	-2	-38	-5.1%
94.	Carine	0.16%	+22	+198	+42.4%
95.	Francine	0.15%	-8	-162	-19.9%
96.	Angelique	0.15%	+47	+355	+121%
97.	Josiane	0.15%	-13	-211	-24.6%
98.	Edith	0.15%	-4	-27	-4.0%
99.	Marie-Claire	0.15%	-9	-116	-15.4%
100.	Nadege	0.14%	+7	+38	+6.7%

Popularity extremes for France