Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Christophe	5.09%	0	+1,167	+5.4%
2.	Laurent	4.46%	0	+597	+3.1%
3.	Stéphane	3.97%	+2	+2,956	+20.1%
4.	Philippe	3.60%	-1	-2,488	-13.4%
5.	Eric	3.16%	-1	-2,171	-13.4%
6.	Frédéric	3.02%	0	-628	-4.5%
7.	Olivier	2.86%	+2	+1,536	+13.7%
8.	David	2.84%	+8	+5,311	+72.7%
9.	Pascal	2.82%	-2	-1,478	-10.5%
10.	Thierry	2.59%	-2	-1,660	-12.6%
11.	Franck	2.30%	-1	-183	-1.8%
12.	Fabrice	1.82%	+3	+702	+9.5%
13.	Patrick	1.74%	0	-857	-10.0%
14.	Jean	1.73%	-3	-1,227	-13.8%
15.	Bruno	1.71%	-3	-1,047	-12.1%
16.	Didier	1.52%	+2	+42	+0.6%
17.	Alain	1.50%	-3	-1,014	-13.2%
18.	Emmanuel	1.47%	-1	-525	-7.4%
19.	Hervé	1.32%	0	-443	-7.0%
20.	Dominique	1.16%	+1	-796	-13.4%
21.	Michel	1.13%	-1	-1,022	-16.9%
22.	Patrice	1.07%	+6	+863	+22.2%
23.	Christian	1.04%	-1	-641	-12.2%
24.	Marc	1.01%	-1	-464	-9.3%
25.	Gilles	1.00%	+1	-125	-2.7%
26.	Vincent	0.99%	+1	+324	+8.0%
27.	Nicolas	0.98%	+4	+660	+17.9%
28.	François	0.96%	-3	-368	-7.9%
29.	Pierre	0.95%	-5	-531	-11.2%
30.	Sébastien	0.94%	+12	+1,585	+60.5%
31.	Denis	0.79%	-1	-242	-6.5%
32.	Jerome	0.76%	+6	+468	+16.1%
33.	Sylvain	0.76%	+4	+440	+15.0%
34.	Daniel	0.75%	-5	-436	-11.6%
35.	Lionel	0.72%	+4	+303	+10.5%
36.	Xavier	0.72%	-1	+153	+5.0%
37.	Jean-Marc	0.70%	-4	-2	-0.1%
38.	Jean-Luc	0.66%	-6	-630	-17.6%
39.	Jean-François	0.65%	-5	-155	-5.1%
40.	Ludovic	0.63%	+8	+702	+33.2%
41.	Richard	0.58%	+3	+239	+10.3%
42.	Benoît	0.57%	+12	+628	+33.2%
43.	Jean-Pierre	0.56%	-7	-480	-16.1%
44.	Yannick	0.56%	+2	+291	+13.3%
45.	Jean-Michel	0.54%	-5	-419	-14.8%
46.	Serge	0.52%	-5	-359	-13.4%
47.	Arnaud	0.51%	+9	+469	+25.8%
48.	Claude	0.48%	-5	-301	-12.3%
49.	José	0.46%	+3	+104	+5.3%
50.	Bertrand	0.46%	+1	+81	+4.1%
51.	Joël	0.45%	-6	-240	-10.7%
52.	Regis	0.42%	-2	-156	-7.7%
53.	Bernard	0.42%	-4	-223	-10.7%
54.	Yves	0.40%	-7	-343	-16.2%
55.	Jean-Christophe	0.40%	0	-65	-3.5%
56.	Fabien	0.40%	+6	+353	+25.1%
56.	Jean-Philippe	0.40%	+1	-34	-1.9%
58.	Francis	0.38%	0	-94	-5.3%
59.	Jacques	0.38%	-6	-257	-13.3%
60.	Guillaume	0.33%	+17	+426	+41.0%
61.	Jean-Claude	0.33%	-2	-291	-16.7%
62.	Yann	0.32%	+3	+169	+13.3%
63.	Luc	0.32%	-2	-186	-11.6%
64.	Cyrille	0.30%	+12	+287	+27.5%
65.	Alexandre	0.29%	+10	+247	+23.6%
66.	Gérard	0.28%	-6	-418	-25.0%
66.	William	0.28%	+4	+176	+16.3%
68.	André	0.27%	-5	-187	-13.4%
69.	Cyril	0.27%	+9	+287	+31.1%
70.	Manuel	0.26%	+1	+112	+10.5%
71.	Loïc	0.26%	+3	+98	+9.3%
72.	Raphaël	0.25%	+11	+244	+28.8%
73.	Jean-Marie	0.25%	-6	-99	-8.3%
74.	Antoine	0.23%	+5	+141	+15.7%
75.	Guy	0.23%	-11	-300	-22.5%
76.	Jean-Paul	0.22%	-10	-218	-18.0%
77.	Jean-Louis	0.22%	-9	-184	-16.1%
78.	Georges	0.22%	-5	-96	-9.1%
79.	Damien	0.21%	+3	+65	+7.5%
80.	Joseph	0.21%	-11	-174	-16.0%
81.	Jean-Yves	0.20%	-9	-159	-15.0%
82.	Martial	0.20%	+2	+42	+5.0%
83.	Florent	0.20%	-3	-17	-1.9%
84.	Michael	0.20%	+14	+258	+41.8%
85.	Eddy	0.19%	+14	+255	+43.7%
86.	Rodolphe	0.19%	+17	+264	+46.2%
87.	Antonio	0.18%	-1	-22	-2.7%
88.	Yvan	0.18%	+16	+226	+40.1%
89.	Robert	0.18%	-8	-85	-9.8%
90.	Gérald	0.18%	-3	-19	-2.4%
91.	Jacky	0.17%	-3	-29	-3.7%
92.	Jean-Jacques	0.16%	-2	-46	-5.9%
93.	Charles	0.16%	+2	+44	+6.4%
94.	Mohamed	0.16%	-1	+31	+4.5%
95.	Paul	0.16%	-10	-118	-14.2%
96.	Rémy	0.16%	-7	-75	-9.6%
97.	Samuel	0.16%	+5	+128	+22.2%
98.	Karim	0.16%	+3	+123	+21.2%
98.	Rémi	0.16%	-7	-73	-9.4%
100.	Henri	0.15%	-8	-84	-11.1%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Nathalie	6.68%	0	-221	-0.8%
2.	Valérie	5.31%	0	+800	+3.7%
3.	Isabelle	4.44%	0	-1,631	-8.0%
4.	Sandrine	3.58%	+1	+2,127	+16.3%
5.	Sylvie	3.41%	-1	-2,681	-15.6%
6.	Laurence	2.65%	+2	+116	+1.0%
7.	Catherine	2.63%	-1	-1,031	-8.4%
8.	Véronique	2.57%	-1	-948	-8.0%
9.	Christine	2.31%	+1	-1,027	-9.5%
10.	Corinne	2.25%	-1	-1,497	-13.6%
11.	Sophie	2.15%	0	+809	+9.7%
12.	Florence	1.89%	0	-234	-2.8%
13.	Christelle	1.84%	+2	+2,100	+36.7%
14.	Marie	1.69%	-1	-824	-10.3%
15.	Patricia	1.60%	-1	-168	-2.4%
16.	Karine	1.41%	+4	+1,553	+35.0%
17.	Anne	1.35%	-1	+26	+0.5%
18.	Fabienne	1.21%	-1	-470	-8.4%
19.	Carole	1.21%	0	+680	+15.3%
20.	Béatrice	1.04%	-2	-438	-9.0%
21.	Cécile	0.90%	+3	+347	+10.0%
22.	Céline	0.86%	+12	+983	+37.2%
23.	Virginie	0.84%	+9	+876	+32.6%
24.	Delphine	0.83%	+16	+1,087	+44.6%
25.	Emmanuelle	0.82%	+3	+478	+15.9%
26.	Stéphanie	0.81%	+15	+1,038	+43.3%
27.	Sabine	0.80%	-2	+18	+0.5%
28.	Françoise	0.78%	-7	-545	-14.1%
29.	Pascale	0.76%	-7	-497	-13.4%
30.	Agnès	0.74%	-7	-367	-10.5%
31.	Caroline	0.73%	+7	+608	+24.4%
32.	Muriel	0.70%	-6	-256	-8.0%
33.	Martine	0.63%	-6	-506	-15.9%
34.	Myriam	0.63%	-3	-105	-3.8%
35.	Frédérique	0.62%	+2	+119	+4.8%
36.	Elisabeth	0.61%	-6	-243	-8.6%
37.	Hélène	0.61%	-2	+8	+0.3%
38.	Nadine	0.60%	-9	-413	-14.0%
39.	Nadia	0.55%	+4	+32	+1.4%
40.	Magali	0.53%	+6	+333	+17.3%
41.	Maria	0.52%	+1	-71	-3.1%
42.	Brigitte	0.51%	-9	-515	-19.2%
43.	Chantal	0.51%	-7	-415	-16.2%
44.	Dominique	0.49%	-5	-371	-15.1%
45.	Sandra	0.46%	+5	+476	+32.0%
46.	Murielle	0.46%	-2	-276	-12.4%
47.	Claire	0.45%	0	+57	+3.1%
48.	Sonia	0.40%	+8	+365	+27.1%
49.	Christel	0.39%	+6	+302	+22.3%
50.	Mireille	0.39%	-5	-338	-17.0%
51.	Evelyne	0.37%	-2	-208	-11.8%
52.	Lydie	0.35%	+1	+71	+5.0%
53.	Geraldine	0.35%	+1	+96	+6.9%
54.	Laure	0.35%	+6	+202	+16.0%
55.	Annie	0.34%	-7	-310	-17.6%
56.	Marie-Laure	0.34%	+3	+159	+12.4%
57.	Katia	0.33%	+35	+738	+111%
58.	Christèle	0.30%	+9	+172	+15.4%
59.	Benedicte	0.29%	+7	+110	+9.7%
60.	Cathy	0.29%	+1	-17	-1.4%
61.	Claudine	0.29%	-10	-241	-16.3%
62.	Aline	0.29%	+11	+241	+24.5%
63.	Marie-Pierre	0.28%	-5	-102	-7.8%
64.	Marie-Christine	0.28%	-12	-223	-15.7%
65.	Anne-Marie	0.27%	-8	-157	-11.9%
66.	Maryline	0.27%	+2	+78	+7.3%
67.	Estelle	0.27%	+13	+261	+29.8%
68.	Rachel	0.26%	+1	+71	+6.9%
69.	Nelly	0.26%	-4	-47	-4.1%
70.	Laetitia	0.24%	+30	+406	+66.1%
71.	Nicole	0.23%	-8	-185	-16.2%
72.	Odile	0.22%	-8	-187	-16.4%
73.	Michèle	0.22%	-11	-273	-22.3%
74.	Joëlle	0.22%	+1	-35	-3.6%
75.	Lydia	0.21%	+10	+128	+16.4%
76.	Nadege	0.21%	+7	+69	+8.5%
77.	Corine	0.21%	-3	-103	-10.5%
78.	Marie-Hélène	0.20%	-2	-118	-12.1%
79.	Ghislaine	0.20%	+2	-45	-5.2%
80.	Annick	0.19%	-10	-196	-19.2%
81.	Monique	0.18%	-10	-235	-23.4%
82.	Jocelyne	0.18%	-4	-157	-17.0%
82.	Marie-France	0.18%	+2	-40	-5.0%
84.	Maryse	0.18%	-7	-160	-17.3%
85.	Armelle	0.18%	+3	+38	+5.4%
86.	Malika	0.18%	+5	+73	+10.9%
87.	Barbara	0.17%	+18	+192	+35.3%
88.	Régine	0.17%	-6	-133	-15.6%
89.	Anita	0.17%	-3	-25	-3.4%
90.	Jacqueline	0.16%	-11	-209	-23.1%
91.	Geneviève	0.15%	-1	-40	-5.8%
91.	Marielle	0.15%	-19	-339	-34.2%
93.	Danielle	0.15%	0	-15	-2.3%
94.	Angelique	0.15%	+10	+96	+17.5%
95.	Sabrina	0.15%	+29	+238	+60.9%
96.	Alexandra	0.15%	+24	+219	+54.1%
96.	Gaelle	0.15%	+23	+207	+49.6%
98.	Carine	0.14%	-9	-88	-12.6%
99.	Fatima	0.14%	+2	+11	+1.8%
100.	Severine	0.14%	+83	+372	+178%

Popularity extremes for France