Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Stéphane	5.01%	+1	+1,530	+7.0%
2.	Christophe	4.75%	-1	+245	+1.1%
3.	Laurent	4.24%	0	-237	-1.2%
4.	David	3.71%	0	-1,191	-6.5%
5.	Olivier	3.34%	0	+1,070	+7.4%
6.	Frédéric	3.00%	0	-234	-1.6%
7.	Philippe	2.88%	0	-758	-5.4%
8.	Eric	2.48%	0	-944	-7.6%
9.	Franck	2.29%	0	+357	+3.5%
10.	Thierry	2.03%	0	-754	-7.4%
11.	Sébastien	1.98%	+5	+3,347	+57.1%
12.	Pascal	1.69%	-1	-1,196	-13.2%
13.	Emmanuel	1.62%	+1	+275	+3.8%
14.	Fabrice	1.52%	-2	-382	-5.1%
15.	Bruno	1.51%	-2	-312	-4.2%
16.	Jerome	1.48%	+8	+2,371	+52.4%
17.	Nicolas	1.32%	+3	+1,056	+20.8%
18.	Patrick	1.24%	-3	-923	-13.8%
19.	Vincent	1.18%	+3	+570	+11.6%
20.	Hervé	1.11%	+1	+169	+3.4%
21.	Didier	1.07%	-4	-865	-14.8%
22.	Jean	1.02%	-4	-797	-14.4%
23.	Arnaud	1.01%	+14	+1,658	+54.7%
24.	Alain	0.93%	-5	-797	-15.6%
25.	Lionel	0.87%	+8	+397	+10.9%
26.	Xavier	0.85%	+8	+429	+12.1%
27.	Sylvain	0.84%	+4	+154	+4.1%
28.	Michel	0.84%	-3	-510	-11.5%
29.	Patrice	0.84%	-6	-713	-15.4%
30.	Gilles	0.84%	-3	-58	-1.5%
31.	François	0.83%	-1	+28	+0.7%
32.	Ludovic	0.80%	+3	+241	+7.0%
33.	Dominique	0.79%	-7	-438	-10.6%
34.	Pierre	0.78%	-2	-104	-2.8%
35.	Marc	0.76%	-7	-327	-8.4%
36.	Jean-François	0.74%	+4	+652	+23.5%
37.	Christian	0.70%	-8	-580	-15.1%
38.	Michael	0.70%	+21	+1,606	+98.0%
39.	Denis	0.66%	-3	-227	-6.9%
40.	Cyril	0.65%	+9	+1,009	+49.6%
41.	Yannick	0.61%	0	+329	+13.0%
42.	Benoît	0.59%	0	+262	+10.7%
43.	Daniel	0.55%	-5	-403	-13.6%
44.	Yann	0.53%	+16	+877	+55.3%
45.	Fabien	0.52%	+6	+465	+24.1%
46.	Guillaume	0.51%	+4	+360	+18.1%
47.	Richard	0.50%	-2	+57	+2.5%
48.	Jean-Michel	0.50%	-4	-78	-3.2%
49.	Jean-Marc	0.49%	-10	-615	-21.4%
50.	Alexandre	0.46%	+4	+315	+17.3%
51.	José	0.44%	-3	+16	+0.8%
52.	Jean-Pierre	0.40%	-6	-321	-14.6%
53.	Jean-Luc	0.40%	-10	-566	-23.1%
54.	Jean-Philippe	0.39%	-2	-31	-1.7%
55.	Bertrand	0.39%	-8	-222	-10.8%
56.	Regis	0.39%	+1	+96	+5.6%
57.	Jean-Christophe	0.37%	-2	-79	-4.4%
58.	Samuel	0.37%	+16	+667	+63.6%
59.	Cedric	0.37%	+20	+710	+71.1%
60.	Serge	0.36%	-7	-201	-10.8%
61.	Gregory	0.36%	+29	+814	+96.4%
62.	Raphaël	0.35%	+2	+181	+12.6%
63.	Claude	0.34%	-7	-169	-9.8%
64.	Cyrille	0.33%	-3	-47	-3.0%
65.	Joël	0.32%	-7	-214	-12.7%
66.	Manuel	0.30%	+2	+180	+14.6%
67.	Mickael	0.30%	+41	+797	+135%
68.	William	0.29%	-2	-21	-1.5%
69.	Yves	0.29%	-7	-148	-9.9%
70.	Loïc	0.28%	-2	+74	+6.0%
71.	Bernard	0.27%	-8	-224	-15.1%
72.	Antoine	0.27%	0	+128	+11.4%
73.	Jacques	0.25%	-8	-217	-15.7%
74.	Luc	0.25%	-7	-122	-9.5%
75.	Damien	0.24%	+6	+143	+14.6%
76.	Jean-Claude	0.23%	-6	-116	-9.8%
77.	Anthony	0.23%	+14	+233	+28.2%
78.	Thomas	0.23%	+16	+251	+31.4%
79.	Francis	0.22%	-8	-125	-10.7%
80.	Karim	0.22%	+7	+122	+13.8%
81.	Gérald	0.21%	+2	+50	+5.3%
82.	Jean-Marie	0.21%	-6	-48	-4.7%
83.	Florent	0.20%	-10	-167	-15.0%
84.	Antonio	0.20%	+8	+118	+14.4%
85.	Georges	0.20%	+1	+31	+3.5%
86.	Rodolphe	0.20%	-8	-78	-7.8%
87.	Tony	0.20%	+5	+103	+12.6%
88.	André	0.20%	-8	-79	-8.0%
88.	Eddy	0.20%	-6	-43	-4.5%
90.	Gérard	0.19%	-15	-137	-13.3%
91.	Julien	0.19%	+23	+303	+54.1%
92.	Carlos	0.18%	+15	+252	+42.4%
93.	Jean-Louis	0.18%	-9	-100	-10.6%
94.	Jean-Paul	0.17%	-9	-103	-11.4%
95.	Jérôme	0.17%	+20	+233	+41.9%
96.	Martial	0.17%	+1	+49	+6.7%
97.	Stephan	0.17%	+1	+68	+9.6%
98.	Joseph	0.17%	-9	-76	-9.0%
99.	Mohamed	0.17%	-3	+17	+2.3%
100.	Charles	0.16%	-1	+54	+7.7%
100.	Jean-Yves	0.16%	-23	-251	-25.0%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Nathalie	5.12%	0	-3,543	-13.5%
2.	Sandrine	4.71%	+1	+2,808	+15.6%
3.	Isabelle	3.95%	+1	+938	+5.7%
4.	Valérie	3.80%	-2	-2,552	-13.2%
5.	Christelle	2.72%	+3	+1,993	+19.8%
6.	Sophie	2.53%	0	+100	+0.9%
7.	Sylvie	2.39%	-2	-1,790	-14.4%
8.	Laurence	2.30%	-1	-373	-3.5%
9.	Karine	2.30%	+3	+1,915	+23.2%
10.	Stéphanie	2.00%	+9	+3,688	+71.2%
11.	Catherine	1.94%	-2	-1,411	-14.1%
12.	Véronique	1.91%	-2	-1,269	-13.0%
13.	Corinne	1.70%	0	-495	-6.2%
14.	Christine	1.57%	-3	-1,607	-18.8%
15.	Anne	1.52%	+1	+1,090	+19.3%
16.	Céline	1.48%	+5	+1,540	+30.8%
17.	Florence	1.48%	-3	-839	-11.4%
18.	Carole	1.35%	-3	-265	-4.3%
19.	Delphine	1.29%	+1	+589	+11.6%
20.	Virginie	1.27%	+3	+1,102	+24.5%
21.	Marie	1.23%	-4	-164	-2.9%
22.	Patricia	1.22%	-4	-175	-3.1%
23.	Cécile	1.17%	+1	+785	+17.8%
24.	Béatrice	0.97%	+1	+214	+5.2%
25.	Fabienne	0.96%	-3	-528	-11.0%
26.	Severine	0.95%	+31	+2,872	+217%
27.	Emmanuelle	0.84%	-1	+97	+2.7%
28.	Sabine	0.83%	-1	+77	+2.1%
29.	Magali	0.79%	+4	+756	+27.6%
30.	Caroline	0.74%	-2	+88	+2.7%
31.	Sandra	0.72%	+13	+1,156	+56.4%
32.	Hélène	0.71%	0	+376	+13.6%
33.	Myriam	0.68%	-3	+94	+3.2%
34.	Agnès	0.64%	-3	-40	-1.4%
35.	Muriel	0.62%	-6	-190	-6.5%
36.	Maria	0.59%	+1	+151	+6.1%
37.	Elisabeth	0.59%	-3	-102	-3.8%
38.	Sonia	0.55%	+5	+345	+16.4%
39.	Nadia	0.54%	-1	+12	+0.5%
40.	Frédérique	0.54%	-1	+11	+0.5%
41.	Françoise	0.52%	-6	-330	-12.6%
42.	Pascale	0.51%	-6	-273	-10.9%
43.	Katia	0.50%	-1	+60	+2.8%
44.	Nadine	0.49%	-3	-33	-1.5%
45.	Claire	0.46%	+4	+260	+14.7%
46.	Laetitia	0.45%	+14	+711	+54.7%
47.	Martine	0.43%	-7	-296	-13.5%
48.	Murielle	0.40%	-3	-138	-7.3%
49.	Alexandra	0.40%	+28	+944	+116%
50.	Geraldine	0.40%	+4	+220	+14.3%
51.	Laure	0.39%	-5	-122	-6.5%
52.	Christel	0.39%	+1	+177	+11.4%
53.	Rachel	0.38%	-1	+83	+5.2%
54.	Dominique	0.35%	-7	-325	-17.5%
55.	Lydie	0.34%	0	-5	-0.3%
56.	Brigitte	0.34%	-8	-340	-18.5%
57.	Estelle	0.33%	+5	+246	+20.1%
58.	Marie-Laure	0.33%	-8	-262	-15.2%
59.	Chantal	0.33%	-8	-256	-15.1%
60.	Christèle	0.31%	-4	-2	-0.1%
61.	Nadege	0.27%	+10	+180	+18.0%
62.	Cathy	0.27%	-1	-79	-6.3%
63.	Sarah	0.26%	+28	+478	+70.5%
64.	Gaelle	0.24%	+15	+269	+33.3%
65.	Maryline	0.24%	0	-101	-8.6%
66.	Aline	0.24%	0	-79	-6.9%
66.	Marie-Pierre	0.24%	-2	-104	-8.8%
68.	Evelyne	0.24%	-10	-247	-18.7%
69.	Sabrina	0.24%	+5	+146	+16.3%
70.	Lydia	0.24%	-1	-60	-5.4%
71.	Marie-Christine	0.23%	-1	-49	-4.5%
72.	Benedicte	0.23%	-5	-94	-8.4%
73.	Mireille	0.23%	-14	-296	-22.8%
74.	Barbara	0.23%	+1	+161	+19.1%
75.	Annie	0.22%	-12	-228	-19.1%
76.	Nelly	0.22%	-4	0	0.0%
77.	Claudine	0.21%	-9	-167	-15.2%
78.	Anne-Marie	0.21%	-5	-42	-4.4%
79.	Carine	0.20%	+4	+122	+15.7%
80.	Magalie	0.19%	+26	+301	+55.0%
81.	Anne-Sophie	0.19%	+9	+125	+17.9%
82.	Chrystelle	0.19%	+3	+79	+10.6%
83.	Marie-Hélène	0.18%	-6	+2	+0.2%
84.	Odile	0.18%	-5	-20	-2.5%
85.	Natacha	0.18%	+23	+250	+47.6%
86.	Angelique	0.17%	-1	+5	+0.7%
87.	Malika	0.16%	+10	+70	+11.2%
88.	Fatima	0.16%	+11	+85	+14.2%
89.	Corine	0.15%	-13	-161	-19.2%
90.	Michèle	0.15%	-9	-125	-15.6%
91.	Joëlle	0.15%	-4	-47	-6.6%
92.	Armelle	0.15%	-3	-39	-5.5%
93.	Marjorie	0.15%	+46	+306	+88.7%
94.	Ingrid	0.14%	+25	+185	+41.3%
95.	Chrystele	0.14%	+23	+182	+40.4%
96.	Linda	0.14%	+17	+140	+28.5%
97.	Nicole	0.14%	-13	-142	-18.5%
98.	Séverine	0.14%	+102	+410	+191%
99.	Sylvia	0.14%	+1	+32	+5.6%
100.	Maryse	0.14%	-8	-58	-8.8%

Popularity extremes for France