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NAMEY

France baby name data

Explore French baby name popularity from 1900 to 2018, drawn from INSEE's Fichier des prénoms birth registration dataset.

Namey holds 31,708 distinct names and 82,766,324 birth registrations from this dataset, covering 1900 to 2018. Registrations peaked in 1964 with 902,531 births.

Provider: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms

Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0

Years covered

1900–2018

Distinct names

31,708

Births recorded

82,766,324

Boys share

50%

Girls share

50%

In 1900 the dataset records 412,056 births; in 2018, 682,754.

Top boys' names in France

  1. 1Jean1,916,584
  2. 2Pierre890,973
  3. 3Michel820,274
  4. 4André711,933
  5. 5Philippe538,373
  6. 6Louis517,608
  7. 7René516,337
  8. 8Alain506,865
  9. 9Jacques482,669
  10. 10Bernard469,295
  11. 11Marcel467,779
  12. 12Daniel434,848
  13. 13Roger423,671
  14. 14Robert419,145
  15. 15Paul416,235
  16. 16Claude411,762
  17. 17Christian405,407
  18. 18Henri405,145
  19. 19Georges404,547
  20. 20Nicolas404,416
  21. 21François398,423
  22. 22Patrick395,041
  23. 23Gérard379,418
  24. 24Christophe375,929
  25. 25Joseph374,926
  26. 26Julien344,164
  27. 27Maurice337,123
  28. 28Laurent328,432
  29. 29Frédéric327,819
  30. 30Eric318,039
  31. 31David312,567
  32. 32Stéphane308,357
  33. 33Pascal307,813
  34. 34Sébastien303,826
  35. 35Alexandre299,947
  36. 36Thierry289,499
  37. 37Olivier279,923
  38. 38Thomas277,399
  39. 39Antoine276,156
  40. 40Raymond272,815
  41. 41Guy265,740
  42. 42Dominique241,895
  43. 43Charles240,200
  44. 44Marc237,262
  45. 45Didier237,163
  46. 46Vincent232,177
  47. 47Yves229,362
  48. 48Guillaume222,488
  49. 49Bruno220,543
  50. 50Serge219,107

Top girls' names in France

  1. 1Marie2,233,296
  2. 2Jeanne555,986
  3. 3Françoise401,507
  4. 4Monique399,832
  5. 5Catherine394,676
  6. 6Nathalie382,851
  7. 7Isabelle377,950
  8. 8Jacqueline372,550
  9. 9Sylvie364,656
  10. 10Anne364,589
  11. 11Martine320,193
  12. 12Madeleine304,573
  13. 13Nicole293,446
  14. 14Suzanne288,860
  15. 15Hélène280,966
  16. 16Christine280,586
  17. 17Marguerite271,035
  18. 18Louise263,884
  19. 19Denise263,366
  20. 20Christiane259,559
  21. 21Yvonne256,988
  22. 22Valérie253,083
  23. 23Sophie245,221
  24. 24Sandrine240,251
  25. 25Stéphanie238,611
  26. 26Céline238,382
  27. 27Véronique235,752
  28. 28Chantal232,207
  29. 29Marcelle229,324
  30. 30Renée221,793
  31. 31Simone219,898
  32. 32Jeannine218,730
  33. 33Andrée215,499
  34. 34Julie213,793
  35. 35Paulette213,395
  36. 36Germaine211,014
  37. 37Annie210,127
  38. 38Patricia207,385
  39. 39Yvette203,463
  40. 40Lucie203,103
  41. 41Brigitte202,576
  42. 42Camille201,858
  43. 43Léa197,068
  44. 44Odette192,598
  45. 45Alice192,543
  46. 46Emilie192,403
  47. 47Geneviève185,968
  48. 48Aurélie182,453
  49. 49Laurence181,714
  50. 50Michèle179,909

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