Names of France
87,644,320 births across 49,163 recorded names, 1900 to 2025.
Top of 2025
Common here, rare in America
Names France gives often that the US records barely hold.
| Name | In France | In the US |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Pierre | 215,420 | not recorded |
| Jean-Claude | 174,235 | not recorded |
| Jean-Luc | 117,805 | not recorded |
| Anne-Marie | 100,565 | not recorded |
| Jean-François | 99,835 | not recorded |
| Jean-Marc | 91,100 | not recorded |
| Marie-Thérèse | 89,310 | not recorded |
| Jean-Paul | 88,090 | not recorded |
| Jean-Michel | 87,000 | not recorded |
| Jean-Marie | 86,960 | not recorded |
| Jean-Louis | 80,830 | not recorded |
| Marie-Christine | 75,605 | not recorded |
| Marie-Claude | 57,735 | not recorded |
| Jean-Jacques | 54,105 | not recorded |
| Marie-France | 54,105 | not recorded |
US figures are Social Security births since 1880; the France figures cover 1900 onwards. The two are not the same measure and the columns are for comparison of scale, not subtraction.
Most given since 1900
Girls
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie | 2,230,220 |
| 2 | Jeanne | 567,320 |
| 3 | Françoise | 401,420 |
| 4 | Monique | 399,660 |
| 5 | Catherine | 394,680 |
| 6 | Nathalie | 382,890 |
| 7 | Isabelle | 378,325 |
| 8 | Jacqueline | 372,420 |
| 9 | Sylvie | 364,645 |
| 10 | Anne | 363,700 |
| 11 | Martine | 320,130 |
| 12 | Madeleine | 306,905 |
| 13 | Nicole | 293,705 |
| 14 | Suzanne | 293,030 |
| 15 | Louise | 287,820 |
| 16 | Hélène | 281,805 |
| 17 | Christine | 280,615 |
| 18 | Marguerite | 271,425 |
| 19 | Denise | 263,365 |
| 20 | Christiane | 259,505 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean | 1,910,275 |
| 2 | Pierre | 892,580 |
| 3 | Michel | 820,540 |
| 4 | André | 712,400 |
| 5 | Louis | 541,985 |
| 6 | Philippe | 538,770 |
| 7 | René | 516,210 |
| 8 | Alain | 506,945 |
| 9 | Jacques | 483,350 |
| 10 | Marcel | 471,230 |
| 11 | Bernard | 469,240 |
| 12 | Daniel | 437,705 |
| 13 | Paul | 431,335 |
| 14 | Roger | 423,575 |
| 15 | Robert | 419,165 |
| 16 | Claude | 411,705 |
| 17 | Henri | 407,330 |
| 18 | Nicolas | 406,300 |
| 19 | Georges | 405,960 |
| 20 | Christian | 405,780 |
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 by INSEE. Covers births registered in metropolitan France and the overseas departments.