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🇫🇷 France

Official first-name statistics for France from INSEE: 87,644,285 births recorded 1900–2025. In 2025, the most given names were Louise and Gabriel.

87,644,285 1900–2025
43,405Names
INSEELicence Ouverte / Open Licence v2.0 (Etalab), the INSEE default

Girls · 2025

  1. 1Louise
  2. 2Noah
  3. 2Jade
  4. 3Léo
  5. 3Ambre
  6. 4Alma
  7. 5Alba
  8. 6Rose
  9. 7Emma
  10. 8Romy
  11. 9Adèle
  12. 9Adam
  13. 10Alice
  14. 10Maël
  15. 11Iris
  16. 12Sacha
  17. 12Lou
  18. 13Agathe
  19. 14Inaya
  20. 14Liam

Boys · 2025

  1. 1Gabriel
  2. 4Raphaël
  3. 5Louis
  4. 6Jules
  5. 7Arthur
  6. 8Léon
  7. 11Isaac
  8. 13Marceau
  9. 15Eden
  10. 17Elio
  11. 18Gabin
  12. 19Lucas
  13. 20Aaron
  14. 21Mohamed
  15. 23Paul
  16. 25Hugo
  17. 26Ibrahim
  18. 27Marius
  19. 28Victor
  20. 30Ethan

Rising fast

2020 → 2025

  1. +5,513%Oussaid
  2. +1,781%Oussayd
  3. +1,612%Mencia
  4. +1,188%Simea
  5. +933%Jenaiah
  6. +848%Dayyan
  7. +761%Adria
  8. +720%Maylo

Falling

2020 → 2025

  1. −83%Illan
  2. −81%Naëlle
  3. −75%Kessy
  4. −74%Quentin
  5. −72%Thibaut
  6. −71%Shanna
  7. −71%Mellina
  8. −69%Kylian

Average name length (letters)

Share of births going to the 10 most common names

Compound names (Jean-Pierre, Mary-Kate)

Are countries choosing the same names?

CountrySimilarity of name choices
🇨🇭 Switzerland73%
🇨🇦 Québec69%
🇨🇦 Ontario54%
🇺🇸 United States51%
🇪🇸 Catalonia49%
🇨🇦 British Columbia49%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales46%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland41%