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Family Facts: French Given Names

Surname Frequency

Name Popularity of for

Top 20 Names for the years
1900-2006

Male Names

  1. Jean
  2. Pierre
  3. Michel
  4. Andre
  5. Philippe
  6. Rene
  7. Alain
  8. Jacques
  9. Bernard
  10. Marcel
  11. Louis
  12. Daniel
  13. Roger
  14. Robert
  15. Claude
  16. Christian
  17. Georges
  18. Henri
  19. Francois
  20. Patrick

Female Names

  1. Marie
  2. Jeanne
  3. Francoise
  4. Monique
  5. Catherine
  6. Nathalie
  7. Isabelle
  8. Jacqueline
  9. Anne
  10. Sylvie
  11. Martine
  12. Madeleine
  13. Nicole
  14. Suzanne
  15. Christine
  16. Helene
  17. Marguerite
  18. Denise
  19. Christiane
  20. Yvonne
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Source: INSEE (French National Statistics Institute) - national data containing the first names given to all children born in France between 1900 and 2006 ; district-specific data available only between 1946 and 2006.

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