BoysGirls
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Jean | 37,485 |
| 2 | 2Michel | 18,704 |
| 3 | 3Bernard | 10,251 |
| 4 | 4Claude | 10,073 |
| 5 | 5Jacques | 10,025 |
| 6 | 6André | 9,791 |
| 7 | 7Pierre | 9,673 |
| 8 | 8Daniel | 9,551 |
| 9 | 9Gerard | 9,150 |
| 10 | 10Alain | 6,679 |
| 11 | 11Robert | 6,292 |
| 12 | 12René | 5,977 |
| 13 | 13Guy | 5,482 |
| 14 | 14Christian | 5,081 |
| 15 | 15Roger | 5,034 |
| 16 | 16Jean-Claude | 4,773 |
| 17 | 17Georges | 4,594 |
| 18 | 18Marcel | 4,225 |
| 19 | 19Henri | 4,065 |
| 20 | 20Maurice | 3,908 |
| 21 | 21Jean-Pierre | 3,627 |
| 22 | 22Yves | 3,539 |
| 23 | 23François | 3,525 |
| 24 | 24Paul | 3,424 |
| 25 | 25Joseph | 3,396 |
| 26 | 26Raymond | 3,297 |
| 27 | 27Gilbert | 3,179 |
| 28 | 28Louis | 3,162 |
| 29 | 29Serge | 3,018 |
| 30 | 30Philippe | 2,789 |
| 31 | 31Roland | 2,381 |
| 32 | 32Francis | 2,167 |
| 33 | 33Lucien | 2,013 |
| 34 | 34Albert | 1,962 |
| 35 | 35Marc | 1,690 |
| 36 | 36Charles | 1,554 |
| 37 | 37Joël | 1,063 |
| 38 | 38Antoine | 990 |
| 39 | 39Emile | 942 |
| 40 | 40Jacky | 917 |
| 41 | 41Denis | 910 |
| 42 | 42Hubert | 908 |
| 43 | 43Fernand | 879 |
| 44 | 44Jean-Marie | 855 |
| 45 | 45Gabriel | 839 |
| 46 | 46Jean-Paul | 836 |
| 47 | 47Gilles | 723 |
| 48 | 48Dominique | 718 |
| 49 | 49Yvon | 706 |
| 50 | 50Richard | 665 |
| 51 | 51Alfred | 614 |
| 52 | 52Jean-Louis | 596 |
| 53 | 53Noël | 558 |
| 54 | 54Jackie | 552 |
| 55 | 55Max | 534 |
| 56 | 56Eugène | 532 |
| 57 | 57Léon | 530 |
| 58 | 58Edmond | 489 |
| 59 | 59Edouard | 488 |
| 60 | 60Gaston | 473 |
| 61 | 61Etienne | 464 |
| 62 | 62Patrick | 447 |
| 63 | 63Armand | 426 |
| 64 | 64Rémy | 412 |
| 65 | 65Bruno | 399 |
| 66 | 66Hervé | 399 |
| 67 | 67Norbert | 387 |
| 68 | 68Camille | 386 |
| 69 | 69Aime | 372 |
| 70 | 70Victor | 366 |
| 71 | 71Jean-Jacques | 365 |
| 72 | 72Didier | 351 |
| 73 | 73Regis | 345 |
| 74 | 74Auguste | 327 |
| 75 | 75Julien | 326 |
| 76 | 76Ernest | 321 |
| 77 | 77José | 320 |
| 78 | 78Jean-François | 291 |
| 79 | 79Jules | 285 |
| 80 | 80Félix | 269 |
| 81 | 81Alphonse | 268 |
| 82 | 82Rémi | 265 |
| 83 | 83Marius | 255 |
| 84 | 84Laurent | 247 |
| 85 | 85Lionel | 244 |
| 86 | 86Bertrand | 243 |
| 87 | 87Alexandre | 241 |
| 88 | 88Jack | 240 |
| 89 | 89Elie | 239 |
| 90 | 90Germain | 238 |
| 91 | 91Luc | 237 |
| 92 | 92Patrice | 221 |
| 93 | 93Xavier | 215 |
| 94 | 94Eric | 205 |
| 95 | 95Adrien | 203 |
| 96 | 96Clément | 196 |
| 97 | 97Vincent | 195 |
| 98 | 98William | 194 |
| 99 | 99Martial | 187 |
| 100 | 100Emmanuel | 186 |
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms. Used under the Licence Ouverte (Etalab). Coverage: Names given at least 20 times (1900 to 1945) or 20 times overall since 1946, and at least 3 times in a year; rarer names are grouped by INSEE and left out.