BoysGirls
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Jean | 40,682 |
| 2 | 2Michel | 21,012 |
| 3 | 3Daniel | 13,230 |
| 4 | 4Gérard | 12,401 |
| 5 | 5Bernard | 11,922 |
| 6 | 6Alain | 11,549 |
| 7 | 7Jacques | 10,796 |
| 8 | 8André | 9,351 |
| 9 | 9Claude | 9,209 |
| 10 | 10Pierre | 8,595 |
| 11 | 11Christian | 8,116 |
| 12 | 12Guy | 6,078 |
| 13 | 13René | 5,992 |
| 14 | 14Robert | 5,587 |
| 15 | 15Jean-Claude | 5,337 |
| 16 | 16Jean-Pierre | 4,982 |
| 17 | 17Roger | 4,811 |
| 18 | 18Georges | 4,303 |
| 19 | 19Yves | 4,046 |
| 20 | 20Marcel | 3,903 |
| 21 | 21Serge | 3,886 |
| 22 | 22François | 3,646 |
| 23 | 23Maurice | 3,585 |
| 24 | 24Henri | 3,456 |
| 25 | 25Raymond | 3,141 |
| 26 | 26Gilbert | 3,139 |
| 27 | 27Francis | 2,963 |
| 28 | 28Joseph | 2,664 |
| 29 | 29Louis | 2,505 |
| 30 | 30Paul | 2,501 |
| 31 | 31Roland | 2,389 |
| 32 | 32Marc | 2,292 |
| 33 | 33Joël | 1,964 |
| 34 | 34Patrick | 1,844 |
| 35 | 35Charles | 1,681 |
| 36 | 36Jacky | 1,672 |
| 37 | 37Lucien | 1,640 |
| 38 | 38Dominique | 1,375 |
| 39 | 39Albert | 1,369 |
| 40 | 40Gilles | 1,358 |
| 41 | 41Jean-Paul | 1,340 |
| 42 | 42Jean-Marie | 1,332 |
| 43 | 43Philippe | 1,194 |
| 44 | 44Denis | 1,182 |
| 45 | 45Richard | 988 |
| 46 | 46Jean-Louis | 986 |
| 47 | 47Hubert | 902 |
| 48 | 48Antoine | 890 |
| 49 | 49Yvon | 841 |
| 50 | 50Patrice | 833 |
| 51 | 51Gabriel | 830 |
| 52 | 52Noël | 811 |
| 53 | 53Jackie | 752 |
| 54 | 54Fernand | 744 |
| 55 | 55Emile | 727 |
| 56 | 56Didier | 707 |
| 57 | 57Hervé | 653 |
| 58 | 58Jean-Jacques | 625 |
| 59 | 59Max | 557 |
| 60 | 60Rémy | 533 |
| 61 | 61Lionel | 512 |
| 62 | 62Jean-François | 500 |
| 63 | 63Etienne | 450 |
| 64 | 64Regis | 439 |
| 65 | 65Bruno | 438 |
| 66 | 66José | 423 |
| 67 | 67Edmond | 421 |
| 68 | 68Armand | 414 |
| 69 | 69Léon | 413 |
| 70 | 70William | 412 |
| 71 | 71Jack | 411 |
| 72 | 72Edouard | 404 |
| 73 | 73Eugène | 398 |
| 74 | 74Gaston | 392 |
| 75 | 75Jean-Michel | 354 |
| 76 | 76Luc | 350 |
| 77 | 77Rémi | 347 |
| 78 | 78Alfred | 344 |
| 79 | 79Aime | 327 |
| 80 | 80Camille | 327 |
| 81 | 81Norbert | 321 |
| 82 | 82Bertrand | 314 |
| 83 | 83Victor | 298 |
| 84 | 84Julien | 297 |
| 85 | 85James | 285 |
| 86 | 86Yvan | 271 |
| 87 | 87Jean-Luc | 268 |
| 88 | 88Eric | 260 |
| 89 | 89Jean-Marc | 259 |
| 90 | 90Laurent | 259 |
| 91 | 91Olivier | 251 |
| 92 | 92Félix | 244 |
| 93 | 93Martial | 243 |
| 94 | 94Vincent | 243 |
| 95 | 95Pascal | 241 |
| 96 | 96Emmanuel | 234 |
| 97 | 97Xavier | 230 |
| 98 | 98Gérald | 227 |
| 99 | 99Elie | 222 |
| 100 | 100Marius | 217 |
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.