BoysGirls
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Jean | 53,436 |
| 2 | 2Michel | 31,886 |
| 3 | 3Daniel | 20,821 |
| 4 | 4Alain | 19,784 |
| 5 | 5Gerard | 19,235 |
| 6 | 6Bernard | 18,536 |
| 7 | 7Jacques | 15,407 |
| 8 | 8Claude | 13,447 |
| 9 | 9Christian | 13,288 |
| 10 | 10André | 13,209 |
| 11 | 11Pierre | 12,394 |
| 12 | 12Jean-Claude | 9,691 |
| 13 | 13Jean-Pierre | 9,288 |
| 14 | 14Guy | 9,287 |
| 15 | 15René | 8,153 |
| 16 | 16Robert | 7,712 |
| 17 | 17Roger | 6,568 |
| 18 | 18Yves | 6,215 |
| 19 | 19Georges | 5,984 |
| 20 | 20Serge | 5,887 |
| 21 | 21Marcel | 5,438 |
| 22 | 22Gilbert | 5,220 |
| 23 | 23François | 5,161 |
| 24 | 24Maurice | 4,865 |
| 25 | 25Henri | 4,823 |
| 26 | 26Francis | 4,581 |
| 27 | 27Raymond | 4,111 |
| 28 | 28Roland | 3,719 |
| 29 | 29Joseph | 3,582 |
| 30 | 30Joël | 3,566 |
| 31 | 31Paul | 3,530 |
| 32 | 32Louis | 3,376 |
| 33 | 33Patrick | 3,367 |
| 34 | 34Marc | 3,321 |
| 35 | 35Jean-Paul | 3,303 |
| 36 | 36Jean-Marie | 3,111 |
| 37 | 37Jacky | 2,701 |
| 38 | 38Jean-Louis | 2,401 |
| 39 | 39Lucien | 2,347 |
| 40 | 40Dominique | 2,291 |
| 41 | 41Philippe | 2,189 |
| 42 | 42Gilles | 2,109 |
| 43 | 43Denis | 1,991 |
| 44 | 44Albert | 1,889 |
| 45 | 45Charles | 1,765 |
| 46 | 46Richard | 1,679 |
| 47 | 47Didier | 1,280 |
| 48 | 48Jean-Jacques | 1,274 |
| 49 | 49Yvon | 1,241 |
| 50 | 50Hubert | 1,235 |
| 51 | 51Jackie | 1,124 |
| 52 | 52Noël | 1,105 |
| 53 | 53Antoine | 1,085 |
| 54 | 54Fernand | 1,064 |
| 55 | 55Jean-Francois | 1,063 |
| 56 | 56Hervé | 1,053 |
| 57 | 57Patrice | 1,039 |
| 58 | 58Emile | 1,023 |
| 59 | 59Gabriel | 1,004 |
| 60 | 60Jean-Michel | 849 |
| 61 | 61Rémy | 817 |
| 62 | 62Max | 815 |
| 63 | 63Lionel | 814 |
| 64 | 64José | 713 |
| 65 | 65Regis | 674 |
| 66 | 66Etienne | 657 |
| 67 | 67Armand | 620 |
| 68 | 68Bruno | 620 |
| 69 | 69Jean-Luc | 600 |
| 70 | 70Luc | 561 |
| 71 | 71Jean-Marc | 543 |
| 72 | 72William | 543 |
| 73 | 73Edmond | 537 |
| 74 | 74Eugène | 535 |
| 75 | 75Norbert | 531 |
| 76 | 76Jack | 528 |
| 77 | 77Edouard | 520 |
| 78 | 78Léon | 513 |
| 79 | 79Gaston | 511 |
| 80 | 80Alfred | 480 |
| 81 | 81Rémi | 469 |
| 82 | 82Bertrand | 456 |
| 83 | 83Jean-Yves | 456 |
| 84 | 84Camille | 447 |
| 85 | 85Laurent | 432 |
| 86 | 86Julien | 420 |
| 87 | 87Pascal | 409 |
| 88 | 88Olivier | 397 |
| 89 | 89Aime | 392 |
| 90 | 90Yvan | 382 |
| 91 | 91Eric | 381 |
| 92 | 92Xavier | 375 |
| 93 | 93James | 372 |
| 94 | 94Yannick | 355 |
| 95 | 95Martial | 351 |
| 96 | 96Vincent | 346 |
| 97 | 97Sylvain | 326 |
| 98 | 98Victor | 325 |
| 99 | 99Thierry | 318 |
| 100 | 100Gérald | 313 |
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.