BoysGirls
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Jean | 51,240 |
| 2 | 2Michel | 32,586 |
| 3 | 3Alain | 22,783 |
| 4 | 4Daniel | 21,345 |
| 5 | 5Bernard | 19,827 |
| 6 | 6Gerard | 19,708 |
| 7 | 7Christian | 15,266 |
| 8 | 8Jacques | 14,923 |
| 9 | 9Claude | 12,805 |
| 10 | 10Pierre | 12,161 |
| 11 | 11André | 12,023 |
| 12 | 12Jean-Pierre | 10,557 |
| 13 | 13Jean-Claude | 10,289 |
| 14 | 14Guy | 9,391 |
| 15 | 15René | 7,752 |
| 16 | 16Robert | 7,410 |
| 17 | 17Yves | 6,420 |
| 18 | 18Roger | 6,292 |
| 19 | 19Serge | 5,919 |
| 20 | 20Georges | 5,586 |
| 21 | 21Gilbert | 5,280 |
| 22 | 22François | 5,238 |
| 23 | 23Marcel | 5,046 |
| 24 | 24Patrick | 4,862 |
| 25 | 25Francis | 4,809 |
| 26 | 26Henri | 4,652 |
| 27 | 27Maurice | 4,461 |
| 28 | 28Joël | 4,067 |
| 29 | 29Raymond | 3,961 |
| 30 | 30Jean-Paul | 3,865 |
| 31 | 31Roland | 3,726 |
| 32 | 32Marc | 3,647 |
| 33 | 33Joseph | 3,514 |
| 34 | 34Paul | 3,372 |
| 35 | 35Jean-Marie | 3,271 |
| 36 | 36Louis | 3,230 |
| 37 | 37Jacky | 3,215 |
| 38 | 38Dominique | 2,991 |
| 39 | 39Philippe | 2,919 |
| 40 | 40Jean-Louis | 2,914 |
| 41 | 41Gilles | 2,654 |
| 42 | 42Denis | 2,327 |
| 43 | 43Lucien | 2,185 |
| 44 | 44Richard | 1,942 |
| 45 | 45Didier | 1,811 |
| 46 | 46Albert | 1,746 |
| 47 | 47Charles | 1,660 |
| 48 | 48Jean-Jacques | 1,655 |
| 49 | 49Jean-Francois | 1,573 |
| 50 | 50Patrice | 1,487 |
| 51 | 51Hervé | 1,357 |
| 52 | 52Yvon | 1,269 |
| 53 | 53Hubert | 1,257 |
| 54 | 54Jean-Michel | 1,147 |
| 55 | 55Jackie | 1,129 |
| 56 | 56Noël | 1,119 |
| 57 | 57Gabriel | 1,108 |
| 58 | 58Antoine | 1,035 |
| 59 | 59Fernand | 978 |
| 60 | 60Rémy | 940 |
| 61 | 61Emile | 928 |
| 62 | 62Jean-Luc | 897 |
| 63 | 63Lionel | 824 |
| 64 | 64Regis | 782 |
| 65 | 65Jean-Marc | 778 |
| 66 | 66Jean-Yves | 778 |
| 67 | 67Bruno | 747 |
| 68 | 68José | 721 |
| 69 | 69Etienne | 708 |
| 70 | 70Max | 701 |
| 71 | 71Armand | 612 |
| 72 | 72Luc | 600 |
| 73 | 73Edmond | 580 |
| 74 | 74Norbert | 566 |
| 75 | 75Eugène | 523 |
| 76 | 76Thierry | 519 |
| 77 | 77Edouard | 507 |
| 78 | 78Pascal | 506 |
| 79 | 79Léon | 502 |
| 80 | 80Bertrand | 496 |
| 81 | 81Jack | 487 |
| 82 | 82William | 480 |
| 83 | 83Gaston | 477 |
| 84 | 84Alfred | 470 |
| 85 | 85Aime | 454 |
| 86 | 86Yannick | 452 |
| 87 | 87Rémi | 443 |
| 88 | 88Eric | 438 |
| 89 | 89Olivier | 436 |
| 90 | 90Camille | 420 |
| 91 | 91Martial | 420 |
| 92 | 92Laurent | 411 |
| 93 | 93Xavier | 367 |
| 94 | 94James | 362 |
| 95 | 95Julien | 360 |
| 96 | 96Vincent | 347 |
| 97 | 97Yvan | 347 |
| 98 | 98Sylvain | 332 |
| 99 | 99Gérald | 317 |
| 100 | 100Alexandre | 303 |
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.