BoysGirls
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Jean | 42,713 |
| 2 | 2Michel | 30,451 |
| 3 | 3Alain | 23,473 |
| 4 | 4Gérard | 20,005 |
| 5 | 5Daniel | 19,233 |
| 6 | 6Bernard | 19,106 |
| 7 | 7Christian | 17,300 |
| 8 | 8Jacques | 13,664 |
| 9 | 9Claude | 10,916 |
| 10 | 10Pierre | 10,795 |
| 11 | 11André | 10,751 |
| 12 | 12Jean-Pierre | 10,239 |
| 13 | 13Patrick | 9,295 |
| 14 | 14Jean-Claude | 8,914 |
| 15 | 15Guy | 8,390 |
| 16 | 16Serge | 6,811 |
| 17 | 17René | 6,717 |
| 18 | 18Philippe | 6,698 |
| 19 | 19Robert | 6,648 |
| 20 | 20Yves | 6,327 |
| 21 | 21Joël | 5,692 |
| 22 | 22Francis | 5,654 |
| 23 | 23François | 5,547 |
| 24 | 24Roger | 5,459 |
| 25 | 25Gilbert | 5,164 |
| 26 | 26Georges | 5,148 |
| 27 | 27Dominique | 4,576 |
| 28 | 28Marcel | 4,310 |
| 29 | 29Jean-Paul | 4,043 |
| 30 | 30Henri | 4,036 |
| 31 | 31Marc | 3,857 |
| 32 | 32Maurice | 3,577 |
| 33 | 33Roland | 3,478 |
| 34 | 34Raymond | 3,469 |
| 35 | 35Gilles | 3,346 |
| 36 | 36Jean-Marie | 3,301 |
| 37 | 37Jean-Louis | 3,291 |
| 38 | 38Jacky | 3,246 |
| 39 | 39Joseph | 3,220 |
| 40 | 40Denis | 3,067 |
| 41 | 41Patrice | 3,033 |
| 42 | 42Paul | 3,004 |
| 43 | 43Louis | 2,726 |
| 44 | 44Didier | 2,387 |
| 45 | 45Jean-Jacques | 1,983 |
| 46 | 46Lucien | 1,940 |
| 47 | 47Jean-Francois | 1,934 |
| 48 | 48Richard | 1,931 |
| 49 | 49Jean-Luc | 1,858 |
| 50 | 50Jean-Michel | 1,792 |
| 51 | 51Charles | 1,683 |
| 52 | 52Hervé | 1,647 |
| 53 | 53Albert | 1,492 |
| 54 | 54Hubert | 1,349 |
| 55 | 55Jean-Marc | 1,243 |
| 56 | 56Noël | 1,226 |
| 57 | 57Yvon | 1,202 |
| 58 | 58Antoine | 1,183 |
| 59 | 59Bruno | 1,133 |
| 60 | 60Jean-Yves | 1,118 |
| 61 | 61Lionel | 1,071 |
| 62 | 62Jackie | 942 |
| 63 | 63Regis | 937 |
| 64 | 64José | 913 |
| 65 | 65Pascal | 908 |
| 66 | 66Thierry | 908 |
| 67 | 67Gabriel | 903 |
| 68 | 68Rémy | 885 |
| 69 | 69Luc | 830 |
| 70 | 70Emile | 796 |
| 71 | 71Fernand | 786 |
| 72 | 72Etienne | 758 |
| 73 | 73Eric | 681 |
| 74 | 74Max | 667 |
| 75 | 75Norbert | 645 |
| 76 | 76Olivier | 615 |
| 77 | 77Yannick | 604 |
| 78 | 78Bertrand | 587 |
| 79 | 79Laurent | 571 |
| 80 | 80Armand | 526 |
| 81 | 81Rémi | 521 |
| 82 | 82Vincent | 508 |
| 83 | 83William | 495 |
| 84 | 84Martial | 464 |
| 85 | 85Edmond | 462 |
| 86 | 86Edouard | 460 |
| 87 | 87Xavier | 452 |
| 88 | 88Sylvain | 445 |
| 89 | 89Alfred | 441 |
| 90 | 90Jack | 425 |
| 91 | 91Eugène | 424 |
| 92 | 92Léon | 421 |
| 93 | 93Frédéric | 410 |
| 94 | 94Camille | 389 |
| 95 | 95Gaston | 388 |
| 96 | 96Emmanuel | 387 |
| 97 | 97Loïc | 373 |
| 98 | 98Jean-Noël | 362 |
| 99 | 99Gérald | 352 |
| 100 | 100Hugues | 343 |
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.