BoysGirls
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Jean | 33,828 |
| 2 | 2Michel | 23,767 |
| 3 | 3Alain | 21,919 |
| 4 | 4Bernard | 17,879 |
| 5 | 5Christian | 16,140 |
| 6 | 6Patrick | 16,099 |
| 7 | 7Gerard | 15,960 |
| 8 | 8Daniel | 15,507 |
| 9 | 9Jacques | 10,480 |
| 10 | 10Philippe | 10,080 |
| 11 | 11Claude | 9,504 |
| 12 | 12Dominique | 8,816 |
| 13 | 13Pierre | 8,743 |
| 14 | 14Jean-Pierre | 8,664 |
| 15 | 15Serge | 7,876 |
| 16 | 16André | 7,418 |
| 17 | 17Joël | 7,277 |
| 18 | 18Guy | 6,866 |
| 19 | 19Jean-Claude | 6,304 |
| 20 | 20Francis | 5,722 |
| 21 | 21Yves | 5,690 |
| 22 | 22Didier | 5,289 |
| 23 | 23François | 5,117 |
| 24 | 24Marc | 5,116 |
| 25 | 25Robert | 4,973 |
| 26 | 26René | 4,759 |
| 27 | 27Patrice | 4,601 |
| 28 | 28Gilles | 4,552 |
| 29 | 29Jean-Paul | 4,085 |
| 30 | 30Gilbert | 4,057 |
| 31 | 31Jean-Luc | 4,044 |
| 32 | 32Georges | 3,867 |
| 33 | 33Denis | 3,787 |
| 34 | 34Roger | 3,687 |
| 35 | 35Jean-Louis | 3,577 |
| 36 | 36Jean-Marie | 3,228 |
| 37 | 37Jacky | 3,227 |
| 38 | 38Marcel | 3,035 |
| 39 | 39Henri | 2,937 |
| 40 | 40Roland | 2,777 |
| 41 | 41Joseph | 2,680 |
| 42 | 42Maurice | 2,639 |
| 43 | 43Jean-Jacques | 2,603 |
| 44 | 44Raymond | 2,485 |
| 45 | 45Hervé | 2,368 |
| 46 | 46Paul | 2,238 |
| 47 | 47Jean-Marc | 2,093 |
| 48 | 48Jean-Francois | 2,056 |
| 49 | 49Louis | 2,051 |
| 50 | 50Bruno | 2,040 |
| 51 | 51Jean-Michel | 2,028 |
| 52 | 52Pascal | 1,980 |
| 53 | 53Richard | 1,902 |
| 54 | 54Thierry | 1,796 |
| 55 | 55Eric | 1,490 |
| 56 | 56Lucien | 1,380 |
| 57 | 57Charles | 1,335 |
| 58 | 58Regis | 1,301 |
| 59 | 59Hubert | 1,269 |
| 60 | 60Luc | 1,242 |
| 61 | 61Yvon | 1,225 |
| 62 | 62Lionel | 1,215 |
| 63 | 63Antoine | 1,153 |
| 64 | 64Albert | 1,117 |
| 65 | 65Noël | 1,098 |
| 66 | 66José | 1,084 |
| 67 | 67Jean-Yves | 1,004 |
| 68 | 68Rémy | 1,004 |
| 69 | 69Laurent | 915 |
| 70 | 70Olivier | 886 |
| 71 | 71Bertrand | 798 |
| 72 | 72Yannick | 780 |
| 73 | 73Gabriel | 766 |
| 74 | 74Frédéric | 703 |
| 75 | 75Etienne | 682 |
| 76 | 76Sylvain | 654 |
| 77 | 77Gérald | 644 |
| 78 | 78Max | 637 |
| 79 | 79Fernand | 628 |
| 80 | 80Xavier | 621 |
| 81 | 81Jackie | 614 |
| 82 | 82Vincent | 609 |
| 83 | 83Martial | 602 |
| 84 | 84Norbert | 596 |
| 85 | 85Rémi | 577 |
| 86 | 86Emile | 501 |
| 87 | 87Emmanuel | 488 |
| 88 | 88William | 486 |
| 89 | 89Loïc | 483 |
| 90 | 90Armand | 389 |
| 91 | 91Benoit | 384 |
| 92 | 92Hugues | 384 |
| 93 | 93Edmond | 366 |
| 94 | 94Yvan | 356 |
| 95 | 95Edouard | 354 |
| 96 | 96Franck | 339 |
| 97 | 97Alfred | 336 |
| 98 | 98Jean-Noël | 333 |
| 99 | 99Stéphane | 328 |
| 100 | 100Eugène | 321 |
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.