Top 100 baby girl names in France during year 1956

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
11Marie19,483
22Martine19,420
33Catherine14,071
44Francoise12,704
55Brigitte12,357
66Chantal11,713
77Dominique10,269
88Patricia9,177
99Christine9,060
1010Sylvie8,470
1111Monique7,670
1212Annie7,634
1313Nicole6,903
1414Evelyne6,539
1515Michèle6,298
1616Nadine5,520
1717Claudine5,492
1818Jocelyne5,481
1919Christiane5,106
2020Annick4,613
2121Marie-Christine4,505
2222Jacqueline4,403
2323Joelle4,337
2424Béatrice4,114
2525Elisabeth4,104
2626Anne3,863
2727Isabelle3,831
2828Josiane3,825
2929Maryse3,768
3030Anne-Marie3,576
3131Bernadette3,442
3232Véronique3,350
3333Danielle3,231
3434Ghislaine3,135
3535Geneviève2,923
3636Michelle2,880
3737Mireille2,880
3838Colette2,816
3939Odile2,598
4040Pascale2,471
4141Marie-Claude2,391
4242Sylviane2,359
4343Régine2,301
4444Daniele2,249
4545Eliane2,223
4646Agnès2,182
4747Hélène2,156
4848Josette2,107
4949Fabienne2,053
5050Marie-France2,043
5151Francine2,017
5252Marie-Thérèse2,017
5353Marie-José1,913
5454Liliane1,892
5555Gisèle1,860
5656Muriel1,713
5757Yvette1,620
5858Viviane1,614
5959Laurence1,604
6060Thérèse1,591
6161Denise1,586
6262Corinne1,566
6363Nelly1,479
6464Florence1,418
6565Marie-Hélène1,396
6666Marie-Claire1,382
6767Myriam1,360
6868Edith1,351
6969Jeannine1,299
7070Marie-Françoise1,226
7171Claire1,186
7272Claude1,167
7373Pierrette1,151
7474Yolande1,137
7575Arlette1,129
7676Maryvonne1,093
7777Lydie1,057
7878Aline1,030
7979Maryline1,026
8080Marylene1,008
8181Claudette951
8282Ginette943
8383Roselyne919
8484Micheline918
8585Andrée906
8686Marie-Pierre863
8787Simone856
8888Jeanne853
8989Solange848
9090Claudie840
9191Anita837
9292Marie-Noëlle834
9393Marie-Paule803
9494Renée803
9595Huguette772
9696Sophie763
9797Paulette761
9898Irène741
9999Nadia740
100100Suzanne725

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.

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