🇫🇷 Most Popular Baby Names in France (2024)
France's national statistics institute INSEE publishes comprehensive baby name data covering all births registered in France. French naming culture has its own distinctive character — parents tend to favour names that sound unmistakably French: Léa, Chloé, Emma, Jade for girls; Gabriel, Raphaël, Louis, Hugo for boys. French names often retain accents (é, è, ê) that give them a characteristic sound absent in other European languages.
Data source: INSEE · Year: 2024 · 30 girl names, 30 boy names
👧 Most Popular Girl Names in France (2024)
#1EmmaGermanic
Meaning: Whole, universal
Emma is a Germanic name that was popular among medieval queens and has remained a top choice across Europe and North America for over a century.
#2Jade
#3LouiseGermanicFrench
Meaning: Renowned warrior
#4AliceGermanicFrench
Meaning: Noble kind
Alice is the French and English form of the Germanic Adalheidis, meaning noble kind, and became famous worldwide through Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
#5ChloeGreek
Meaning: Blooming, verdant
#6LinaGreekArabic
Meaning: Bright, shining; tender
#7MiaHebrewScandinavian
Meaning: Mine; wished-for child
Mia began as a Scandinavian pet form of Maria and has become an international favourite, topping charts from Norway to the United States.
#8Eva
#9Inès
#10Léa
#11SarahHebrew
Meaning: Princess
#12Manon
#13CamilleLatinFrench
Meaning: Helper of the priest
Camille is the French form of Camilla, meaning helper of the priest in Latin, and is a consistently popular choice in France and Belgium.
#14Lucie
#15ClaraLatin
Meaning: Clear, bright, famous
Clara is the Latin feminine form of Clarus, meaning clear or famous, and was the name of the 13th-century saint Clara of Assisi.
#16Zoé
#17MathildeGermanic
Meaning: Battle-mighty
#18Ambre
#19Margot
#20EllaGermanic
Meaning: All, completely
Ella developed as a short form of Eleanor or Elisabeth and has surged in popularity across Europe and North America since the early 2000s.
#21SofiaGreek
Meaning: Wisdom
Sofia is the Slavic and southern European form of Sophia, meaning wisdom in Greek, and is the most popular girl's name in Italy and Spain.
#22LaylaArabic
Meaning: Night
#23ElsaHebrewScandinavian
Meaning: My God is an oath
Elsa is a Scandinavian and German short form of Elisabeth and enjoyed a worldwide revival after the 2013 Disney film Frozen.
#24Oceane
#25Maeva
#26AmeliaGermanic
Meaning: Work, industrious
Amelia is a blend of the Germanic Amalia and the Latin Aemilia, meaning industrious, and has been a top name in the UK and Australia for over a decade.
#27Rose
#28Juliette
#29LisaHebrew
Meaning: My God is an oath
#30CharlotteGermanicFrench
Meaning: Free woman
Charlotte is the French feminine form of Charles, meaning free woman, and is a royal name borne by princesses in Britain, Sweden and Monaco.
👦 Most Popular Boy Names in France (2024)
#1GabrielHebrew
Meaning: God is my strength
Gabriel is the Hebrew name of the archangel who announced the birth of Jesus, meaning God is my strength, popular across southern Europe and Latin America.
#2LeoLatin
Meaning: Lion
Leo is the Latin word for lion and the name of thirteen popes, making it both a timeless classic and a modern favourite across Europe.
#3RaphaelHebrew
Meaning: God has healed
#4NoahHebrew
Meaning: Rest, comfort
Noah is a Hebrew name meaning rest or comfort, famous as the biblical patriarch who built the ark, and the most popular boy's name across much of Europe.
#5LiamIrishGermanic
Meaning: Resolute protector
Liam is the Irish short form of William, meaning resolute protector, and has been the most popular boy's name in the USA and Canada for over a decade.
#6HugoGermanic
Meaning: Mind, intellect
Hugo is the Latinised form of Hugh, meaning mind or intellect in Germanic, and is a favourite in France, Spain, Portugal and Scandinavia.
#7LouisGermanicFrench
Meaning: Renowned warrior
#8LucasLatinGreek
Meaning: Bringer of light
Lucas is the Latin form of Luke, meaning bringer of light, and ranks highly across Europe and the Americas.
#9AdamHebrew
Meaning: Earth, man
#10ArthurCeltic
Meaning: Bear
Arthur is of Celtic origin, possibly meaning bear, and was the name of the legendary British king whose stories have captivated Europe for centuries.
#11Mathis
#12NathanHebrew
Meaning: He gave
#13ThomasAramaic
Meaning: Twin
#14Ethan
#15Théo
#16Alexis
#17Antoine
#18SimonHebrew
Meaning: He has heard
Simon is the Greek form of the Hebrew Shimon, meaning he has heard, and was borne by two of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
#19BaptisteGreekFrench
Meaning: To baptise
#20Maxime
#21Romain
#22VictorLatin
Meaning: Conqueror
#23Clement
#24NicolasGreek
Meaning: Victory of the people
#25Pierre
#26RobinGermanicEnglish
Meaning: Bright fame; robin bird
#27MartinLatin
Meaning: Of Mars; warlike
Martin derives from the Roman Martinus, meaning of Mars or warlike, and was the name of a 4th-century saint whose cult spread across medieval Europe.
#28Julien
#29Quentin
#30FlorianLatin
Meaning: Flower, blooming
Data: INSEE. Rankings reflect official birth registrations for 2024. Updated automatically from the national statistics registry. Browse all countries →