According to Open Data Paris, the most popular baby names in Paris, France, in 2015 were Louise and Adam/Gabriel (tie).
Here are the city’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:
Girl Names
- Louise, 293 baby girls
- Alice, 244
- Chloé, 206
- Emma, 178
- Inès, 175
- Sarah, 174
- Jeanne, 173
- Anna, 160
- Adèle, 155
- Juliette, 149
Boy Names
- Adam, 355 baby boys (tie)
- Gabriel, 355 (tie)
- Raphaël, 320
- Paul, 260
- Louis, 256
- Arthur, 245
- Alexandre, 226
- Victor, 208
- Jules, 205
- Mohamed, 185
In the girls’ top 10, Anna and Juliette replaced Camille and Lina.
In the boys’ top 10, Jules replaced Maxime.
The prénom mixte (unisex name) Charlie saw a dual-gender decline in 2015, “probably due to the association with the attacks in Charlie Hebdo in January.”
- 2015: 29 girls and 6 boys named Charlie in Paris
- 2014: 71 girls and 35 boys named Charlie in Paris
- 2013: 75 girls and 37 boys named Charlie in Paris
Like the SSA data, the Paris data includes names used as seldom as 5 times per year. Here are some of the names from the bottom of the Paris rankings:
| Uncommon Girl Names | Uncommon Boy Names |
| Cléa, Clothilde, Dyna, Isée, Jane, Mélisande, Ornella, Romaïssa, Tasnime, Wendy | Demba, Ezio, Foucauld, Harold, Idrissa, Massyl, Sixte, Tidiane, Vianney, Yaya |
Slightly higher up on the girls’ side I spotted Armance, used 6 times. It’s both a river in France and a romance novel by French writer Stendhal (born Marie-Henri Beyle).
Sources: Liste des prénoms – Paris Data, Les prénoms les plus donnés à Paris en 2015
Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)
