According to Paris Data, the most popular baby names in Paris, France, in 2019 were Louise and Gabriel.
Here are the city’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:
Girl Names
- Louise, 223 baby girls
- Jeanne, 195
- Emma, 180 (tie)
- Alice, 180 (tie)
- Chloé, 177
- Alma, 152
- Anna, 142
- Charlotte, 140
- Joséphine, 133 (tie)
- Adèle, 133 (tie)
Boy Names
- Gabriel, 371 baby boys
- Adam, 292
- Arthur, 282
- Raphaël, 272
- Louis, 271
- Mohamed, 213
- Victor, 187
- Léon, 181
- Paul, 180
- Isaac, 174 (tie)
- Joseph, 174 (tie)
In the girls’ top 10, Alma, Joséphine and Adèle replaced Rose, Léa, and Inès. (Notably, Joséphine jumped from 30th place — 97 baby girls — all the way into the top 10.)
In the boys’ top 10, Léon and Isaac/Joseph replaced Alexandre and Gaspard.
Finally, here’s a selection of names from elsewhere in the 2019 Paris data (which, like the SSA data, includes all names given to at least five babies per year).
Parisian Girl Names | Parisian Boy Names |
Apolline (80 girls), Garance (60), Aminata (55), Isaure (40), Castille (37), Ysée (29), Sixtine (17), Athénaïs (15), Prune (14), France (6), Ombeline (6) | Octave (79 boys), Balthazar (37), Djibril (30), Aurélien (22), Hippolyte (21), Corentin (10), Matisse (9), Zéphyr (7), Tancrède (7), Enguerrand (6), Kaïss (5) |
Source: Liste des prénoms – Paris Data
Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)