According to Paris Data, the most popular baby names in the capital of France last year were Louise and Gabriel.
Here are the city’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
- Louise, 217 baby girls
- Alma, 207
- Emma, 178
- Adèle, 151 (tie)
- Chloé, 151 (tie)
- Anna, 150
- Olivia, 142
- Eva, 138 (tie)
- Jeanne, 138 (tie)
- Rose, 133
- Gabrielle, 131
- Alice, 129
- Romy, 125
- Ava, 124
- Léa, 121 (tie)
- Victoria, 121 (tie)
- Joséphine, 119 (tie)
- Zoé, 119 (tie)
- Iris, 118
- Nina, 117
- Charlotte, 115 (tie)
- Lina, 115 (tie)
- Lou, 113
- Ella, 104 (tie)
- Sofia, 104 (tie)
- Victoire, 102
- Sarah, 101
- Agathe, 98 (tie)
- Charlie, 98 (tie)
- Alix, 96
- Juliette, 95
- Jade, 93
- Inès, 89
- Suzanne, 88
- Julia, 86
- Léonie, 83
- Margaux, 82
- Mila, 79
- Diane, 78
- Ambre, 77 (tie)
- Fatoumata, 77 (tie)
- Alba, 75
- Héloïse, 73
- Mia, 72 (tie)
- Romane, 72 (tie)
- Giulia, 69
- Margot, 68
- Nour, 67
- Apolline, 66
- Maya, 64 (tie)
- Noa, 64 (tie)
Boy Names
- Gabriel, 357 baby boys
- Adam, 250
- Louis, 245
- Raphaël, 233
- Arthur, 227
- Noah, 191
- Isaac, 187
- Joseph, 178 (tie)
- Mohamed, 178 (tie)
- Léon, 171
- Léo, 166
- Paul, 156
- Victor, 155
- Lucas, 152
- Gaspard, 149
- Alexandre, 134 (tie)
- Hugo, 134 (tie)
- Augustin, 131
- Sacha, 124
- Aaron, 122
- Oscar, 121
- Jules, 120
- Liam, 119
- Ibrahim, 117
- Noé, 114
- Samuel, 113
- Naël, 108
- Ismaël, 104
- Côme, 101
- Auguste, 100
- Basile, 98 (tie)
- Maël, 98 (tie)
- Antoine, 94
- Maxime, 92
- Eliott, 91 (tie)
- Marceau, 91 (tie)
- Martin, 90 (tie)
- Marius, 90 (tie)
- Camille, 89 (3-way tie)
- Nathan, 89 (3-way tie)
- Timothée, 89 (3-way tie)
- Simon, 86
- Charles, 84 (tie)
- Axel, 84 (tie)
- Andrea, 82 (tie)
- Octave, 82 (tie)
- Léonard, 80 (tie)
- Eden, 80 (tie)
- Félix, 78 (tie)
- Ulysse, 78 (tie)
And here’s a selection of names from lower down in the rankings (which includes all names given to at least five babies per gender, per year).
Parisian Girl Names | Parisian Boy Names |
Garance (53 girls), Nelya (30), Ysée (23), Jennah (23), Nava (15), Athénaïs (12), Calypso (8), Alizée (5), Mazarine (5) | Henri (42 boys), Kylian (25), Dario (14), Archibald (11), Zéphyr (11), Pacôme (8), Tancrède (8), Enguerrand (7), Orphée (6) |
In 2020, the top two names in Paris were also Louise and Gabriel.
Sources: Liste des prénoms – Paris Data, Découvrez le top 10 des prénoms donnés en 2021 à Paris