Popular baby names in France, 2023

Last year, the European country of France welcomed about 678,000 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Louise and Gabriel.

Here are France’s top 50 girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2023:

Girl names

1. Louise, 3,177 baby girls
2. Ambre, 3,168
3. Alba, 3,088
4. Jade, 2,891
5. Emma, 2,663
6. Rose, 2,375
7. Alma, 2,342
8. Alice, 2,256
9. Romy, 2,198
10. Anna, 2,129
11. Eva, 2,113
12. Lina, 2,075
13. Mia, 2,012
14. Inaya, 1,845 (tie)
15. Agathe, 1,845 (tie)
16. Lou, 1,844
17. Julia, 1,836
18. Iris, 1,776
19. Léna, 1,702
20. Giulia, 1,679
21. Charlie, 1,678
22. Adèle, 1,663
23. Victoire, 1,634
24. Olivia, 1,612
25. Chloé, 1,577
26. Léa, 1,558
27. Juliette, 1,544 (tie)
28. Jeanne, 1,544 (tie)
29. Luna, 1,480
30. Nina, 1,478
31. Nour, 1,415
32. Léonie, 1,398
33. Zoé, 1,374
34. Sofia, 1,283
35. Victoria, 1,247
36. Romane, 1,241
37. Lola, 1,217
38. Lya, 1,151
39. Ava, 1,149
40. Alya, 1,146
41. Lucie, 1,087
42. Alix, 1,080
43. Charlotte, 1,064
44. Lyana, 1,048
45. Elena, 1,029
46. Inès, 1,012
47. Mila, 1,009
48. Emy, 993
49. Margaux, 984
50. Albane, 979

Boy names

1. Gabriel, 4,527 baby boys
2. Raphaël, 3,477
3. Léo, 3,454
4. Louis, 3,331
5. Maël, 3,280
6. Noah, 3,163
7. Jules, 3,020
8. Adam, 2,966
9. Arthur, 2,915
10. Isaac, 2,551
11. Liam, 2,462
12. Sacha, 2,446
13. Eden, 2,387
14. Lucas, 2,324
15. Gabin, 2,246
16. Léon, 2,226
17. Mohamed, 2,138
18. Hugo, 2,023
19. Naël, 1,973
20. Noé, 1,966
21. Marceau, 1,960
22. Aaron, 1,952
23. Paul, 1,951
24. Ethan, 1,858
25. Ayden, 1,850
26. Nathan, 1,697
27. Marius, 1,620
28. Théo, 1,613
29. Ibrahim, 1,597
30. Malo, 1,572
31. Elio, 1,459
32. Tom, 1,458
33. Nino, 1,447
34. Victor, 1,413
35. Martin, 1,411 (tie)
36. Eliott, 1,411 (tie)
37. Mathis, 1,410
38. Lyam, 1,371
39. Gaspard, 1,349
40. Imran, 1,277
41. Milo, 1,198 (tie)
42. Augustin, 1,198 (tie)
43. Robin, 1,181
44. Valentin, 1,173
45. Timéo, 1,159
46. Léandre, 1,157
47. Axel, 1,151
48. Antoine, 1,129
49. Nolan, 1,128
50. Tiago, 1,123 (3-way tie)
51. Sohan, 1,123 (3-way tie)
52. Côme, 1,123 (3-way tie)

More than 1,000 babies separated the #1 boy name (Gabriel) from the #2 boy name (Raphaël), while fewer than 10 separated the #1 girl name (Louise) from the #2 girl name (Ambre). Quite a contrast.

The girls’ top 100 included Lyna (57th), Apolline (64th), Clémence (70th), and Zélie (96th).

The boys’ top 100 included Kaïs (53rd), Mahé (66th), Livio (78th), and Timothée (95th).

Finally, here are France’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: Classement des prénoms en France depuis 1900 – Insee, Demographic report 2023 – Insee

Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)