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Popular baby names in Paris, 2023

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We’ve already looked at the top names in France, so now let’s check out the top names in France’s capital city, Paris.

Last year, Paris’ most popular baby names were Louise and Gabriel.

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

Girl names

  1. Louise, 190 baby girls
  2. Alma, 189
  3. Alice, 138
  4. Anna, 135
  5. Olivia, 134
  6. Jeanne, 129
  7. Gabrielle, 118
  8. Emma, 114
  9. Adèle, 112
  10. Iris, 111 (tie)
  11. Rose, 111 (tie)
  12. Léa, 108
  13. Chloé, 104
  14. Victoire, 99
  15. Jade, 97
  16. Lina, 94
  17. Victoria, 93
  18. Charlie, 91
  19. Lou, 90
  20. Joséphine, 89 (tie)
  21. Sofia, 89 (tie)
  22. Ava, 87 (4-way tie)
  23. Diane, 87 (4-way tie)
  24. Mia, 87 (4-way tie)
  25. Sarah, 87 (4-way tie)
  26. Zoé, 86
  27. Ella, 85
  28. Nour, 82
  29. Alix, 81
  30. Julia, 80
  31. Suzanne, 79
  32. Juliette, 78
  33. Maya, 76 (tie)
  34. Nina, 76 (tie)
  35. Alba, 74 (3-way tie)
  36. Charlotte, 74 (3-way tie)
  37. Eva, 74 (3-way tie)
  38. Agathe, 73 (tie)
  39. Romy, 73 (tie)
  40. Mariam, 72
  41. Fatoumata, 69
  42. Inaya, 68
  43. Aminata, 64
  44. Elena, 62
  45. Ambre, 61 (tie)
  46. Inès, 61 (tie)
  47. Apolline, 60
  48. Romane, 59
  49. Alya, 57 (3-way tie)
  50. Céleste, 57 (3-way tie)
  51. Giulia, 57 (3-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Gabriel, 321 baby boys
  2. Adam, 240
  3. Raphaël, 235
  4. Louis, 191
  5. Noah, 188
  6. Isaac, 181
  7. Mohamed, 175
  8. Arthur, 172
  9. Gaspard, 152
  10. Joseph, 147
  11. Léon, 137
  12. Lucas, 131
  13. Victor, 127
  14. Léo, 124
  15. Paul, 123
  16. Alexandre, 121 (tie)
  17. Ibrahim, 121 (tie)
  18. Aaron, 111
  19. Sacha, 108
  20. Andrea, 105 (tie)
  21. Ismaël, 105 (tie)
  22. Liam, 103
  23. Augustin, 92 (tie)
  24. Oscar, 92 (tie)
  25. Côme, 91
  26. Maël, 87
  27. Auguste, 86 (tie)
  28. Noé, 86 (tie)
  29. Jules, 84
  30. Antoine, 83
  31. Abel, 81 (tie)
  32. Timothée, 81 (tie)
  33. Hugo, 80
  34. Marceau, 78 (3-way tie)
  35. Marius, 78 (3-way tie)
  36. Théo, 78 (3-way tie)
  37. Charles, 77
  38. Simon, 76
  39. Eliott, 74
  40. Basile, 72
  41. Eden, 71
  42. Octave, 70 (tie)
  43. Zayn, 70 (tie)
  44. Léonard, 69 (tie)
  45. Nathan, 69 (tie)
  46. Georges, 67
  47. Mathis, 66
  48. Ethan, 65 (tie)
  49. Maxime, 65 (tie)
  50. Camille, 64

How interesting that Ambre, the second-most-popular girl name in France, just barely made the top 50 in Paris.

The girls’ top 100 included Raphaëlle (63rd), Olympe (76th), Brune (83rd), and Marie (99th).

The boys’ top 100 included Gustave (67th), Naël (78th), Malo (83rd), and Aurèle (96th).

Here’s a selection of names from lower down in the rankings, which includes all names given to at least five Parisian babies (of either one gender or the other) per year.

Girl namesBoy names
Castille (25 baby girls), Gisèle (19), Sibylle (17), Ninon (14), Ysé (12), Olympia (11), Alizée (6), Amicie (5), Domitille (5), Lital (5)Hippolyte (26 baby boys), Soan (26), Edouard (22), Zacharie (17), Mayeul (6), Armel (5), Doron (5), Manoé (5), Pacôme (5), Wandrille (5)

Wandrille is the French form of the Germanic name Wandregisel (which belonged to a 7th-century Catholic saint). The second element of Wandregisel is the same element upon which the name Gisèle is based.

Finally, here’s a link to Paris’ 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

P.S. Do you think the Paris Olympics will inspire more French parents to choose the girl names Olympe and Olympia in 2024?

Sources: Prénoms déclarés – Paris Data, Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)

Popular baby names in France, 2023

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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

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Popular baby names in Turkey, 2022

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The transcontinental country of Turkey shares land borders with eight other nations: two (Greece and Bulgaria) on the European side and six (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria) on the Asian side.

In 2022, Turkey welcomed 1,035,795 babies — 48.6% were girls, and 51.4% were boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Zeynep and Alparslan.

Here are Turkey’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:

Girl Names

  1. Zeynep (has ranked either #1 or #2 for girls since 1999)
  2. Asel (entered the top 100 in 2016; entered the top 10 in 2018)
  3. Defne
  4. Zümra
  5. Elif
  6. Asya
  7. Azra
  8. Nehir
  9. Eylül
  10. Ecrin
  11. Elisa
  12. Masal
  13. Meryem
  14. Lina
  15. Ada
  16. Eslem
  17. Ebrar
  18. Ela
  19. Miray
  20. Zehra
  21. Yagmur
  22. Duru
  23. Gökçe (pronounced gok-cheh)
  24. Alya
  25. Günes (pronounced goo-NESH)
  26. Buglem
  27. Efnan (entered the top 100 in 2022)
    • The sudden trendiness of Efnan is likely due to the Turkish drama Aziz (2021-2022), which featured a character named Efnan. If this series ends up airing in the U.S. in Spanish (as other Turkish dramas have recently), we may see Efnan pop up the U.S. data soon as well.
  28. Ikra
  29. Esila
  30. Kumsal
  31. Öykü
  32. Ipek
  33. Arya
  34. Mira
  35. Sare
  36. Hiranur
  37. Nisa
  38. Melisa
  39. Ayse
  40. Aysima
  41. Umay (entered the top 100 in 2020)
  42. Melek
  43. Inci
  44. Eliz (entered the top 100 in 2021)
  45. Ahsen
  46. Yüsra
  47. Beren
  48. Erva
  49. Fatma
  50. Belinay

Boy Names

  1. Alparslan (entered the top 100 in 2016)
  2. Yusuf (has ranked either #1 or #2 for boys since 2002)
  3. Miraç
  4. Göktug
  5. Ömer Asaf
  6. Eymen
  7. Ömer
  8. Aras
  9. Mustafa
  10. Ali Asaf
  11. Kerem
  12. Ali
  13. Çinar
  14. Hamza
  15. Metehan
  16. Ahmet
  17. Poyraz
  18. Muhammed
  19. Mehmet
  20. Muhammed Ali
  21. Yigit
  22. Atlas
  23. Ayaz
  24. Mert
  25. Emir
  26. Umut
  27. Miran
  28. Alperen
  29. Kuzey
  30. Ibrahim
  31. Yunus Emre
  32. Berat
  33. Deniz
  34. Yagiz
  35. Aybars
  36. Ege
  37. Doruk
  38. Eren
  39. Hüseyin
  40. Emirhan
  41. Hasan
  42. Furkan
  43. Enes
  44. Muhammed Alparslan (entered the top 100 in 2022)
  45. Burak
  46. Kaan
  47. Efe
  48. Rüzgar
  49. Muhammed Emin
  50. Abdullah

(Turkey’s baby name data consists of top-100 lists going back to 1980. So my notes above about names entering the top 100 only covers the last 43 years.)

The girls’ top 100 included Mihra (53rd), Neva (55th), Menesa (67th), and Asel Lina (79th).

The boys’ top 100 included Barlas (74th), Uraz (76th), Alp (87th), and Kivanç (96th).

The boy name Ragnar didn’t make Turkey’s top 100, but it did make headlines in Turkey in early 2022. That January, Güven and Sibel Arslan of the province of Diyarbakir welcomed a baby boy. They had agreed to name him Rüzgar (which means “wind” in Turkish), but Güven — a fan of the TV series Vikings — decided at the last minute to register the name Ragnar instead. Luckily, Sibel wasn’t upset about the switch, but she said she’d call the baby Rüzgar regardless.

Finally, here are Turkey’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources:

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Popular baby names in France, 2022

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The country of France — which was the most populous country in Europe from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, and still ranks within the top five today — shares land borders with eight other countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.

Last year, France welcomed about 723,000 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Jade (pronounced zhahd) and Gabriel.

Here are France’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:

Girl Names

  1. Jade, 3,420 baby girls
  2. Louise, 3,412
  3. Ambre, 3,380
  4. Alba, 3,280
  5. Emma, 3,158
  6. Rose, 2,692
  7. Alice, 2,520
  8. Romy, 2,409
  9. Anna, 2,380
  10. Lina, 2,355
  11. Léna, 2,266
  12. Mia, 2,173
  13. Lou, 2,114
  14. Julia, 2,056
  15. Chloé, 2,004
  16. Alma, 1,974
  17. Agathe, 1,958
  18. Iris, 1,904
  19. Inaya, 1,875
  20. Charlie, 1,834
  21. Juliette, 1,802
  22. Léa, 1,791
  23. Victoire, 1,772
  24. Luna, 1,751
  25. Giulia, 1,745
  26. Adèle, 1,718
  27. Jeanne, 1,699
  28. Nina, 1,669
  29. Eva, 1,630
  30. Olivia, 1,546
  31. Zoé, 1,523
  32. Léonie, 1,511
  33. Romane, 1,481
  34. Victoria, 1,452
  35. Nour, 1,372
  36. Inès, 1,284 (tie)
  37. Lya, 1,284 (tie)
  38. Lucie, 1,261
  39. Lyana, 1,235
  40. Lola, 1,205
  41. Alix, 1,182
  42. Charlotte, 1,176
  43. Mila, 1,173
  44. Sofia, 1,168
  45. Louna, 1,163
  46. Ava, 1,153 (tie)
  47. Margaux, 1,153 (tie)
  48. Elena, 1,149
  49. Emy, 1,118
  50. Mya, 1,115

Boy Names

  1. Gabriel, 4,889 baby boys
  2. Léo, 4,078
  3. Raphaël, 3,798
  4. Maël, 3,571
  5. Louis, 3,560
  6. Noah, 3,325
  7. Jules, 3,308
  8. Arthur, 3,284
  9. Adam, 3,212
  10. Lucas, 2,774
  11. Liam, 2,715
  12. Sacha, 2,613
  13. Isaac, 2,590
  14. Gabin, 2,561
  15. Eden, 2,460
  16. Hugo, 2,447
  17. Naël, 2,325
  18. Aaron, 2,287
  19. Mohamed, 2,237
  20. Léon, 2,203
  21. Paul, 2,200
  22. Noé, 2,154
  23. Marceau, 1,970
  24. Ethan, 1,963
  25. Nathan, 1,899
  26. Théo, 1,872
  27. Tom, 1,843
  28. Nino, 1,825
  29. Marius, 1,751
  30. Ayden, 1,717
  31. Malo, 1,715
  32. Mathis, 1,636
  33. Gaspard, 1,606
  34. Martin, 1,559
  35. Lyam, 1,549
  36. Victor, 1,537
  37. Rayan, 1,484
  38. Elio, 1,432
  39. Timéo, 1,424
  40. Eliott, 1,420
  41. Milo, 1,416
  42. Robin, 1,393
  43. Tiago, 1,383
  44. Valentin, 1,378
  45. Ibrahim, 1,359
  46. Axel, 1,350
  47. Augustin, 1,317
  48. Amir, 1,305
  49. Enzo, 1,270
  50. Imran, 1,246

The girls’ top 100 included Alya (53rd), Diane (81st), Maddy (90th), and Suzanne (97th).

The boys’ top 100 included Camille (61st), Mahé (66th), Basile (78th), and Andrea (91st).

Charlie is still rising on the girls’ side — which could explain why the parents of baby boys slightly prefer the spelling Charly (73rd) over the spelling Charlie (80th) these days.

In the capital city of Paris last year, the top boy name was also Gabriel, but the top girl name was Alma instead of Jade. (Jade was tied with Léa for 10th/11th place in Paris.)

Finally, here are France’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: Classement des prénoms en France depuis 1900 – Insee, Demographic report 2022 – Insee, Demographics of France – Wikipedia

Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)