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
- Louise, 190 baby girls
- Alma, 189
- Alice, 138
- Anna, 135
- Olivia, 134
- Jeanne, 129
- Gabrielle, 118
- Emma, 114
- Adèle, 112
- Iris, 111 (tie)
- Rose, 111 (tie)
- Léa, 108
- Chloé, 104
- Victoire, 99
- Jade, 97
- Lina, 94
- Victoria, 93
- Charlie, 91
- Lou, 90
- Joséphine, 89 (tie)
- Sofia, 89 (tie)
- Ava, 87 (4-way tie)
- Diane, 87 (4-way tie)
- Mia, 87 (4-way tie)
- Sarah, 87 (4-way tie)
- Zoé, 86
- Ella, 85
- Nour, 82
- Alix, 81
- Julia, 80
- Suzanne, 79
- Juliette, 78
- Maya, 76 (tie)
- Nina, 76 (tie)
- Alba, 74 (3-way tie)
- Charlotte, 74 (3-way tie)
- Eva, 74 (3-way tie)
- Agathe, 73 (tie)
- Romy, 73 (tie)
- Mariam, 72
- Fatoumata, 69
- Inaya, 68
- Aminata, 64
- Elena, 62
- Ambre, 61 (tie)
- Inès, 61 (tie)
- Apolline, 60
- Romane, 59
- Alya, 57 (3-way tie)
- Céleste, 57 (3-way tie)
- Giulia, 57 (3-way tie)
Boy names
- Gabriel, 321 baby boys
- Adam, 240
- Raphaël, 235
- Louis, 191
- Noah, 188
- Isaac, 181
- Mohamed, 175
- Arthur, 172
- Gaspard, 152
- Joseph, 147
- Léon, 137
- Lucas, 131
- Victor, 127
- Léo, 124
- Paul, 123
- Alexandre, 121 (tie)
- Ibrahim, 121 (tie)
- Aaron, 111
- Sacha, 108
- Andrea, 105 (tie)
- Ismaël, 105 (tie)
- Liam, 103
- Augustin, 92 (tie)
- Oscar, 92 (tie)
- Côme, 91
- Maël, 87
- Auguste, 86 (tie)
- Noé, 86 (tie)
- Jules, 84
- Antoine, 83
- Abel, 81 (tie)
- Timothée, 81 (tie)
- Hugo, 80
- Marceau, 78 (3-way tie)
- Marius, 78 (3-way tie)
- Théo, 78 (3-way tie)
- Charles, 77
- Simon, 76
- Eliott, 74
- Basile, 72
- Eden, 71
- Octave, 70 (tie)
- Zayn, 70 (tie)
- Léonard, 69 (tie)
- Nathan, 69 (tie)
- Georges, 67
- Mathis, 66
- Ethan, 65 (tie)
- Maxime, 65 (tie)
- 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 names | Boy 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)
