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Last year, the European country of France welcomed about 663,000 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 2024:

Girl names

1. Louise, 3,125 baby girls (approx.)
2. Jade, 3,055
3. Ambre, 2,815
4. Alba, 2,660
5. Emma, 2,520
6. Alma, 2,380
7. Romy, 2,260
8. Rose, 2,220
9. Alice, 2,200
10. Anna, 2,110
11. Lou, 2,070
12. Inaya, 1,990
13. Mia, 1,945
14. Adèle, 1,940
15. Lina, 1,935
16. Julia, 1,870
17. Iris, 1,855
18. Agathe, 1,845
19. Giulia, 1,740
20. Charlie, 1,725
21. Eva, 1,680
22. Jeanne, 1,635
23. Olivia, 1,620
24. Léna, 1,560
25. Nour, 1,535
26. Victoire, 1,535
27. Juliette, 1,510
28. Luna, 1,490
29. Léonie, 1,445
30. Zoé, 1,365
31. Chloé, 1,360
32. Nina, 1,345
33. Sofia, 1,335
34. Léa, 1,300
35. Alya, 1,220
36. Charlotte, 1,190
37. Romane, 1,185
38. Victoria, 1,180
39. Elena, 1,080
40. Ava, 1,060
41. Esmée, 1,035
42. Alix, 1,020
43. Lucie, 1,015
44. Lola, 980
45. Lya, 965
46. Albane, 925
47. Margot, 905
48. Mila, 905
49. Lyna, 880
50. Gabrielle, 875

Boy names

1. Gabriel, 4,550 baby boys (approx.)
2. Raphaël, 3,470
3. Louis, 3,335
4. Léo, 3,325
5. Noah, 3,260
6. Arthur, 3,085
7. Adam, 3,045
8. Jules, 3,030
9. Maël, 2,830
10. Léon, 2,570
11. Liam, 2,500
12. Isaac, 2,480
13. Eden, 2,460
14. Sacha, 2,420
15. Marceau, 2,290
16. Lucas, 2,165
17. Noé, 2125
18. Gabin, 2,,025
19. Mohamed, 1,995
20. Aaron, 1,975
21. Ayden, 1,845
22. Malo, 1,830
23. Paul, 1,800
24. Hugo, 1,710
25. Elio, 1,700
26. Ethan, 1,660
27. Ibrahim, 1,600
28. Marius, 1,595
29. Nathan, 1,430
30. Naël, 1,425
31. Victor, 1,410
32. Eliott, 1,390
33. Imran, 1,370
34. Martin, 1,355
35. Théo, 1,345
36. Tom, 1,300
37. Gaspard, 1,245
38. Mathis, 1,235
39. Côme, 1,215
40. Léandre, 1,185
41. Amir, 1,175
42. Augustin, 1,145
43. Lyam, 1,145
44. Aylan, 1,120
45. Nino, 1,120
46. Ezio, 1,110
47. Antoine, 1,090
48. Milo, 1,065
49. Robin, 1,060
50. Andrea, 1,045
51. Valentin, 1,045
52. Zayn, 1,045

Interestingly, France did not reveal precisely how many babies were given each name this time around. Instead, totals were “rounded to the nearest multiple of 5” and ties were listed in alphabetical order.

The girls’ top 100 included Emy (57th), Ella (69th), Jannah (77th), and Judith (94th).

The boys’ top 100 included Timéo (55th), Pablo (75th), Anas (85th), and Lenny (97th).

Finally, here are France’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: Classement des prénoms en France depuis 1900 – Insee, Demographic report 2024 – Insee

Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)