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Paris, the capital of France, has an area of 41 square miles and a population of about 2.1 million — making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world.

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

Here are the city’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:

Girl Names

1. Alma, 211 baby girls
2. Louise, 210
3. Emma, 152
4. Jeanne, 150
5. Anna, 144
6. Adèle, 138
7. Rose, 136
8. Gabrielle, 133
9. Chloé, 131
10. Jade, 128 (tie)
11. Léa, 128 (tie)
12. Victoria, 126
13. Alice, 120 (tie)
14. Lina, 120 (tie)
15. Sofia, 117
16. Iris, 115 (tie)
17. Olivia, 115 (tie)
18. Juliette, 114 (tie)
19. Victoire, 114 (tie)
20. Romy, 113
21. Eva, 111
22. Joséphine, 106
23. Ava, 104
24. Fatoumata, 103
25. Alba, 98
26. Diane, 96
27. Ambre, 94 (3-way tie)
28. Nina, 94 (3-way tie)
29. Zoé, 94 (3-way tie)
30. Charlotte, 92
31. Mia, 90
32. Alix, 89 (tie)
33. Julia, 89 (tie)
34. Léonie, 88
35. Sarah, 87
36. Ella, 86
37. Lou, 83
38. Suzanne, 82
39. Charlie, 81
40. Nour, 78
41. Héloïse, 75
42. Mariam, 74
43. Romane, 72
44. Inaya, 68
45. Agathe, 64
46. Inès, 63 (tie)
47. Maya, 63 (tie)
48. Madeleine, 62
49. Céleste, 59
50. Aminata, 57 (tie)
51. Fatima, 57 (tie)

Boy Names

1. Gabriel, 332 baby boys
2. Adam, 254
3. Raphaël, 250
4. Louis, 223
5. Mohamed, 209
6. Arthur, 199
7. Isaac, 190
8. Noah, 180
9. Gaspard, 175
10. Léon, 173
11. Léo, 158
12. Joseph, 154
13. Paul, 150
14. Lucas, 145
15. Victor, 139
16. Hugo, 119
17. Alexandre, 118
18. Jules, 116
19. Sacha, 115
20. Ibrahim, 109
21. Noé, 103
22. Augustin, 101
23. Liam, 95
24. Oscar, 94
25. Samuel, 92
26. Maël, 91
27. Marceau, 89 (3-way tie)
28. Simon, 89 (3-way tie)
29. Timothée, 89 (3-way tie)
30. Nathan, 88
31. Basile, 81
32. Côme, 80
33. Aaron, 79
34. Ethan, 78
35. Auguste, 77 (4-way tie)
36. Eliott, 77 (4-way tie)
37. Moussa, 77 (4-way tie)
38. Naël, 77 (4-way tie)
39. Marius, 75
40. Eden, 74
41. Mathis, 72 (tie)
42. Rayan, 72 (tie)
43. Achille, 71 (3-way tie)
44. Andrea, 71 (3-way tie)
45. Valentin, 71 (3-way tie)
46. Antoine, 70
47. Charles, 69
48. Ismaël, 68
49. Léonard, 66 (tie)
50. Martin, 66 (tie)

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

The female names Mahaut and Mahault are Middle French forms of Mathilde, and the gender-neutral name Louison is a diminutive of both Louise and Louis.

Finally, here’s a link to Paris’ 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: Prénoms déclarés – Paris Data, Paris – Wikipedia, Behind the Name, Mathilda – dmnes.org

Image: Adapted from Flag of France (public domain)