Country Name Rankings
Most Popular Baby Names in France (1907)
Official birth-registry rankings โ Marie and Jean take the top spots. Every name links to its full meaning, origin, and popularity history.
Marie#1 Girl Name
Jean#1 Boy Name
1907Data Year
Top 100 Girl Names
| # | Name | Trend | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie | — | Marie derives from the Latin name Maria, which is believed to stem from the Hebrew name Miriam, meaning "of tโฆ |
| 2 | Jeanne | — | Jeanne is the French feminine form of Jean, derived from the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning "God is gracious" tโฆ |
| 3 | Marguerite | — | The name 'Marguerite' means "pearl," derived from the Greek word *margaritฤs* (ฮผฮฑฯฮณฮฑฯฮฏฯฮทฯ), which itself likeโฆ |
| 4 | Germaine | — | The name Germaine means "from Germany" or "brother" (from Latin *germanus*), derived from the Latin *Germanusโฆ |
| 5 | Yvonne | — | Yvonne is the French feminine form of Yvon, derived from the Germanic name Ivo, which is rooted in the elemenโฆ |
| 6 | Madeleine | — | Madeleine derives from the Latin name Magdalena, which comes from Magdala, a town in ancient Judea, meaning "โฆ |
| 7 | Suzanne | — | Suzanne derives from the Hebrew name Shoshanna, meaning "lily" or "graceful lily," with the linguistic root iโฆ |
| 8 | Louise | — | Louise is the feminine form of Louis, derived from the Germanic name Ludwig, composed of the elements "hlod" โฆ |
| 9 | Marcelle | — | Marcelle is the feminine form of Marcel, derived from the Latin name Marcellus, a diminutive of Marcus, whichโฆ |
| 10 | Marthe | — | Marthe is the French form of Martha, derived from the Aramaic name Marta, meaning "lady" or "mistress." The nโฆ |
| 11 | Lucienne | — | Lucienne is the feminine form of the Latin name Lucianus, derived from the Roman name Lucius, which comes froโฆ |
| 12 | Renee | — | Renee means "reborn" or "born again" and derives from the Latin name Renatus, which comes from the past partiโฆ |
| 13 | Henriette | ▲ 1 | Henriette is the French feminine form of Henry, derived from the Germanic elements "heim" (home) and "ric" (rโฆ |
| 14 | Anne | ▼ 1 | The name Anne derives from the Hebrew name Channah (ืื ื), meaning "grace" or "favor," from the root word "chaโฆ |
| 15 | Helene | — | Helene derives from the Greek name แผฮปฮญฮฝฮท (Helenฤ), meaning "torch" or "bright" and likely connected to the Grโฆ |
| 16 | Alice | — | The given name 'Alice' is derived from the Germanic word 'alis,' meaning 'noble' or 'kind,' and is related toโฆ |
| 17 | Georgette | ▲ 1 | The name Georgette means "farmer" or "earth-worker," derived from the Greek name Georgios via the French femiโฆ |
| 18 | Maria | ▼ 1 | Maria means "of the sea" or "beloved," derived from the Latin name Maria, which likely stems from the Hebrew โฆ |
| 19 | Andree | ▲ 3 | The name 'Andree' is the feminine form of 'Andrรฉ', derived from the Greek name 'Andreas', meaning "manly" or โฆ |
| 20 | Berthe | — | The name 'Berthe' is a French feminine form of 'Bertha', meaning "bright" or "famous," derived from the Old Hโฆ |
| 21 | Josephine | ▼ 2 | |
| 22 | Lucie | ▼ 1 | |
| 23 | Juliette | — | |
| 24 | Eugenie | — | |
| 25 | Simonne | ▲ 2 | |
| 26 | Fernande | ▼ 1 | |
| 27 | Raymonde | ▼ 1 | |
| 28 | Denise | — | |
| 29 | Odette | — | |
| 30 | Gabrielle | — | |
| 31 | Anna | — | |
| 32 | Simone | ▲ 3 | |
| 33 | Therese | ▲ 1 | |
| 34 | Angele | ▼ 2 | |
| 35 | Rose | ▼ 2 | |
| 36 | Antoinette | ▲ 1 | |
| 37 | Augustine | ▼ 1 | |
| 38 | Elise | — | |
| 39 | Catherine | — | |
| 40 | Genevieve | ▲ 4 | |
| 41 | Francoise | ▲ 1 | |
| 42 | Blanche | ▼ 1 | |
| 43 | Charlotte | — | |
| 44 | Leonie | ▼ 4 | |
| 45 | Cecile | — | |
| 46 | Emilienne | ▲ 1 | |
| 47 | Marie-Louise | ▼ 1 | |
| 48 | Adrienne | — | |
| 49 | Paulette | ▲ 11 | |
| 50 | Lea | ▲ 2 | |
| 51 | Pauline | — | |
| 52 | Mathilde | ▼ 3 | |
| 53 | Leontine | ▼ 3 | |
| 54 | Elisabeth | ▲ 1 | |
| 55 | Albertine | ▼ 2 | |
| 56 | Irene | ▲ 2 | |
| 57 | Emilie | ▼ 3 | |
| 58 | Gilberte | ▲ 12 | |
| 59 | Claire | ▼ 3 | |
| 60 | Paule | ▲ 2 | |
| 61 | Julienne | ▼ 4 | |
| 62 | Julie | ▼ 1 | |
| 63 | Emma | ▼ 4 | |
| 64 | Solange | ▲ 15 | |
| 65 | Camille | — | |
| 66 | Aline | — | |
| 67 | Aimee | — | |
| 68 | Julia | ▼ 4 | |
| 69 | Amelie | ▼ 6 | |
| 70 | Ernestine | ▼ 1 | |
| 71 | Valentine | ▼ 3 | |
| 72 | Reine | ▼ 1 | |
| 73 | Victorine | — | |
| 74 | Francine | ▼ 2 | |
| 75 | Rosalie | ▼ 1 | |
| 76 | Olga | — | |
| 77 | Alphonsine | ▲ 4 | |
| 78 | Andrea | ▼ 1 | |
| 79 | Clemence | ▼ 4 | |
| 80 | Augusta | ▼ 2 | |
| 81 | Adele | ▼ 1 | |
| 82 | Isabelle | ▲ 1 | |
| 83 | Celine | ▲ 2 | |
| 84 | Agnes | ▲ 2 | |
| 85 | Melanie | ▼ 3 | |
| 86 | Laure | ▲ 4 | |
| 87 | Irma | ▲ 6 | |
| 88 | Clotilde | ▼ 1 | |
| 89 | Rosa | ▲ 2 | |
| 90 | Clementine | ▼ 6 | |
| 91 | Philomene | ▼ 2 | |
| 92 | Rachel | ▼ 4 | |
| 93 | Yvette | ▲ 6 | |
| 94 | Celestine | ▼ 2 | |
| 95 | Felicie | ▲ 2 | |
| 96 | Caroline | ▼ 2 | |
| 97 | Elisa | ▼ 1 | |
| 98 | Eva | — | |
| 99 | Ida | ▲ 5 | |
| 100 | Leone | ▲ 2 |
Top 100 Boy Names
| # | Name | Trend | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean | — | Jean is the French form of John, derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan (ืืึนืึธื ึธื), meaning "God is gracious" โฆ |
| 2 | Louis | — | Louis derives from the Germanic name Ludovicus, composed of "hlud" (famous) and "wig" (battle), meaning "famoโฆ |
| 3 | Pierre | — | Pierre means "stone" and derives from the Latin "petrus," which was the root of the apostle Peter's name in tโฆ |
| 4 | Marcel | — | Marcel derives from the Latin name Marcellus, a diminutive of Marcus, which is connected to Mars, the Roman gโฆ |
| 5 | Andre | — | Andrรฉ derives from the Greek name Andreas, which comes from the root "andreios" meaning "strong" or "manly," โฆ |
| 6 | Henri | — | Henri means "estate ruler" or "home ruler," derived from the Germanic elements "heim" (home/estate) and "ric"โฆ |
| 7 | Rene | ▲ 1 | Renรฉ derives from the Latin name Renatus, meaning "reborn" or "born again," from the verb renascor (to be borโฆ |
| 8 | Joseph | ▼ 1 | The name Joseph derives from the Hebrew name Yosef (ืืึนืกึตืฃ), meaning "God will increase" or "God adds," combiโฆ |
| 9 | Georges | — | Georges means "farmer" or "worker of the earth," derived from the Greek name Georgios, which comes from the Gโฆ |
| 10 | Paul | — | The name Paul derives from the Latin name Paulus, which means "small" or "humble," stemming from the Latin adโฆ |
| 11 | Maurice | — | Maurice derives from the Latin name Mauricius, which comes from Mauritius, meaning "dark" or "of Moor" (referโฆ |
| 12 | Charles | — | Charles derives from the Germanic name Karl, which means "free man" or "man" (from the root *karl meaning a cโฆ |
| 13 | Roger | ▲ 2 | The name Roger derives from the Germanic elements "hrod" (fame) and "ger" (spear), literally meaning "famous โฆ |
| 14 | Robert | ▲ 2 | Robert derives from the Germanic elements "hrod" (fame) and "beraht" (bright), literally meaning "bright fameโฆ |
| 15 | Emile | ▼ 2 | Emile derives from the Latin name Aemilius, which comes from the Roman family name Aemilius, possibly relatedโฆ |
| 16 | Albert | ▲ 1 | Albert derives from the Germanic elements "adal" (noble) and "beraht" (bright), meaning "noble and bright" orโฆ |
| 17 | Francois | ▼ 3 | The name 'Francois' means "free man" or "Frenchman," deriving from the Late Latin name *Franciscus*, itself fโฆ |
| 18 | Lucien | — | Lucien derives from the Latin name Lucianus, which is based on the root "lux" meaning "light," so the name siโฆ |
| 19 | Raymond | ▲ 1 | Raymond derives from the Germanic elements "ragin" (advice, counsel) and "mund" (protector), meaning "wise prโฆ |
| 20 | Eugene | ▲ 1 | Eugene derives from the Greek name Eugenios (ฮแฝฮณฮญฮฝฮนฮฟฯ), composed of "eu" (well, good) and "genos" (born, descโฆ |
| 21 | Leon | ▼ 2 | |
| 22 | Fernand | — | |
| 23 | Auguste | — | |
| 24 | Gaston | — | |
| 25 | Jules | — | |
| 26 | Antoine | — | |
| 27 | Alfred | ▲ 1 | |
| 28 | Marius | ▼ 1 | |
| 29 | Ernest | — | |
| 30 | Victor | — | |
| 31 | Gabriel | — | |
| 32 | Jacques | ▲ 1 | |
| 33 | Julien | ▼ 1 | |
| 34 | Camille | ▲ 2 | |
| 35 | Alphonse | — | |
| 36 | Edouard | ▼ 2 | |
| 37 | Armand | — | |
| 38 | Edmond | — | |
| 39 | Gustave | — | |
| 40 | Michel | ▲ 2 | |
| 41 | Alexandre | ▼ 1 | |
| 42 | Adrien | ▼ 1 | |
| 43 | Etienne | — | |
| 44 | Yves | ▲ 1 | |
| 45 | Marie | ▼ 1 | |
| 46 | Felix | — | |
| 47 | Aime | ▲ 2 | |
| 48 | Gilbert | ▲ 5 | |
| 49 | Raoul | ▼ 2 | |
| 50 | Elie | ▼ 2 | |
| 51 | Bernard | ▲ 1 | |
| 52 | Claude | ▼ 2 | |
| 53 | Francis | ▲ 3 | |
| 54 | Germain | ▼ 3 | |
| 55 | Arthur | ▲ 2 | |
| 56 | Clement | ▼ 2 | |
| 57 | Daniel | ▲ 2 | |
| 58 | Adolphe | ▲ 3 | |
| 59 | Marc | ▼ 4 | |
| 60 | Desire | ▲ 2 | |
| 61 | Guillaume | ▲ 2 | |
| 62 | Frederic | ▼ 4 | |
| 63 | Abel | ▲ 1 | |
| 64 | Roland | ▲ 5 | |
| 65 | Augustin | ▼ 5 | |
| 66 | Marceau | ▼ 1 | |
| 67 | Laurent | — | |
| 68 | Antonin | ▲ 4 | |
| 69 | Ferdinand | ▼ 1 | |
| 70 | Maxime | ▲ 1 | |
| 71 | Noel | ▼ 1 | |
| 72 | Alexis | ▼ 6 | |
| 73 | Constant | ▲ 2 | |
| 74 | Philippe | ▼ 1 | |
| 75 | Leopold | ▲ 4 | |
| 76 | Nicolas | ▼ 2 | |
| 77 | Claudius | — | |
| 78 | Emmanuel | ▼ 2 | |
| 79 | Celestin | ▲ 1 | |
| 80 | Hubert | ▲ 3 | |
| 81 | Justin | ▲ 8 | |
| 82 | Octave | ▲ 6 | |
| 83 | Dominique | ▲ 1 | |
| 84 | Denis | ▲ 7 | |
| 85 | Theophile | ▲ 1 | |
| 86 | Arsene | ▼ 4 | |
| 87 | Jean-Baptiste | ▼ 6 | |
| 88 | Gerard | ▼ 1 | |
| 89 | Vincent | ▼ 11 | |
| 90 | Kleber | ▲ 2 | |
| 91 | Baptiste | ▼ 6 | |
| 92 | Guy | ▲ 3 | |
| 93 | Martial | ▲ 1 | |
| 94 | Simon | ▲ 4 | |
| 95 | Raphael | ▼ 5 | |
| 96 | Theodore | ▲ 1 | |
| 97 | Honore | ▲ 11 | |
| 98 | Emilien | ▲ 3 | |
| 99 | Ange | ▲ 11 | |
| 100 | Hippolyte | ▲ 2 |
Source: INSEE (French national statistics institute), 1907. Trend arrows compare each name’s rank with the previous available year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the most popular girl name in France in 1907?
The most popular girl name in France in 1907 was Marie, given to 46,048 newborn girls.
What was the most popular boy name in France in 1907?
The most popular boy name in France in 1907 was Jean, given to 18,475 newborn boys.
Which baby names are rising fastest in France?
Compared with the previous rankings, the fastest-rising names in the 1907 top 100 were Solange (+15), Gilberte (+12), Paulette (+11), Honore (+11), Ange (+11), Justin (+8).
Where does this data come from?
Rankings are from the INSEE (French national statistics institute).