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Most popular baby names of 1940 in France

In 1940, the most popular names in France were Marie for girls and Jean for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Marie22,285
  2. 2Monique12,515
  3. 3Nicole8,445
  4. 4Jacqueline8,335
  5. 5Françoise5,985
  6. 6Christiane5,855
  7. 7Jeannine5,200
  8. 8Colette4,815
  9. 9Josette4,615
  10. 10Yvette4,235
  11. 11Michèle3,955
  12. 12Denise3,950
  13. 13Anne3,805
  14. 14Danielle3,775
  15. 15Thérèse3,490
  16. 16Jeanne3,395
  17. 17Liliane3,395
  18. 18Andrée3,390
  19. 19Paulette3,370
  20. 20Michelle3,335
  21. 21Simone3,285
  22. 22Ginette2,925
  23. 23Geneviève2,915
  24. 24Bernadette2,855
  25. 25Renée2,840
  26. 26Madeleine2,750
  27. 27Annie2,680
  28. 28Claudine2,570
  29. 29Gisèle2,360
  30. 30Suzanne2,350
  31. 31Eliane2,290
  32. 32Josiane2,285
  33. 33Marcelle2,270
  34. 34Odette2,220
  35. 35Micheline2,155
  36. 36Arlette2,150
  37. 37Raymonde2,130
  38. 38Pierrette2,030
  39. 39Daniele1,950
  40. 40Hélène1,945
  41. 41Mireille1,920
  42. 42Huguette1,905
  43. 43Annick1,890
  44. 44Yvonne1,855
  45. 45Claudette1,835
  46. 46Janine1,785
  47. 47Odile1,685
  48. 48Marguerite1,650
  49. 49Claude1,600
  50. 50Lucienne1,590
  51. 51Georgette1,565
  52. 52Lucette1,470
  53. 53Mauricette1,470
  54. 54Francine1,465
  55. 55Marie-Thérèse1,415
  56. 56Solange1,345
  57. 57Jeanine1,325
  58. 58Irène1,200
  59. 59Chantal1,135
  60. 60Maryse1,060
  61. 61Henriette1,005
  62. 62Anne-Marie995
  63. 63Louise975
  64. 64Germaine965
  65. 65Jocelyne875
  66. 66Elisabeth850
  67. 67Yolande820
  68. 68France765
  69. 69Gilberte755
  70. 70Rose750
  71. 71Alice740
  72. 72Antoinette670
  73. 73Cécile660
  74. 74Viviane660
  75. 75Annette655
  76. 76Edith655
  77. 77Fernande655
  78. 78Maryvonne655
  79. 79Rolande655
  80. 80Marthe635
  81. 81Catherine630
  82. 82Evelyne625
  83. 83Brigitte620
  84. 84Simonne615
  85. 85Gabrielle565
  86. 86Louisette545
  87. 87Nicolle530
  88. 88Régine525
  89. 89Nelly520
  90. 90Paule515
  91. 91Aline490
  92. 92Juliette485
  93. 93Maria475
  94. 94Ghislaine465
  95. 95Lucie465
  96. 96Claire455
  97. 97Noëlle455
  98. 98Jeannette450
  99. 99Anna430
  100. 100Joëlle425

Boys

  1. 1Jean34,840
  2. 2Michel16,370
  3. 3Claude11,585
  4. 4André10,065
  5. 5Pierre9,985
  6. 6Jacques9,325
  7. 7Bernard8,635
  8. 8Gérard7,295
  9. 9Daniel7,255
  10. 10René6,760
  11. 11Robert6,035
  12. 12Guy5,675
  13. 13Roger5,610
  14. 14Marcel5,265
  15. 15Georges4,780
  16. 16Alain4,405
  17. 17Maurice4,295
  18. 18Henri4,290
  19. 19Joseph4,000
  20. 20Paul3,720
  21. 21Raymond3,675
  22. 22Louis3,645
  23. 23François3,545
  24. 24Christian3,495
  25. 25Jean-Claude3,100
  26. 26Yves3,070
  27. 27Gilbert2,845
  28. 28Serge2,655
  29. 29Lucien2,260
  30. 30Albert2,240
  31. 31Roland2,220
  32. 32Jean-Pierre2,190
  33. 33Philippe2,100
  34. 34Francis1,945
  35. 35Charles1,610
  36. 36Marc1,525
  37. 37Emile1,205
  38. 38Antoine1,110
  39. 39Fernand1,050
  40. 40Gabriel865
  41. 41Hubert845
  42. 42Joël780
  43. 43Denis760
  44. 44Eugène715
  45. 45Léon715
  46. 46Yvon710
  47. 47Jacky700
  48. 48Jean-Marie680
  49. 49Edouard670
  50. 50Gaston640
  51. 51Noël615
  52. 52Alfred590
  53. 53Armand565
  54. 54Gilles560
  55. 55Edmond540
  56. 56Dominique515
  57. 57Etienne510
  58. 58Jackie495
  59. 59Richard495
  60. 60Julien480
  61. 61Jean-Paul450
  62. 62Aime440
  63. 63Victor435
  64. 64Camille420
  65. 65Max420
  66. 66Auguste410
  67. 67Jules390
  68. 68Rémy375
  69. 69Hervé355
  70. 70Norbert355
  71. 71Jean-Louis350
  72. 72Marius345
  73. 73Regis325
  74. 74Ernest320
  75. 75Félix315
  76. 76José305
  77. 77Bruno300
  78. 78Alexandre295
  79. 79Jack295
  80. 80Patrick295
  81. 81Germain285
  82. 82Rémi285
  83. 83Alphonse280
  84. 84Adrien265
  85. 85Laurent265
  86. 86Jean-Jacques260
  87. 87Elie255
  88. 88Simon250
  89. 89Vincent250
  90. 90Raoul245
  91. 91Clément240
  92. 92Lionel240
  93. 93Emmanuel220
  94. 94James210
  95. 95Marie210
  96. 96Luc200
  97. 97Stanislas200
  98. 98Bertrand195
  99. 99Martial195
  100. 100Yvan195

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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