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Most popular baby names of 1955 in France

In 1955, the most popular names in France were Martine for girls and Jean for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Martine20,835
  2. 2Marie19,800
  3. 3Françoise12,855
  4. 4Chantal12,540
  5. 5Catherine12,495
  6. 6Dominique10,330
  7. 7Brigitte10,145
  8. 8Monique8,755
  9. 9Annie8,325
  10. 10Christine7,965
  11. 11Nicole7,520
  12. 12Sylvie6,880
  13. 13Evelyne6,660
  14. 14Michèle6,595
  15. 15Patricia6,335
  16. 16Jocelyne5,875
  17. 17Christiane5,655
  18. 18Claudine5,545
  19. 19Nadine5,500
  20. 20Joëlle5,085
  21. 21Annick4,965
  22. 22Jacqueline4,765
  23. 23Marie-Christine4,660
  24. 24Elisabeth4,440
  25. 25Josiane4,170
  26. 26Bernadette4,020
  27. 27Maryse3,990
  28. 28Anne-Marie3,810
  29. 29Anne3,615
  30. 30Danielle3,615
  31. 31Béatrice3,505
  32. 32Mireille3,140
  33. 33Geneviève3,040
  34. 34Michelle2,940
  35. 35Véronique2,910
  36. 36Ghislaine2,765
  37. 37Isabelle2,740
  38. 38Colette2,630
  39. 39Marie-Claude2,595
  40. 40Odile2,590
  41. 41Eliane2,550
  42. 42Sylviane2,505
  43. 43Josette2,410
  44. 44Marie-Thérèse2,400
  45. 45Francine2,335
  46. 46Viviane2,325
  47. 47Marie-France2,320
  48. 48Daniele2,315
  49. 49Liliane2,155
  50. 50Régine2,155
  51. 51Agnès2,125
  52. 52Gisèle2,095
  53. 53Hélène2,005
  54. 54Marie-José1,930
  55. 55Pascale1,905
  56. 56Denise1,830
  57. 57Thérèse1,770
  58. 58Yvette1,730
  59. 59Fabienne1,710
  60. 60Muriel1,535
  61. 61Marie-Claire1,495
  62. 62Jeannine1,435
  63. 63Nelly1,420
  64. 64Edith1,360
  65. 65Laurence1,360
  66. 66Marie-Hélène1,320
  67. 67Marie-Françoise1,310
  68. 68Myriam1,310
  69. 69Yolande1,295
  70. 70Arlette1,290
  71. 71Corinne1,280
  72. 72Pierrette1,270
  73. 73Maryvonne1,255
  74. 74Claude1,245
  75. 75Claire1,185
  76. 76Florence1,125
  77. 77Micheline1,110
  78. 78Aline1,075
  79. 79Solange1,065
  80. 80Ginette1,060
  81. 81Andrée1,050
  82. 82Simone1,030
  83. 83Claudette1,015
  84. 84Roselyne970
  85. 85Madeleine960
  86. 86Renée910
  87. 87Jeanne895
  88. 88Lydie895
  89. 89Huguette890
  90. 90Marie-Paule880
  91. 91Maryline875
  92. 92Claudie835
  93. 93Marylene820
  94. 94Anita800
  95. 95Suzanne785
  96. 96Marie-Noëlle775
  97. 97Paulette760
  98. 98Marie-Pierre750
  99. 99Noëlle725
  100. 100Raymonde715

Boys

  1. 1Jean24,710
  2. 2Michel21,555
  3. 3Patrick20,310
  4. 4Alain19,870
  5. 5Philippe17,615
  6. 6Christian17,300
  7. 7Bernard13,300
  8. 8Daniel12,020
  9. 9Dominique10,940
  10. 10Gérard10,330
  11. 11Didier8,795
  12. 12Jean-Pierre8,410
  13. 13Jacques8,165
  14. 14Claude7,660
  15. 15Pierre7,650
  16. 16Serge7,400
  17. 17Joël6,635
  18. 18Gilles6,085
  19. 19Marc5,995
  20. 20Jean-Luc5,875
  21. 21Guy5,810
  22. 22Jean-Claude5,810
  23. 23André5,730
  24. 24Pascal5,375
  25. 25Yves5,065
  26. 26François4,965
  27. 27Francis4,845
  28. 28Denis4,515
  29. 29Thierry4,265
  30. 30Patrice4,100
  31. 31Bruno4,055
  32. 32Jean-Paul3,965
  33. 33Robert3,625
  34. 34Jean-Louis3,590
  35. 35Jean-Marc3,560
  36. 36René3,540
  37. 37Gilbert3,390
  38. 38Eric3,155
  39. 39Jean-Marie3,050
  40. 40Jacky3,005
  41. 41Jean-Michel2,965
  42. 42Georges2,850
  43. 43Roger2,725
  44. 44Hervé2,610
  45. 45Jean-François2,605
  46. 46Jean-Jacques2,535
  47. 47Roland2,265
  48. 48Marcel2,220
  49. 49Henri2,195
  50. 50Joseph2,140
  51. 51Maurice1,890
  52. 52Paul1,750
  53. 53Raymond1,735
  54. 54Luc1,630
  55. 55Richard1,540
  56. 56Regis1,485
  57. 57Louis1,440
  58. 58Frédéric1,400
  59. 59Jean-Yves1,400
  60. 60Olivier1,400
  61. 61Lionel1,360
  62. 62Laurent1,340
  63. 63Hubert1,300
  64. 64José1,230
  65. 65Charles1,115
  66. 66Antoine1,080
  67. 67Bertrand1,050
  68. 68Yvon1,050
  69. 69Yannick1,005
  70. 70Noël930
  71. 71Rémy930
  72. 72Lucien925
  73. 73Xavier870
  74. 74Fabrice855
  75. 75Albert770
  76. 76Sylvain740
  77. 77Vincent720
  78. 78Loïc680
  79. 79Rémi625
  80. 80Christophe620
  81. 81Etienne610
  82. 82Martial610
  83. 83Max610
  84. 84Gabriel600
  85. 85Stéphane555
  86. 86William540
  87. 87Hugues535
  88. 88Norbert515
  89. 89Franck510
  90. 90Jean-Philippe510
  91. 91Gérald505
  92. 92Benoît500
  93. 93Emmanuel465
  94. 94Jackie450
  95. 95Jean-Noël415
  96. 96Fernand405
  97. 97Emile360
  98. 98Dany335
  99. 99Yvan335
  100. 100Mario320

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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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