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Most popular baby names of 1959 in France

In 1959, the most popular names in France were Brigitte for girls and Philippe for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Brigitte18,165
  2. 2Catherine16,805
  3. 3Marie16,475
  4. 4Sylvie15,450
  5. 5Martine15,195
  6. 6Christine13,945
  7. 7Patricia11,435
  8. 8Françoise11,090
  9. 9Chantal9,005
  10. 10Véronique8,550
  11. 11Dominique8,430
  12. 12Isabelle7,945
  13. 13Pascale7,040
  14. 14Nadine6,490
  15. 15Annie6,320
  16. 16Evelyne5,430
  17. 17Nicole5,045
  18. 18Monique4,760
  19. 19Béatrice4,695
  20. 20Claudine4,690
  21. 21Corinne4,635
  22. 22Michèle4,435
  23. 23Marie-Christine4,380
  24. 24Elisabeth4,310
  25. 25Anne4,285
  26. 26Jocelyne3,930
  27. 27Joëlle3,805
  28. 28Annick3,610
  29. 29Maryse3,585
  30. 30Laurence3,355
  31. 31Christiane3,320
  32. 32Fabienne3,240
  33. 33Bernadette3,165
  34. 34Agnès2,985
  35. 35Josiane2,930
  36. 36Anne-Marie2,920
  37. 37Ghislaine2,825
  38. 38Mireille2,800
  39. 39Jacqueline2,745
  40. 40Hélène2,730
  41. 41Danielle2,460
  42. 42Florence2,415
  43. 43Odile2,380
  44. 44Muriel2,285
  45. 45Sylviane2,235
  46. 46Régine2,200
  47. 47Geneviève2,155
  48. 48Colette2,100
  49. 49Maryline2,040
  50. 50Michelle1,990
  51. 51Viviane1,920
  52. 52Marie-Claude1,905
  53. 53Marie-Hélène1,780
  54. 54Nathalie1,775
  55. 55Sophie1,700
  56. 56Eliane1,680
  57. 57Gisèle1,640
  58. 58Francine1,635
  59. 59Myriam1,635
  60. 60Marie-France1,630
  61. 61Daniele1,610
  62. 62Marie-Thérèse1,600
  63. 63Marie-José1,585
  64. 64Nelly1,570
  65. 65Carole1,510
  66. 66Josette1,380
  67. 67Lydie1,370
  68. 68Liliane1,365
  69. 69Claire1,300
  70. 70Marie-Line1,300
  71. 71Edith1,295
  72. 72Marie-Claire1,265
  73. 73Thérèse1,240
  74. 74Marie-Pierre1,215
  75. 75Nadia1,155
  76. 76Denise1,115
  77. 77Sabine1,095
  78. 78Marie-Françoise1,020
  79. 79Frédérique1,010
  80. 80Yvette980
  81. 81Aline940
  82. 82Maria930
  83. 83Caroline915
  84. 84Murielle910
  85. 85Yolande905
  86. 86Cécile895
  87. 87Anita890
  88. 88Roselyne890
  89. 89Claude875
  90. 90Claudie860
  91. 91Marianne840
  92. 92Jeannine825
  93. 93Pierrette820
  94. 94Marylene805
  95. 95Marie-Laure790
  96. 96Marie-Noëlle770
  97. 97Maryvonne720
  98. 98Marie-Paule715
  99. 99Arlette700
  100. 100Sonia695

Boys

  1. 1Philippe23,440
  2. 2Patrick20,020
  3. 3Jean19,975
  4. 4Michel16,420
  5. 5Alain16,385
  6. 6Pascal15,135
  7. 7Didier13,335
  8. 8Christian13,205
  9. 9Dominique11,305
  10. 10Thierry11,080
  11. 11Bruno8,970
  12. 12Daniel8,950
  13. 13Bernard8,895
  14. 14Eric8,835
  15. 15Gilles7,525
  16. 16Pierre7,160
  17. 17Marc6,640
  18. 18Jean-Pierre6,590
  19. 19Gérard6,405
  20. 20Serge6,390
  21. 21Claude6,170
  22. 22Jean-Luc6,145
  23. 23Jacques5,825
  24. 24François5,495
  25. 25Joël5,235
  26. 26Yves4,960
  27. 27Patrice4,890
  28. 28Denis4,880
  29. 29Jean-Claude4,395
  30. 30Jean-Marc4,275
  31. 31Guy4,210
  32. 32Hervé4,060
  33. 33André3,905
  34. 34Jean-Michel3,895
  35. 35Francis3,800
  36. 36Laurent3,455
  37. 37Jean-Paul3,005
  38. 38Frédéric2,985
  39. 39Jean-Louis2,970
  40. 40Olivier2,900
  41. 41Jean-François2,845
  42. 42Jean-Marie2,615
  43. 43Robert2,595
  44. 44Christophe2,435
  45. 45Gilbert2,410
  46. 46René2,325
  47. 47Jean-Jacques2,205
  48. 48Georges2,165
  49. 49Jacky2,010
  50. 50Luc2,000
  51. 51Joseph1,945
  52. 52Henri1,770
  53. 53Roger1,755
  54. 54Stéphane1,740
  55. 55Jean-Yves1,710
  56. 56Richard1,605
  57. 57Roland1,600
  58. 58Regis1,550
  59. 59Bertrand1,530
  60. 60Fabrice1,520
  61. 61Lionel1,495
  62. 62Marcel1,465
  63. 63Paul1,445
  64. 64Franck1,420
  65. 65Vincent1,415
  66. 66José1,350
  67. 67Antoine1,345
  68. 68Yannick1,330
  69. 69Xavier1,305
  70. 70Sylvain1,290
  71. 71Hubert1,270
  72. 72Maurice1,205
  73. 73Raymond1,180
  74. 74Charles1,155
  75. 75Louis1,115
  76. 76Rémy995
  77. 77Benoît910
  78. 78Loïc910
  79. 79Rémi845
  80. 80Emmanuel830
  81. 81Yvon815
  82. 82Noël805
  83. 83Albert770
  84. 84Jean-Philippe765
  85. 85Lucien765
  86. 86William705
  87. 87Martial650
  88. 88Nicolas605
  89. 89Etienne590
  90. 90Max590
  91. 91Jerome545
  92. 92Gabriel475
  93. 93Hugues475
  94. 94Fabien465
  95. 95Norbert465
  96. 96Mario460
  97. 97Jean-Noël450
  98. 98Gérald420
  99. 99Jean-Charles420
  100. 100Erick415

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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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