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Most popular baby names of 1972 in France

In 1972, the most popular names in France were Sandrine for girls and Christophe for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Sandrine19,880
  2. 2Nathalie19,195
  3. 3Isabelle16,500
  4. 4Valérie14,560
  5. 5Christelle13,125
  6. 6Karine11,665
  7. 7Stéphanie10,490
  8. 8Sophie10,380
  9. 9Sylvie9,490
  10. 10Céline8,280
  11. 11Véronique7,380
  12. 12Laurence7,350
  13. 13Severine7,325
  14. 14Catherine6,690
  15. 15Sandra6,470
  16. 16Florence6,355
  17. 17Corinne5,865
  18. 18Christine5,805
  19. 19Anne5,705
  20. 20Delphine5,650
  21. 21Virginie5,290
  22. 22Carole5,225
  23. 23Marie5,095
  24. 24Cécile4,880
  25. 25Patricia4,500
  26. 26Béatrice3,890
  27. 27Caroline3,840
  28. 28Magali3,795
  29. 29Fabienne3,675
  30. 30Carine3,325
  31. 31Sabine3,220
  32. 32Alexandra3,170
  33. 33Emmanuelle3,015
  34. 34Hélène2,945
  35. 35Muriel2,755
  36. 36Myriam2,755
  37. 37Sonia2,530
  38. 38Elisabeth2,515
  39. 39Laetitia2,485
  40. 40Nadia2,455
  41. 41Agnès2,430
  42. 42Maria2,325
  43. 43Katia2,200
  44. 44Claire2,195
  45. 45Christel2,095
  46. 46Frédérique2,050
  47. 47Geraldine1,935
  48. 48Nadege1,880
  49. 49Laure1,850
  50. 50Pascale1,825
  51. 51Rachel1,780
  52. 52Estelle1,710
  53. 53Françoise1,670
  54. 54Nadine1,640
  55. 55Peggy1,610
  56. 56Martine1,580
  57. 57Natacha1,520
  58. 58Murielle1,490
  59. 59Vanessa1,480
  60. 60Barbara1,475
  61. 61Lydie1,440
  62. 62Sarah1,360
  63. 63Gaelle1,345
  64. 64Sabrina1,300
  65. 65Christèle1,265
  66. 66Brigitte1,250
  67. 67Dominique1,250
  68. 68Angelique1,200
  69. 69Benedicte1,190
  70. 70Cathy1,170
  71. 71Chantal1,160
  72. 72Marie-Laure1,160
  73. 73Aline1,095
  74. 74Séverine1,035
  75. 75Ingrid1,030
  76. 76Elodie995
  77. 77Chrystelle985
  78. 78Magalie925
  79. 79Anne-Sophie920
  80. 80Maryline920
  81. 81Marie-Pierre915
  82. 82Linda900
  83. 83Nelly900
  84. 84Lydia895
  85. 85Evelyne890
  86. 86Armelle835
  87. 87Marie-Christine795
  88. 88Marina780
  89. 89Mireille750
  90. 90Annie720
  91. 91Malika700
  92. 92Fatima695
  93. 93Odile695
  94. 94Sylvia695
  95. 95Anne-Marie680
  96. 96Claudine680
  97. 97Marie-Hélène670
  98. 98Fanny620
  99. 99Gwenaelle620
  100. 100Anita615

Boys

  1. 1Christophe21,155
  2. 2Stéphane20,970
  3. 3David19,690
  4. 4Laurent16,045
  5. 5Olivier15,120
  6. 6Frédéric13,915
  7. 7Sébastien13,745
  8. 8Eric11,535
  9. 9Philippe10,680
  10. 10Franck9,625
  11. 11Thierry8,650
  12. 12Nicolas7,985
  13. 13Fabrice7,935
  14. 14Jerome7,755
  15. 15Pascal7,115
  16. 16Emmanuel6,325
  17. 17Vincent6,170
  18. 18Bruno5,695
  19. 19Arnaud5,305
  20. 20Hervé4,710
  21. 21Jean4,405
  22. 22Sylvain4,300
  23. 23Patrick4,290
  24. 24Cyril4,255
  25. 25Xavier4,060
  26. 26Michael3,970
  27. 27Didier3,850
  28. 28Patrice3,715
  29. 29François3,695
  30. 30Lionel3,680
  31. 31Yannick3,600
  32. 32Gilles3,470
  33. 33Alain3,320
  34. 34Yann3,305
  35. 35Ludovic3,300
  36. 36Michel3,295
  37. 37Pierre3,250
  38. 38Jean-François3,210
  39. 39Marc3,170
  40. 40Dominique3,125
  41. 41Alexandre3,085
  42. 42Fabien3,050
  43. 43Cedric2,970
  44. 44Benoît2,875
  45. 45Guillaume2,730
  46. 46Denis2,710
  47. 47Christian2,675
  48. 48Cyrille2,490
  49. 49Gregory2,260
  50. 50Richard2,250
  51. 51Daniel2,185
  52. 52José2,015
  53. 53Mickael2,010
  54. 54Bertrand1,970
  55. 55Jean-Michel1,800
  56. 56Samuel1,780
  57. 57Regis1,755
  58. 58Jean-Marc1,730
  59. 59Jean-Philippe1,670
  60. 60Damien1,615
  61. 61Raphaël1,580
  62. 62Gérald1,565
  63. 63Jean-Pierre1,560
  64. 64Joël1,505
  65. 65Loïc1,435
  66. 66Jean-Luc1,430
  67. 67Jean-Christophe1,405
  68. 68Manuel1,370
  69. 69Serge1,310
  70. 70Anthony1,305
  71. 71Thomas1,305
  72. 72William1,275
  73. 73Claude1,265
  74. 74Antoine1,125
  75. 75Karim1,105
  76. 76Julien1,100
  77. 77Florent1,080
  78. 78Yves1,080
  79. 79Tony1,060
  80. 80Bernard1,050
  81. 81Jacques1,005
  82. 82Luc920
  83. 83Eddy910
  84. 84Jérôme905
  85. 85Jean-Claude860
  86. 86Renaud860
  87. 87Rodolphe855
  88. 88Antonio850
  89. 89Carlos840
  90. 90Romuald835
  91. 91Mathieu830
  92. 92Georges820
  93. 93Jean-Marie795
  94. 94Mohamed795
  95. 95Gérard780
  96. 96Francis770
  97. 97Willy760
  98. 98Martial720
  99. 99André715
  100. 100Jean-Louis710

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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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