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Most popular baby names of 1978 in France

In 1978, the most popular names in France were Céline for girls and Sébastien for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Céline12,125
  2. 2Stéphanie12,080
  3. 3Virginie9,475
  4. 4Sandrine9,190
  5. 5Laetitia7,590
  6. 6Delphine7,120
  7. 7Christelle6,565
  8. 8Sophie6,555
  9. 9Nathalie6,540
  10. 10Caroline6,255
  11. 11Sabrina6,190
  12. 12Aurélie6,160
  13. 13Marie6,025
  14. 14Severine5,460
  15. 15Audrey5,445
  16. 16Isabelle5,165
  17. 17Sandra4,985
  18. 18Karine4,740
  19. 19Alexandra4,695
  20. 20Vanessa4,240
  21. 21Anne4,120
  22. 22Cécile4,100
  23. 23Valérie3,920
  24. 24Magali3,675
  25. 25Julie3,605
  26. 26Emilie3,535
  27. 27Hélène3,170
  28. 28Angelique3,105
  29. 29Sonia2,990
  30. 30Carole2,880
  31. 31Carine2,845
  32. 32Sylvie2,845
  33. 33Mélanie2,675
  34. 34Florence2,640
  35. 35Véronique2,555
  36. 36Emmanuelle2,515
  37. 37Laurence2,440
  38. 38Estelle2,365
  39. 39Aurore2,310
  40. 40Claire2,305
  41. 41Catherine2,300
  42. 42Nadia2,255
  43. 43Elodie2,010
  44. 44Laure1,945
  45. 45Gaelle1,940
  46. 46Myriam1,895
  47. 47Nadege1,830
  48. 48Fanny1,670
  49. 49Christine1,655
  50. 50Peggy1,605
  51. 51Geraldine1,590
  52. 52Ingrid1,510
  53. 53Jennifer1,500
  54. 54Magalie1,480
  55. 55Fabienne1,395
  56. 56Cindy1,385
  57. 57Patricia1,375
  58. 58Sarah1,350
  59. 59Sabine1,330
  60. 60Aude1,315
  61. 61Natacha1,300
  62. 62Jessica1,295
  63. 63Béatrice1,270
  64. 64Corinne1,250
  65. 65Marion1,200
  66. 66Marjorie1,180
  67. 67Amélie1,170
  68. 68Linda1,140
  69. 69Séverine1,135
  70. 70Adeline1,130
  71. 71Anne-Sophie1,120
  72. 72Aline1,100
  73. 73Frédérique1,080
  74. 74Marina1,080
  75. 75Elisabeth1,070
  76. 76Agnès1,060
  77. 77Ludivine1,060
  78. 78Maud1,000
  79. 79Amandine960
  80. 80Muriel950
  81. 81Lydie930
  82. 82Charlotte925
  83. 83Katia925
  84. 84Rachel920
  85. 85Nelly855
  86. 86Elise810
  87. 87Maryline795
  88. 88Mathilde770
  89. 89Alice760
  90. 90Cathy760
  91. 91Marie-Laure760
  92. 92Sylvia760
  93. 93Benedicte735
  94. 94Coralie730
  95. 95Lucie710
  96. 96Marlène700
  97. 97Barbara695
  98. 98Anne-Laure675
  99. 99Gwenaelle670
  100. 100Karen640

Boys

  1. 1Sébastien19,100
  2. 2Nicolas13,535
  3. 3David12,230
  4. 4Frédéric10,370
  5. 5Christophe10,360
  6. 6Cedric9,295
  7. 7Jerome9,200
  8. 8Stéphane8,740
  9. 9Julien8,525
  10. 10Olivier7,860
  11. 11Laurent7,475
  12. 12Guillaume6,670
  13. 13Ludovic6,140
  14. 14Vincent5,770
  15. 15Alexandre5,215
  16. 16Arnaud4,885
  17. 17Mickael4,210
  18. 18Benoît4,170
  19. 19Franck3,980
  20. 20Michael3,935
  21. 21Gregory3,910
  22. 22Sylvain3,880
  23. 23Eric3,810
  24. 24Thomas3,675
  25. 25Fabrice3,590
  26. 26Mathieu3,460
  27. 27Fabien3,455
  28. 28Jean3,450
  29. 29Cyril3,445
  30. 30Emmanuel3,345
  31. 31Philippe3,310
  32. 32François3,225
  33. 33Damien3,200
  34. 34Pierre3,200
  35. 35Yann3,020
  36. 36Anthony2,850
  37. 37Xavier2,710
  38. 38Yannick2,425
  39. 39Matthieu2,315
  40. 40Pascal2,245
  41. 41Bruno2,175
  42. 42Romain2,090
  43. 43Marc2,065
  44. 44Thierry2,035
  45. 45Benjamin1,985
  46. 46Samuel1,965
  47. 47Lionel1,905
  48. 48Loïc1,880
  49. 49Antoine1,870
  50. 50Bertrand1,635
  51. 51Patrick1,565
  52. 52Florent1,530
  53. 53Raphaël1,515
  54. 54Jeremy1,450
  55. 55Patrice1,445
  56. 56Aurélien1,405
  57. 57Michel1,365
  58. 58Cyrille1,330
  59. 59Hervé1,330
  60. 60Mohamed1,315
  61. 61Jean-François1,300
  62. 62Cédric1,290
  63. 63Karim1,280
  64. 64Gilles1,270
  65. 65Maxime1,240
  66. 66Jérôme1,235
  67. 67Tony1,230
  68. 68Yoann1,130
  69. 69Didier1,120
  70. 70Daniel1,090
  71. 71Jean-Philippe1,010
  72. 72Gérald995
  73. 73Denis985
  74. 74Christian980
  75. 75Dominique950
  76. 76Steve935
  77. 77Alain930
  78. 78Mikael930
  79. 79Alexis920
  80. 80Regis895
  81. 81Jean-Baptiste865
  82. 82William865
  83. 83Richard860
  84. 84Yohann845
  85. 85Jeremie835
  86. 86Jimmy820
  87. 87Manuel815
  88. 88Johann810
  89. 89Jonathan810
  90. 90Renaud790
  91. 91Johan750
  92. 92Gaëtan745
  93. 93Charles725
  94. 94Rémi715
  95. 95Romuald710
  96. 96Jean-Christophe705
  97. 97Mehdi695
  98. 98José685
  99. 99Brice675
  100. 100Gael675

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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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