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Most popular baby names of 1979 in France

In 1979, 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. 1Céline13,695
  2. 2Stéphanie10,600
  3. 3Virginie8,825
  4. 4Aurélie8,795
  5. 5Sandrine8,040
  6. 6Laetitia7,710
  7. 7Delphine6,860
  8. 8Sabrina6,835
  9. 9Marie6,575
  10. 10Sophie6,465
  11. 11Caroline6,215
  12. 12Audrey6,125
  13. 13Nathalie5,845
  14. 14Christelle5,690
  15. 15Isabelle4,960
  16. 16Emilie4,925
  17. 17Alexandra4,635
  18. 18Severine4,520
  19. 19Sandra4,460
  20. 20Cécile4,390
  21. 21Vanessa4,180
  22. 22Karine3,840
  23. 23Anne3,785
  24. 24Hélène3,755
  25. 25Julie3,755
  26. 26Mélanie3,565
  27. 27Magali3,330
  28. 28Angelique3,300
  29. 29Valérie3,175
  30. 30Sonia2,960
  31. 31Elodie2,765
  32. 32Emmanuelle2,700
  33. 33Sylvie2,670
  34. 34Aurore2,665
  35. 35Florence2,565
  36. 36Carole2,540
  37. 37Claire2,470
  38. 38Estelle2,455
  39. 39Carine2,395
  40. 40Gaelle2,180
  41. 41Jessica2,170
  42. 42Laure2,125
  43. 43Nadia2,120
  44. 44Laurence2,110
  45. 45Véronique2,100
  46. 46Cindy2,015
  47. 47Myriam1,990
  48. 48Catherine1,880
  49. 49Fanny1,820
  50. 50Jennifer1,785
  51. 51Nadege1,680
  52. 52Amélie1,560
  53. 53Marion1,550
  54. 54Adeline1,515
  55. 55Christine1,490
  56. 56Aline1,445
  57. 57Geraldine1,440
  58. 58Ingrid1,405
  59. 59Ludivine1,405
  60. 60Aude1,355
  61. 61Sarah1,335
  62. 62Marjorie1,300
  63. 63Patricia1,285
  64. 64Maud1,275
  65. 65Magalie1,255
  66. 66Sabine1,255
  67. 67Linda1,250
  68. 68Fabienne1,205
  69. 69Natacha1,190
  70. 70Anne-Sophie1,170
  71. 71Amandine1,150
  72. 72Peggy1,130
  73. 73Béatrice1,125
  74. 74Elise1,090
  75. 75Corinne1,075
  76. 76Marina1,065
  77. 77Elisabeth1,050
  78. 78Charlotte1,035
  79. 79Nelly1,010
  80. 80Agnès990
  81. 81Lucie985
  82. 82Séverine985
  83. 83Lydie980
  84. 84Muriel935
  85. 85Mathilde925
  86. 86Frédérique910
  87. 87Rachel890
  88. 88Katia880
  89. 89Maryline875
  90. 90Anne-Laure850
  91. 91Alice840
  92. 92Sandy810
  93. 93Marie-Laure800
  94. 94Dorothee795
  95. 95Camille775
  96. 96Deborah770
  97. 97Coralie765
  98. 98Cathy735
  99. 99Benedicte725
  100. 100Karen700

Boys

  1. 1Sébastien17,495
  2. 2Nicolas13,165
  3. 3Julien11,145
  4. 4David11,080
  5. 5Christophe9,625
  6. 6Frédéric9,520
  7. 7Cedric9,035
  8. 8Jerome7,940
  9. 9Stéphane7,640
  10. 10Olivier7,595
  11. 11Guillaume7,220
  12. 12Laurent6,965
  13. 13Vincent6,445
  14. 14Alexandre6,160
  15. 15Ludovic6,050
  16. 16Arnaud5,105
  17. 17Sylvain4,755
  18. 18Mickael4,235
  19. 19Benoît4,095
  20. 20Mathieu4,070
  21. 21Thomas4,055
  22. 22Gregory4,025
  23. 23Fabien3,850
  24. 24Michael3,800
  25. 25Fabrice3,720
  26. 26Cyril3,600
  27. 27Pierre3,595
  28. 28Damien3,560
  29. 29Anthony3,530
  30. 30Franck3,495
  31. 31Eric3,490
  32. 32Jean3,390
  33. 33François3,370
  34. 34Emmanuel3,320
  35. 35Philippe3,155
  36. 36Yann2,995
  37. 37Xavier2,950
  38. 38Aurélien2,665
  39. 39Yannick2,615
  40. 40Matthieu2,590
  41. 41Benjamin2,515
  42. 42Marc2,390
  43. 43Samuel2,335
  44. 44Romain2,190
  45. 45Bruno2,100
  46. 46Pascal2,060
  47. 47Antoine2,015
  48. 48Loïc2,005
  49. 49Jonathan1,995
  50. 50Lionel1,885
  51. 51Jeremy1,790
  52. 52Thierry1,760
  53. 53Florent1,680
  54. 54Bertrand1,640
  55. 55Raphaël1,635
  56. 56Maxime1,470
  57. 57Patrick1,410
  58. 58Jean-François1,350
  59. 59Cédric1,330
  60. 60Michel1,300
  61. 61Cyrille1,295
  62. 62Mohamed1,285
  63. 63Tony1,285
  64. 64Gilles1,280
  65. 65Karim1,270
  66. 66Patrice1,235
  67. 67Daniel1,190
  68. 68Jérôme1,185
  69. 69Yoann1,180
  70. 70Hervé1,125
  71. 71Jean-Philippe1,065
  72. 72Jean-Baptiste1,040
  73. 73Alexis1,030
  74. 74Denis1,025
  75. 75William990
  76. 76Didier955
  77. 77Rudy940
  78. 78Gérald910
  79. 79Alain905
  80. 80Mikael900
  81. 81Richard895
  82. 82Jimmy890
  83. 83Yohann885
  84. 84Jeremie870
  85. 85Christian860
  86. 86Charles850
  87. 87Dominique850
  88. 88Regis850
  89. 89Romuald825
  90. 90Steve805
  91. 91Rémi800
  92. 92Brice790
  93. 93Eddy780
  94. 94Johann775
  95. 95Manuel775
  96. 96Gaëtan770
  97. 97Johan755
  98. 98Mehdi745
  99. 99Renaud745
  100. 100Dimitri735

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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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