French baby names

Names given to babies in France, with their meaning in English and real birth figures: INSEE data, 1986–2025.

What you will find here

These are the first names given to babies born in France, as counted by INSEE, the French national statistics office, from 1986 to 2025. They are not English names: some are shared with English-speaking countries, many are not, and each page shows how common the name is there when official figures exist.

Meanings come from French sources, reviewed and translated into English. When a meaning is uncertain, the page says so rather than making one up. 2,399 names have an English page so far; the others link to their page in French.