Top five girl names
Jade, Louise, Emma, Ambre, and Alice.
FR ranking · 2021
Most popular baby names in France in 2021.
Jade and Gabriel lead the 2021 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Girls JadeBoys Gabriel100 ranked names207,535 recorded usesSource checked 24 August 2026
The short answer
Jade and Gabriel were the most popular girl and boy names in France in 2021.
Top five
The 2021 leaders.
Top five boy names
Gabriel, Léo, Raphaël, Louis, and Arthur.
Compared with 2020
What changed in 2021?
Names are matched by publisher spelling and category. A rise means a better source-derived rank than in the previous annual release.
Girl-name risers
- Iris#25 to #18
- Giulia#45 to #38
- Olivia#37 to #31
- Romy#14 to #9
New to this top 50: Alba.
Boy-name risers
- Malo#42 to #25
- Isaac#26 to #17
- Nino#38 to #29
- Milo#43 to #34
New to this top 50: Gaspard, Côme.
Top girl names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for France. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jade | 3,800 |
| 2 | Louise | 3,765 |
| 3 | Emma | 3,205 |
| 4 | Ambre | 3,020 |
| 5 | Alice | 2,770 |
| 6 | Rose | 2,705 |
| 7 | Anna | 2,510 |
| 8 | Alba | 2,505 |
| 9 | Romy | 2,445 |
| 10 | Mia | 2,430 |
| 11 | Lina | 2,365 |
| 12 | Lou | 2,225 |
| 13 | Chloé | 2,215 |
| 14 | Julia | 2,210 |
| 15 | Léna | 2,095 |
| 16 | Léa | 2,040 |
| 17 | Agathe | 2,020 |
| 18 | Iris | 2,005 |
| 19 | Nina | 1,895 |
| 20 | Inaya | 1,870 |
| 21 | Juliette | 1,865 |
| 22 | Zoé | 1,840 |
| 23 | Léonie | 1,730 |
| 24 | Jeanne | 1,730 |
| 25 | Charlie | 1,725 |
| 26 | Eva | 1,710 |
| 27 | Mila | 1,705 |
| 28 | Luna | 1,690 |
| 29 | Adèle | 1,660 |
| 30 | Victoire | 1,650 |
| 31 | Olivia | 1,595 |
| 32 | Inès | 1,595 |
| 33 | Lola | 1,550 |
| 34 | Victoria | 1,535 |
| 35 | Lucie | 1,490 |
| 36 | Margaux | 1,470 |
| 37 | Romane | 1,455 |
| 38 | Giulia | 1,455 |
| 39 | Camille | 1,430 |
| 40 | Sofia | 1,380 |
| 41 | Charlotte | 1,350 |
| 42 | Alix | 1,350 |
| 43 | Nour | 1,275 |
| 44 | Lyana | 1,235 |
| 45 | Margot | 1,225 |
| 46 | Sarah | 1,215 |
| 47 | Louna | 1,210 |
| 48 | Mya | 1,185 |
| 49 | Manon | 1,175 |
| 50 | Lya | 1,160 |
Top boy names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for France. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel | 4,975 |
| 2 | Léo | 4,365 |
| 3 | Raphaël | 3,960 |
| 4 | Louis | 3,710 |
| 5 | Arthur | 3,600 |
| 6 | Jules | 3,595 |
| 7 | Maël | 3,445 |
| 8 | Noah | 3,385 |
| 9 | Adam | 3,155 |
| 10 | Lucas | 3,055 |
| 11 | Hugo | 2,905 |
| 12 | Gabin | 2,720 |
| 13 | Liam | 2,675 |
| 14 | Sacha | 2,635 |
| 15 | Aaron | 2,495 |
| 16 | Léon | 2,365 |
| 17 | Isaac | 2,320 |
| 18 | Paul | 2,290 |
| 19 | Nathan | 2,290 |
| 20 | Noé | 2,270 |
| 21 | Eden | 2,260 |
| 22 | Mohamed | 2,185 |
| 23 | Ethan | 2,105 |
| 24 | Tom | 1,990 |
| 25 | Malo | 1,935 |
| 26 | Naël | 1,925 |
| 27 | Théo | 1,905 |
| 28 | Marius | 1,865 |
| 29 | Nino | 1,835 |
| 30 | Marceau | 1,835 |
| 31 | Mathis | 1,805 |
| 32 | Victor | 1,770 |
| 33 | Ayden | 1,755 |
| 34 | Milo | 1,720 |
| 35 | Martin | 1,715 |
| 36 | Tiago | 1,660 |
| 37 | Robin | 1,655 |
| 38 | Axel | 1,570 |
| 39 | Timéo | 1,545 |
| 40 | Lyam | 1,540 |
| 41 | Eliott | 1,540 |
| 42 | Enzo | 1,505 |
| 43 | Antoine | 1,445 |
| 44 | Nolan | 1,440 |
| 45 | Augustin | 1,430 |
| 46 | Gaspard | 1,380 |
| 47 | Valentin | 1,365 |
| 48 | Amir | 1,310 |
| 49 | Côme | 1,300 |
| 50 | Samuel | 1,300 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
- Publisher
- Insee
- Reviewed data
- Publisher artifact
- Geographic scope
- France
- Release
- Final reviewed release for 2021
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
- Source review
- Checked 24 August 2026
- Source methodology
- Etat civil birth registrations in France (metropolitan France and overseas departments) for births in 2021. Insee publishes counts rounded to the nearest multiple of five and computes rank from unrounded counts, so publisher rank is authoritative and is not re-derived from the rounded counts. Names given fewer than three times are omitted by the publisher. All-uppercase source spellings are deterministically converted to Unicode title case while preserving accents and hyphens. The first 50 publisher ranks per category are retained.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
- What are the most popular baby names in France?
- Jade is the number-one girl name and Gabriel is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2021 release.
- What area does this list cover?
- It covers France exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
- How are tied names shown?
- The reviewed data does not contain a tied position within the ranks shown on this page.
- How complete is the page?
- The page includes every reviewed row through rank 50 for both categories: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Counts are retained from the source; display-casing normalization is documented in the methodology.