The most popular French baby names in 2025

The top 10 French girl names

Source: INSEE, the French statistics office, first names given in 2025 (published July 2026). Counts are rounded to the nearest 5.

1. Louise, 3,070
2. Jade, 2,925
3. Ambre, 2,805
4. Alma, 2,500
5. Alba, 2,360
6. Rose, 2,320
7. Emma, 2,310
8. Romy, 2,245
9. Adèle, 2,225
10. Alice, 2,130

The top 10 French boy names

1. Gabriel, 4,625
2. Noah, 3,465
3. Léo, 3,420
4. Raphaël, 3,285
5. Louis, 3,260
6. Jules, 3,040
7. Arthur, 2,875
8. Léon, 2,835
9. Adam, 2,810
10. Maël, 2,700

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What the list says

Gabriel is the only name given to more than 4,000 babies. Most of the rest are short, one or two syllables, and many travel well to English: Louise, Rose, Emma, Alice, Louis, Jules, Arthur, Noah, Adam. The ones with an accent, Adèle, Raphaël, Léo, Léon and Maël, are the ones an American keyboard will fight you on.

How to say them

Louise is loo-EEZ. Gabriel is gah-bree-EL. Léon is lay-OHN. Maël is mah-EL. Jules has a soft J, like the s in pleasure. In French the stress falls at the end of the name, which is most of the trick.

And Zinédine?

Some of you suggested it in the comments. Zinédine is Zidane’s first name. He scored twice in the 1998 World Cup final, which France won 3–0 against Brazil. It is not in the 2025 top 10, but in our house it would get a vote.

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