Top 100 girl names of 1940 in France

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular female names in France prevalent in 1940. View girl name from popular names trending in France in 1940.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Change
1
Marie
22412
-
2
Monique
12515
-
3
Nicole
8443
+1
4
Jacqueline
8335
-1
5
Françoise
5988
+2
6
Christiane
5856
-
7
Jeannine
5206
-2
8
Colette
4814
-
9
Josette
4616
+1
10
Yvette
4239
-1
11
Denise
3952
-
11
Michèle
3952
+9
13
Anne
3825
-1
14
Danielle
3784
+8
15
Thérèse
3492
+1
16
Jeanne
3401
-3
17
Liliane
3396
-
18
Andrée
3391
+1
19
Paulette
3367
-5
20
Michelle
3337
+1
21
Simone
3288
-6
22
Ginette
2925
-4
23
Geneviève
2916
+5
24
Bernadette
2856
+1
25
Renée
2840
-1
26
Madeleine
2750
-3
27
Annie
2682
+7
28
Claudine
2573
+1
29
Gisèle
2363
-2
30
Suzanne
2353
-4
31
Eliane
2293
-
32
Josiane
2283
+9
33
Marcelle
2272
-
34
Odette
2219
-4
35
Micheline
2153
+3
36
Arlette
2149
-4
37
Raymonde
2132
-
38
Pierrette
2030
-3
39
Daniele
1952
+9
40
Hélène
1943
-
41
Mireille
1917
+5
42
Huguette
1904
-3
43
Annick
1893
-1
44
Yvonne
1856
-8
45
Claudette
1834
-
46
Janine
1782
-3
47
Odile
1684
+7
48
Marguerite
1652
-4
49
Claude
1599
+2
50
Lucienne
1593
-
51
Georgette
1567
-4
52
Mauricette
1472
+1
53
Lucette
1470
-4
54
Francine
1466
+1
55
Marie-Thérèse
1388
+1
56
Solange
1344
-4
57
Jeanine
1322
-
58
Irène
1202
-
59
Chantal
1137
+5
60
Maryse
1059
+2
61
Henriette
1005
-1
62
Anne-Marie
980
+1
63
Louise
973
-2
64
Germaine
964
-5
65
Jocelyne
877
+7
66
Elisabeth
851
-
67
Yolande
822
-2
68
France
765
+24
69
Gilberte
753
-2
69
Rose
753
-
71
Alice
742
-3
72
Antoinette
671
+1
73
Cécile
661
+2
74
Viviane
660
+12
75
Rolande
658
-4
76
Annette
657
-6
76
Fernande
657
-
78
Maryvonne
656
+2
79
Edith
655
-
80
Marthe
635
-6
81
Catherine
628
+8
82
Evelyne
627
+8
83
Brigitte
622
+2
84
Simonne
620
-6
85
Gabrielle
567
-8
86
Louisette
543
-2
87
Nicolle
532
-5
88
Régine
525
-5
89
Nelly
521
+8
90
Paule
519
+1
91
Aline
489
-3
92
Juliette
487
-5
93
Maria
473
-12
94
Lucie
466
-1
95
Ghislaine
464
+3
96
Noëlle
456
+15
97
Claire
455
-1
98
Jeannette
451
-4
99
Anna
429
-
100
Joëlle
427
+13
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See also

100 Most Popular Boy Names in France (1940)

Sources

  1. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004