The most-registered girls' and boys' names in France in 1906, from the INSEE, fichier des prénoms. Marie and Jean led the year.
| Name | Births | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie | 48,430 |
| 2 | Jeanne | 15,490 |
| 3 | Marguerite | 9,245 |
| 4 | Germaine | 8,040 |
| 5 | Yvonne | 6,975 |
| 6 | Madeleine | 6,910 |
| 7 | Suzanne | 6,740 |
| 8 | Louise | 6,735 |
| 9 | Marcelle | 5,645 |
| 10 | Marthe | 4,365 |
| 11 | Lucienne | 3,860 |
| 12 | Renée | 3,790 |
| 13 | Henriette | 3,730 |
| 14 | Anne | 3,730 |
| 15 | Hélène | 3,675 |
| 16 | Alice | 3,640 |
| 17 | Maria | 3,525 |
| 18 | Georgette | 3,330 |
| 19 | Josephine | 3,115 |
| 20 | Berthe | 3,005 |
| 21 | Lucie | 2,880 |
| 22 | Andrée | 2,840 |
| 23 | Juliette | 2,735 |
| 24 | Eugénie | 2,670 |
| 25 | Fernande | 2,360 |
| 26 | Raymonde | 2,275 |
| 27 | Simonne | 2,230 |
| 28 | Denise | 2,205 |
| 29 | Odette | 2,165 |
| 30 | Gabrielle | 2,115 |
| 31 | Anna | 2,010 |
| 32 | Angèle | 1,880 |
| 33 | Rose | 1,840 |
| 34 | Thérèse | 1,785 |
| 35 | Simone | 1,770 |
| 36 | Augustine | 1,730 |
| 37 | Antoinette | 1,645 |
| 38 | Elise | 1,595 |
| 39 | Catherine | 1,525 |
| 40 | Léonie | 1,450 |
| 41 | Blanche | 1,450 |
| 42 | Françoise | 1,410 |
| 43 | Charlotte | 1,335 |
| 44 | Geneviève | 1,330 |
| 45 | Cécile | 1,320 |
| 46 | Marie-Louise | 1,235 |
| 47 | Emilienne | 1,210 |
| 48 | Adrienne | 1,185 |
| 49 | Mathilde | 1,140 |
| 50 | Léontine | 1,110 |
| 51 | Pauline | 1,110 |
| 52 | Léa | 1,035 |
| 53 | Albertine | 1,030 |
| 54 | Emilie | 1,020 |
| 55 | Elisabeth | 1,010 |
| 56 | Claire | 1,000 |
| 57 | Julienne | 970 |
| 58 | Irène | 935 |
| 59 | Emma | 925 |
| 60 | Paulette | 920 |
| 61 | Julie | 900 |
| 62 | Paule | 890 |
| 63 | Amélie | 860 |
| 64 | Julia | 790 |
| 65 | Camille | 745 |
| 66 | Aline | 745 |
| 67 | Aimée | 705 |
| 68 | Valentine | 700 |
| 69 | Ernestine | 675 |
| 70 | Gilberte | 665 |
| 71 | Reine | 660 |
| 72 | Francine | 650 |
| 73 | Rosalie | 640 |
| 74 | Victorine | 640 |
| 75 | Clémence | 625 |
| 76 | Olga | 615 |
| 77 | Andréa | 615 |
| 78 | Augusta | 615 |
| 79 | Solange | 575 |
| 80 | Adèle | 560 |
| 81 | Alphonsine | 545 |
| 82 | Mélanie | 540 |
| 83 | Isabelle | 535 |
| 84 | Clémentine | 490 |
| 85 | Céline | 485 |
| 86 | Agnès | 470 |
| 87 | Clotilde | 465 |
| 88 | Rachel | 465 |
| 89 | Philomene | 460 |
| 90 | Laure | 455 |
| 91 | Rosa | 425 |
| 92 | Celestine | 415 |
| 93 | Irma | 400 |
| 94 | Caroline | 400 |
| 95 | Alexandrine | 390 |
| 96 | Elisa | 390 |
| 97 | Felicie | 385 |
| 98 | Eva | 380 |
| 99 | Yvette | 360 |
| 100 | Marie-Thérèse | 350 |
| Name | Births | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean | 18,515 |
| 2 | Louis | 10,645 |
| 3 | Pierre | 9,855 |
| 4 | Marcel | 9,755 |
| 5 | André | 9,040 |
| 6 | Henri | 8,720 |
| 7 | Joseph | 8,235 |
| 8 | René | 7,570 |
| 9 | Georges | 7,270 |
| 10 | Paul | 6,300 |
| 11 | Maurice | 5,890 |
| 12 | Charles | 5,110 |
| 13 | Emile | 4,945 |
| 14 | François | 4,875 |
| 15 | Roger | 4,560 |
| 16 | Robert | 4,425 |
| 17 | Albert | 4,380 |
| 18 | Lucien | 4,135 |
| 19 | Léon | 3,565 |
| 20 | Raymond | 3,560 |
| 21 | Eugène | 3,515 |
| 22 | Fernand | 2,960 |
| 23 | Auguste | 2,950 |
| 24 | Gaston | 2,730 |
| 25 | Jules | 2,680 |
| 26 | Antoine | 2,085 |
| 27 | Marius | 1,920 |
| 28 | Alfred | 1,850 |
| 29 | Ernest | 1,785 |
| 30 | Victor | 1,745 |
| 31 | Gabriel | 1,720 |
| 32 | Julien | 1,605 |
| 33 | Jacques | 1,520 |
| 34 | Edouard | 1,440 |
| 35 | Alphonse | 1,425 |
| 36 | Camille | 1,420 |
| 37 | Armand | 1,335 |
| 38 | Edmond | 1,230 |
| 39 | Gustave | 1,160 |
| 40 | Alexandre | 1,055 |
| 41 | Adrien | 1,035 |
| 42 | Michel | 1,000 |
| 43 | Etienne | 990 |
| 44 | Marie | 950 |
| 45 | Yves | 945 |
| 46 | Félix | 920 |
| 47 | Raoul | 835 |
| 48 | Elie | 795 |
| 49 | Aime | 785 |
| 50 | Claude | 760 |
| 51 | Germain | 695 |
| 52 | Gilbert | 685 |
| 53 | Bernard | 685 |
| 54 | Clément | 650 |
| 55 | Marc | 645 |
| 56 | Francis | 640 |
| 57 | Arthur | 635 |
| 58 | Frédéric | 620 |
| 59 | Daniel | 575 |
| 60 | Augustin | 555 |
| 61 | Adolphe | 555 |
| 62 | Désiré | 550 |
| 63 | Guillaume | 545 |
| 64 | Abel | 510 |
| 65 | Marceau | 475 |
| 66 | Alexis | 455 |
| 67 | Ferdinand | 445 |
| 68 | Laurent | 445 |
| 69 | Roland | 435 |
| 70 | Noël | 430 |
| 71 | Maxime | 410 |
| 72 | Antonin | 395 |
| 73 | Philippe | 395 |
| 74 | Nicolas | 385 |
| 75 | Constant | 370 |
| 76 | Emmanuel | 365 |
| 77 | Claudius | 360 |
| 78 | Vincent | 345 |
| 79 | Leopold | 340 |
| 80 | Celestin | 340 |
| 81 | Jean-Baptiste | 330 |
| 82 | Arsene | 325 |
| 83 | Hubert | 300 |
| 84 | Dominique | 300 |
| 85 | Baptiste | 295 |
| 86 | Theophile | 290 |
| 87 | Gérard | 290 |
| 88 | Octave | 285 |
| 89 | Justin | 275 |
| 90 | Raphaël | 270 |
| 91 | Denis | 265 |
| 92 | Achille | 260 |
| 93 | Kleber | 260 |
| 94 | Martial | 255 |
| 95 | Guy | 250 |
| 96 | Firmin | 245 |
| 97 | Theodore | 245 |
| 98 | Simon | 240 |
| 99 | Leonce | 240 |
| 100 | Martin | 240 |
Source: INSEE, fichier des prénoms. Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0.