The most-registered girls' and boys' names in France in 1937, from the INSEE, fichier des prénoms. Marie and Jean led the year.
| Name | Births | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie | 22,690 |
| 2 | Monique | 13,230 |
| 3 | Jacqueline | 9,955 |
| 4 | Nicole | 7,890 |
| 5 | Jeannine | 7,515 |
| 6 | Colette | 6,635 |
| 7 | Yvette | 6,105 |
| 8 | Christiane | 5,805 |
| 9 | Denise | 5,530 |
| 10 | Josette | 5,255 |
| 11 | Simone | 4,735 |
| 12 | Jeanne | 4,715 |
| 13 | Françoise | 4,700 |
| 14 | Paulette | 4,660 |
| 15 | Ginette | 4,345 |
| 16 | Thérèse | 4,145 |
| 17 | Andrée | 3,940 |
| 18 | Madeleine | 3,935 |
| 19 | Anne | 3,895 |
| 20 | Odette | 3,665 |
| 21 | Suzanne | 3,640 |
| 22 | Renée | 3,575 |
| 23 | Gisèle | 3,295 |
| 24 | Arlette | 3,050 |
| 25 | Bernadette | 2,995 |
| 26 | Michelle | 2,975 |
| 27 | Liliane | 2,965 |
| 28 | Yvonne | 2,930 |
| 29 | Huguette | 2,835 |
| 30 | Geneviève | 2,795 |
| 31 | Micheline | 2,675 |
| 32 | Marcelle | 2,645 |
| 33 | Eliane | 2,635 |
| 34 | Raymonde | 2,610 |
| 35 | Hélène | 2,545 |
| 36 | Pierrette | 2,380 |
| 37 | Marguerite | 2,340 |
| 38 | Janine | 2,300 |
| 39 | Georgette | 2,115 |
| 40 | Lucienne | 2,115 |
| 41 | Claudine | 2,065 |
| 42 | Lucette | 2,055 |
| 43 | Michèle | 1,950 |
| 44 | Josiane | 1,900 |
| 45 | Claudette | 1,800 |
| 46 | Danielle | 1,755 |
| 47 | Annie | 1,735 |
| 48 | Mireille | 1,725 |
| 49 | Solange | 1,695 |
| 50 | Annick | 1,645 |
| 51 | Mauricette | 1,605 |
| 52 | Jeanine | 1,605 |
| 53 | Claude | 1,515 |
| 54 | Irène | 1,505 |
| 55 | Germaine | 1,480 |
| 56 | Odile | 1,450 |
| 57 | Marie-Thérèse | 1,375 |
| 58 | Louise | 1,365 |
| 59 | Francine | 1,305 |
| 60 | Henriette | 1,255 |
| 61 | Maryse | 1,220 |
| 62 | Alice | 1,110 |
| 63 | Daniele | 1,090 |
| 64 | Yolande | 1,030 |
| 65 | Simonne | 1,030 |
| 66 | Gilberte | 1,030 |
| 67 | Marthe | 930 |
| 68 | Cécile | 885 |
| 69 | Anne-Marie | 870 |
| 70 | Antoinette | 865 |
| 71 | Rose | 860 |
| 72 | Rolande | 855 |
| 73 | Fernande | 840 |
| 74 | Elisabeth | 790 |
| 75 | Juliette | 770 |
| 76 | Gabrielle | 745 |
| 77 | Annette | 720 |
| 78 | Chantal | 715 |
| 79 | Edith | 695 |
| 80 | Nicolle | 675 |
| 81 | Lucie | 670 |
| 82 | Maria | 660 |
| 83 | Paule | 650 |
| 84 | Jocelyne | 645 |
| 85 | Aline | 605 |
| 86 | Anna | 600 |
| 87 | Régine | 600 |
| 88 | Elise | 580 |
| 89 | Agnès | 580 |
| 90 | Angèle | 570 |
| 91 | Jeannette | 570 |
| 92 | Josephine | 555 |
| 93 | Louisette | 550 |
| 94 | Claire | 525 |
| 95 | Catherine | 495 |
| 96 | Reine | 490 |
| 97 | Maryvonne | 490 |
| 98 | Marinette | 485 |
| 99 | Nelly | 480 |
| 100 | Brigitte | 475 |
| Name | Births | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean | 33,670 |
| 2 | Michel | 16,355 |
| 3 | Claude | 14,310 |
| 4 | Pierre | 12,860 |
| 5 | André | 12,640 |
| 6 | Jacques | 10,355 |
| 7 | Bernard | 9,130 |
| 8 | René | 8,885 |
| 9 | Roger | 8,135 |
| 10 | Robert | 7,440 |
| 11 | Guy | 6,875 |
| 12 | Marcel | 6,530 |
| 13 | Gérard | 6,520 |
| 14 | Georges | 5,850 |
| 15 | Maurice | 5,385 |
| 16 | Henri | 5,370 |
| 17 | Daniel | 5,270 |
| 18 | Louis | 4,825 |
| 19 | Joseph | 4,805 |
| 20 | Raymond | 4,675 |
| 21 | Paul | 4,480 |
| 22 | Gilbert | 4,015 |
| 23 | Yves | 3,955 |
| 24 | François | 3,580 |
| 25 | Serge | 3,430 |
| 26 | Christian | 3,080 |
| 27 | Lucien | 2,950 |
| 28 | Albert | 2,705 |
| 29 | Roland | 2,675 |
| 30 | Alain | 2,475 |
| 31 | Charles | 2,040 |
| 32 | Francis | 1,975 |
| 33 | Jean-Claude | 1,865 |
| 34 | Marc | 1,660 |
| 35 | Emile | 1,595 |
| 36 | Jean-Pierre | 1,395 |
| 37 | Philippe | 1,370 |
| 38 | Fernand | 1,350 |
| 39 | Antoine | 1,305 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 1,205 |
| 41 | Hubert | 1,190 |
| 42 | Léon | 1,025 |
| 43 | Eugène | 935 |
| 44 | Gaston | 895 |
| 45 | Yvon | 825 |
| 46 | Armand | 785 |
| 47 | Denis | 770 |
| 48 | Edouard | 730 |
| 49 | Edmond | 715 |
| 50 | Alfred | 680 |
| 51 | Noël | 650 |
| 52 | Max | 640 |
| 53 | Etienne | 620 |
| 54 | Aime | 605 |
| 55 | Julien | 595 |
| 56 | Auguste | 595 |
| 57 | Gilles | 590 |
| 58 | Camille | 570 |
| 59 | Joël | 560 |
| 60 | Victor | 555 |
| 61 | Jean-Marie | 545 |
| 62 | Jacky | 535 |
| 63 | Jackie | 515 |
| 64 | Rémy | 510 |
| 65 | Jules | 510 |
| 66 | Marius | 480 |
| 67 | Dominique | 470 |
| 68 | Ernest | 420 |
| 69 | Rémi | 395 |
| 70 | Alphonse | 390 |
| 71 | Germain | 385 |
| 72 | Alexandre | 385 |
| 73 | Richard | 380 |
| 74 | Hervé | 380 |
| 75 | Bruno | 375 |
| 76 | Norbert | 370 |
| 77 | Félix | 360 |
| 78 | Adrien | 345 |
| 79 | Elie | 335 |
| 80 | Regis | 330 |
| 81 | Laurent | 320 |
| 82 | Jack | 285 |
| 83 | Raoul | 280 |
| 84 | Lionel | 275 |
| 85 | Clément | 275 |
| 86 | Jean-Louis | 265 |
| 87 | José | 260 |
| 88 | Simon | 255 |
| 89 | Gustave | 250 |
| 90 | Jean-Paul | 240 |
| 91 | Marie | 240 |
| 92 | James | 240 |
| 93 | Stanislas | 235 |
| 94 | Vincent | 235 |
| 95 | William | 225 |
| 96 | Maxime | 225 |
| 97 | Martial | 225 |
| 98 | Luc | 220 |
| 99 | Xavier | 215 |
| 100 | Yvan | 210 |
Source: INSEE, fichier des prénoms. Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0.