The most-registered girls' and boys' names in France in 1947, from the INSEE, fichier des prénoms. Marie and Jean led the year.
| Name | Births | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie | 32,780 |
| 2 | Monique | 16,700 |
| 3 | Nicole | 15,835 |
| 4 | Françoise | 14,750 |
| 5 | Danielle | 12,315 |
| 6 | Christiane | 11,865 |
| 7 | Jacqueline | 11,815 |
| 8 | Annie | 11,490 |
| 9 | Michèle | 10,415 |
| 10 | Chantal | 9,055 |
| 11 | Josiane | 6,705 |
| 12 | Josette | 6,480 |
| 13 | Annick | 6,460 |
| 14 | Claudine | 6,340 |
| 15 | Colette | 6,050 |
| 16 | Martine | 5,825 |
| 17 | Michelle | 5,700 |
| 18 | Anne | 5,550 |
| 19 | Daniele | 5,410 |
| 20 | Liliane | 5,170 |
| 21 | Geneviève | 5,045 |
| 22 | Mireille | 4,980 |
| 23 | Jeannine | 4,690 |
| 24 | Bernadette | 4,600 |
| 25 | Jocelyne | 4,135 |
| 26 | Yvette | 4,090 |
| 27 | Denise | 4,070 |
| 28 | Eliane | 3,935 |
| 29 | Evelyne | 3,655 |
| 30 | Gisèle | 3,570 |
| 31 | Anne-Marie | 3,565 |
| 32 | Marie-Thérèse | 3,540 |
| 33 | Thérèse | 3,415 |
| 34 | Arlette | 3,300 |
| 35 | Marie-Claude | 3,135 |
| 36 | Maryse | 3,085 |
| 37 | Ginette | 3,085 |
| 38 | Micheline | 3,050 |
| 39 | Catherine | 3,005 |
| 40 | Simone | 2,970 |
| 41 | Andrée | 2,920 |
| 42 | Hélène | 2,885 |
| 43 | Elisabeth | 2,800 |
| 44 | Brigitte | 2,755 |
| 45 | Francine | 2,740 |
| 46 | Madeleine | 2,655 |
| 47 | Joëlle | 2,590 |
| 48 | Marie-France | 2,575 |
| 49 | Paulette | 2,565 |
| 50 | Jeanne | 2,445 |
| 51 | Odile | 2,440 |
| 52 | Renée | 2,425 |
| 53 | Dominique | 2,420 |
| 54 | Huguette | 2,305 |
| 55 | Maryvonne | 2,295 |
| 56 | Suzanne | 2,290 |
| 57 | Janine | 2,185 |
| 58 | Nadine | 2,080 |
| 59 | Pierrette | 2,035 |
| 60 | Claudette | 1,950 |
| 61 | Claude | 1,895 |
| 62 | Raymonde | 1,885 |
| 63 | Solange | 1,870 |
| 64 | Marcelle | 1,690 |
| 65 | Lucette | 1,690 |
| 66 | Viviane | 1,670 |
| 67 | Sylviane | 1,620 |
| 68 | Odette | 1,610 |
| 69 | Régine | 1,540 |
| 70 | Mauricette | 1,530 |
| 71 | Ghislaine | 1,510 |
| 72 | Marguerite | 1,490 |
| 73 | Yolande | 1,460 |
| 74 | Jeanine | 1,425 |
| 75 | Edith | 1,390 |
| 76 | Christine | 1,375 |
| 77 | Nelly | 1,335 |
| 78 | Yvonne | 1,315 |
| 79 | Lucienne | 1,310 |
| 80 | Marie-Claire | 1,305 |
| 81 | Annette | 1,190 |
| 82 | Irène | 1,175 |
| 83 | Georgette | 1,145 |
| 84 | Marie-José | 1,115 |
| 85 | Marie-Françoise | 1,090 |
| 86 | Sylvie | 1,000 |
| 87 | Agnès | 970 |
| 88 | Noëlle | 920 |
| 89 | Aline | 910 |
| 90 | Béatrice | 895 |
| 91 | Rose | 815 |
| 92 | Claire | 805 |
| 93 | Roselyne | 770 |
| 94 | Rolande | 740 |
| 95 | Cécile | 735 |
| 96 | Henriette | 735 |
| 97 | Marie-Paule | 720 |
| 98 | Gilberte | 710 |
| 99 | Marie-Jeanne | 700 |
| 100 | Marie-Louise | 670 |
| Name | Births | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean | 51,185 |
| 2 | Michel | 32,585 |
| 3 | Alain | 22,780 |
| 4 | Daniel | 21,345 |
| 5 | Bernard | 19,825 |
| 6 | Gérard | 19,705 |
| 7 | Christian | 15,265 |
| 8 | Jacques | 14,925 |
| 9 | Claude | 12,805 |
| 10 | Pierre | 12,160 |
| 11 | André | 12,025 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre | 10,565 |
| 13 | Jean-Claude | 10,300 |
| 14 | Guy | 9,390 |
| 15 | René | 7,750 |
| 16 | Robert | 7,410 |
| 17 | Yves | 6,420 |
| 18 | Roger | 6,290 |
| 19 | Serge | 5,920 |
| 20 | Georges | 5,585 |
| 21 | Gilbert | 5,280 |
| 22 | François | 5,235 |
| 23 | Marcel | 5,045 |
| 24 | Patrick | 4,860 |
| 25 | Francis | 4,800 |
| 26 | Henri | 4,650 |
| 27 | Maurice | 4,460 |
| 28 | Joël | 4,065 |
| 29 | Raymond | 3,960 |
| 30 | Jean-Paul | 3,865 |
| 31 | Roland | 3,725 |
| 32 | Marc | 3,645 |
| 33 | Joseph | 3,510 |
| 34 | Paul | 3,370 |
| 35 | Jean-Marie | 3,280 |
| 36 | Louis | 3,225 |
| 37 | Jacky | 3,215 |
| 38 | Dominique | 2,990 |
| 39 | Philippe | 2,920 |
| 40 | Jean-Louis | 2,920 |
| 41 | Gilles | 2,655 |
| 42 | Denis | 2,325 |
| 43 | Lucien | 2,185 |
| 44 | Richard | 1,940 |
| 45 | Didier | 1,810 |
| 46 | Albert | 1,745 |
| 47 | Jean-Jacques | 1,660 |
| 48 | Charles | 1,660 |
| 49 | Jean-François | 1,570 |
| 50 | Patrice | 1,485 |
| 51 | Hervé | 1,355 |
| 52 | Yvon | 1,270 |
| 53 | Hubert | 1,255 |
| 54 | Jean-Michel | 1,150 |
| 55 | Jackie | 1,130 |
| 56 | Noël | 1,120 |
| 57 | Gabriel | 1,105 |
| 58 | Antoine | 1,035 |
| 59 | Fernand | 980 |
| 60 | Rémy | 940 |
| 61 | Emile | 930 |
| 62 | Jean-Luc | 895 |
| 63 | Lionel | 825 |
| 64 | Jean-Marc | 780 |
| 65 | Jean-Yves | 780 |
| 66 | Regis | 750 |
| 67 | Bruno | 745 |
| 68 | José | 720 |
| 69 | Etienne | 710 |
| 70 | Max | 700 |
| 71 | Armand | 610 |
| 72 | Luc | 600 |
| 73 | Edmond | 580 |
| 74 | Norbert | 565 |
| 75 | Eugène | 525 |
| 76 | Thierry | 520 |
| 77 | Edouard | 505 |
| 78 | Pascal | 505 |
| 79 | Léon | 500 |
| 80 | Bertrand | 495 |
| 81 | Jack | 485 |
| 82 | William | 480 |
| 83 | Gaston | 475 |
| 84 | Alfred | 470 |
| 85 | Yannick | 450 |
| 86 | Rémi | 445 |
| 87 | Aime | 440 |
| 88 | Olivier | 435 |
| 89 | Eric | 435 |
| 90 | Martial | 420 |
| 91 | Camille | 420 |
| 92 | Laurent | 410 |
| 93 | Xavier | 365 |
| 94 | James | 360 |
| 95 | Julien | 360 |
| 96 | Vincent | 345 |
| 97 | Yvan | 345 |
| 98 | Sylvain | 330 |
| 99 | Gérald | 320 |
| 100 | Emmanuel | 300 |
Source: INSEE, fichier des prénoms. Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0.