French Names for Boys

There are 543 French names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are French names 1 to 20. Adam was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #72 and a usage of 0.28%. The name is primarily used in Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, the Hungarian and French Adrien, and the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian name, Alfred. The unusual French names are Abdon (French and Spanish), Abélard (French), Absolon (French), Achille (French and Italian), Adalard (French), Adnet (French), Adnot (French), Adolphe (French), Aimery (French), Alain (French), Albain (English and French), Alexandre (Catalan, French, Galician, Hungarian, and Portuguese), Allain (English and French), Aloin (French), and Aloïs (French).

French names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. At the height of their usage in 1943, 29.517% of baby boys were given French names. There were 68 French names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. French names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 62 French names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 11.699%. Within all French names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.8702%.

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