French Girl Top 100 of 2021 is out!

Girl Names
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This is the new list:

:bow_and_arrow:= Up
:herb:= Down

I only did the top 100 even though there would be a top 300 because it would be easier to recognize statistics.

LIST

Jade
Louise
Emma
Ambre
Alice
Rose (+1) :bow_and_arrow:
Anna (+4) :bow_and_arrow:
Alba (+46!!! #54 in 2020 and #158 in 2019, entered list in 2016 and this is surprising :eye::lips::eye:) :bow_and_arrow:
Romy (+5) :bow_and_arrow:
Mia (+1) :herb:
Lina (-5) :herb:
Lou (+3) :bow_and_arrow:
Julia
Chloé :herb:( -6)
Léna (+2) :bow_and_arrow:
Léa (-6) :herb:
Agathe (+1) :bow_and_arrow:
Iris (+7) :bow_and_arrow:
Nina (+2) :bow_and_arrow:
Juliette (-1) :herb:
Inaya (-1) :herb:
Zoé
Jeanne
Léonie
Charlie (+2) :bow_and_arrow:
Eva
Mila (-15, was in #13) :herb:
Luna (+4) :bow_and_arrow:
Adèle
Victoire
Inès (-15) :herb:
Olivia (+6) :bow_and_arrow:
Lola (-5) :herb:
Victoria (+4) :bow_and_arrow:
Lucie
Margaux
Romane
Giulia (+7) :bow_and_arrow:
Camille (-6) :herb:
Sofia (+2) :bow_and_arrow:
Charlotte (+2) :bow_and_arrow:
Alix (-3) :herb:
Nour (+5) :bow_and_arrow:
Lyana (+5) :bow_and_arrow:
Margot (+5) :bow_and_arrow:
Sarah (-2) :herb:
Mya (-7) :herb:
Manon (-18, now #49) :herb:
Lya (+4) :bow_and_arrow:
Emy (+4) :bow_and_arrow:
Capucine (-2) :herb:
Ava (+26, #115 in 2019 and #79 in 2020, now #53) :bow_and_arrow:
Elena (-1) :herb:
Alma (+25, #80 in 2020 and #112 in 2019) :bow_and_arrow:
Théa (-4) :bow_and_arrow:
Clémence (-6) :herb:
Alya (+4) :bow_and_arrow:
Clara (-4) :herb:
Lyna (-2) :herb:
Gabrielle (-1) :herb:
Yasmine (-3) :herb:
Lily (+3) :bow_and_arrow:
Apolline (+10, #75 in 2020 and now #65) :bow_and_arrow:
Livia (+5) :bow_and_arrow:
Ella (+23, #90 in 2020 and #67 now) :bow_and_arrow:
Lana (-11, was #57 in 2020 and now #68) :herb:
Assia (+9) :bow_and_arrow:
Zélie (-5) :herb:
Lila (+5) :herb:
Albane (+26, #98 in 2020) :bow_and_arrow:
Céleste (+25, #97 in 2020) :bow_and_arrow:
Maëlys
Roxane (-11) :herb:
Lise (-10) :herb:
Maria (+7) :bow_and_arrow:
Maya (-10) :herb:
Joy (+3) :bow_and_arrow:
Mathilde (-10) :herb:
Alicia (-18) :herb:
Thaïs (-5):herb:
Constance (+2) :bow_and_arrow:
Salomé (+11) :bow_and_arrow:
Valentine (-13) :herb:
Amélia (+5) :bow_and_arrow:
Héloïse (-6):herb:
Lilou (-5):herb:
Anaïs (-16) :herb:
Diane (+12) :bow_and_arrow: New entry to top 100
Maëlle (-5) :herb:
Marie (-3) :herb:
Emmy (+3) :bow_and_arrow:
Léana (-26) :herb:
Célia (-7) :herb:
Elise (-9) :herb:
Noémie (-3) :herb:
Garance (+6) New entry to the top 100 :bow_and_arrow:
Nelya (+16) New entry to the top 100 :bow_and_arrow:
And the last… Joséphine (+3) New entry to the top 100 :bow_and_arrow:

Note for names outside of top 100: The fastest riser is Enola (#250, +192) and lowest go downer is Maëline (-124, #489)

Fall outs from the top 100 of the last year, in order of popularity:

Lisa, Soline, Nora, Elsa.

New entries to the top 100, in order of popularity:

Diane, Garance, Nelya, Joséphine.

Most ups in position (at least +10 this year) :bow_and_arrow:, in order of popularity:

Alba, Ava, Alma, Apolline, Ella, Assia, Albane, Céleste, Salomé, Diane, Nelya

Most downs in position (at least -10 this year) :herb:, in order of popularity:

Mila, Inès, Manon, Lana, Roxane, Lise, Mathilde, Anaïs, Léana

What do you think of this data? It took me a bit of time to collect it. I will do the boy one next time… Spoiler, Léo is not #1 anymore, it is Gabriel… again.

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Thank you for sharing!!

[name_u]Garance[/name_u] is intriguing-never come across that before - and it’s interesting to see names like [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Salome[/name_f] and [name_f]Noemie[/name_f] scoring so high!!

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Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t get [name_u]Alba[/name_u]. It’s not a bad name by any means but it’s so harsh and I don’t understand the gigantic rise.

Odd that [name_f]Nora[/name_f] and [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] fell out. They seem to fit in with trends. [name_f]Soline[/name_f] is also pretty.

[name_u]Alba[/name_u], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_u]Alma[/name_u] - looks a bit like a new Starts-with-A-two-syllables-ends-in-A-trend. I must say that I find it quite boring.

I like [name_f]Lana[/name_f].

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[name_u]Alba[/name_u] doesn’t surprise me! It feels right on trend for France; it’s easy to pronounce and spell, has international roots, and has the certain chic feel that I can’t really describe. I’m not familiar with [name_u]Garance[/name_u] but apparently it’s a type of flower so it gives me similar vibes to [name_f]Iris[/name_f] and [name_f]Capucine[/name_f].

Not super relevant because none of my students were born in 2021, but I knew kids 10 and under named:
[name_u]Jade[/name_u], [name_u]Louise[/name_u], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Ambre[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Lina[/name_f], [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Chloé[/name_f], [name_f]Léna[/name_f], [name_f]Léa[/name_f] (and Léïa), [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_u]Léonie[/name_u], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Louna[/name_f], [name_f]Adèle[/name_f], [name_u]Inès[/name_u] (and Ynès), [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_f]Lucie[/name_f], [name_f]Romane[/name_f], [name_f]Sofia[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Sara[/name_f], [name_f]Manon[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f] (and Helena), [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (and Clar’a), [name_f]Yasmine[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Livia[/name_f], [name_f]Zélie[/name_f], [name_f]Maëlys[/name_f], [name_f]Roxane[/name_f], [name_u]Salomé[/name_u], [name_f]Héloïse[/name_f] (and Éloïse), [name_f]Lilou[/name_f] (and Lylou), [name_f]Anaïs[/name_f], [name_f]Diane[/name_f], [name_f]Maëlle[/name_f], and Joséphine

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Thanks for posting. Interesting. I wonder how much of the ups and downs is to do with celebrities. Is there a [name_u]French[/name_u] celebrity or celebrity baby named [name_u]Alba[/name_u]? I tried Googling but all the results were about [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] [name_u]Alba[/name_u]. :sweat_smile:

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I grew up in [name_u]France[/name_u] and am half-French and it does surprise me, sort of.

I knew that [name_f]Albane[/name_f] was getting sort of trendy but it sounds nicer to me in a [name_u]French[/name_u] accent.

[name_u]Alba[/name_u] pronounced in [name_u]French[/name_u] sounds really harsh to me :frowning: and somehow like là-bas

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I actually think [name_u]Alba[/name_u] sounds quite nice in a [name_u]French[/name_u] accent :woman_shrugging:t3:. Maybe it’s just the region I was in but I had several kids with traditionally Spanish and Italian names: Lorenzo/Enzo, [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_m]Sergio[/name_m], Giulian, [name_u]Ryo[/name_u] (Rio), [name_m]Alessio[/name_m]. It also feels like a lot of the [name_m]Al[/name_m]- names (I had students named [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Alessa[/name_f], Aliya) and the two-syllable, ends in A names (Léna, [name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_f]Jenna[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Ayna[/name_f], [name_f]Louna[/name_f], etc).

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[name_u]French[/name_u] girls names are always quite fascinating to me because while I love many boys names because of their [name_u]French[/name_u] pronunciation, there aren’t really any girls names that fall into that categories for me other than perhaps [name_f]Apolline[/name_f] or [name_f]Capucine[/name_f], that really don’t work with a non-French pronunciation.
The only name that I’d pick the [name_u]French[/name_u] pronunciation over any other legit one is, surprisingly, [name_f]Flora[/name_f]. There’s something light and airy in that [name_u]French[/name_u] R with the emphasis on the second syllable :sunny:

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It just sounds too much like là-bas to me.

[name_u]Alba[/name_u] is used in many cultures. It is the Gaelic word for [name_u]Scotland[/name_u] and I know some Albas from there too.

I can see how it is attractive in [name_u]Scotland[/name_u] to honor your heritage or in Spain because it means “dawn”. But in [name_u]French[/name_u] I personally just don’t like it.

Yes, I never said that I didn’t like Italian or Spanish names in general or that they can’t sound nice in [name_u]French[/name_u], I just dislike [name_u]Alba[/name_u] (in [name_u]French[/name_u], because the B comes out so much) I don’t mind it pronounced in other languages.

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I like [name_f]Flora[/name_f] much better in [name_u]French[/name_u] too.

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I love so many of these names! I have a soft spot for [name_u]French[/name_u] names, they always seem so chic and feminine. It’s also cool to see how choices like [name_f]Apolline[/name_f] and [name_u]Garance[/name_u], which would be very out there here in the states have so much popularity abroad.

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I can see why the similarity to là-bas would be a reason why someone might not want to use it but clearly there are a lot of people in [name_u]France[/name_u] who don’t mind it. I’m not trying to argue with you, there’s no reason why you have to like [name_u]Alba[/name_u], I’m just explaining why it doesn’t surprise me given my experience in classrooms there. And I brought up Spanish and Italian names to show that those sorts of names are well-used in [name_u]France[/name_u].

I actually think the trendiness of [name_f]Albane[/name_f] would help. While I had plenty of students with [name_u]French[/name_u] names, I also had many with more international names, and [name_u]Alba[/name_u] hits all of the familiarity markers that I mentioned, plus feels like a more international version of [name_f]Albane[/name_f].

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