53 Popular French Names That Start With A

Are you looking for a French name beginning with A for your future boy or girl ?

I’ve sorted the 10 most popular French first names (boys and girls) starting with A by generation :

• Baby boomers between 1946 and 1964
• Generation X between 1965 and 1980
• Generation Y between 1981and 1996
• Generation Z between 1997 and 2012
• Generation ALPHA between 2013 and today

And you can also see, listen to the pronunciation and print a list of first names beginning with A in an YouTube video, MP3 and pdf file below (end of the post).

Read Also : 59 Popular French Names That Start With M

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Most Popular French Names Starting With A : List To Read

For each generation, you’ll find the 10 most popular French first names, i.e. the names that have been given the most in France during that generation :

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Girls

How to read the graph ?

ex : ANNIE is the most popular GIRL first name that start with A between 1946 and 1964 with 149,140 girls born with the first name “Marie”.

ANNICK is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with A given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 87,921 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ANNIE	Girl	149140
2	ANNICK	Girl	87921
3	ANNE	Girl	85920
4	ANNE-MARIE	Girl	61951
5	AGNÈS	Girl	42842
6	ARLETTE	Girl	28625
7	ANDRÉE	Girl	25375
8	ALINE	Girl	17274
9	ANITA	Girl	14596
10	ANNETTE	Girl	13438

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Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : ALAIN is the most popular BOY first name that start with A between 1946 and 1964 with 357,536 boys born with the first name “Michel”.

ANDRÉ is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with A given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 126,773 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ALAIN	Boy	357536
2	ANDRÉ	Boy	126773
3	ANTOINE	Boy	23557
4	ALBERT	Boy	19087
5	ARMAND	Boy	7459
6	ARNAUD	Boy	6004
7	ALEX	Boy	5619
8	ALEXANDRE	Boy	5556
9	ALFRED	Boy	5314
10	ANTONIO	Boy	4184

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Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ANNE	Girl	79937
2	AURÉLIE	Girl	38849
3	ALEXANDRA	Girl	37207
4	AGNÈS	Girl	36386
5	AUDREY	Girl	34085
6	ANGELIQUE	Girl	31696
7	ALINE	Girl	18867
8	ANNIE	Girl	16367
9	AURORE	Girl	14380
10	ANNE-MARIE	Girl	13223

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Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ALAIN	Boy	68457
2	ARNAUD	Boy	62691
3	ALEXANDRE	Boy	50064
4	ANTHONY	Boy	25559
5	ANTOINE	Boy	22584
6	ANDRÉ	Boy	13749
7	ALEXIS	Boy	10317
8	AURÉLIEN	Boy	9935
9	ANTONIO	Boy	9619
10	ALI	Boy	6028

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Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	AURÉLIE	Girl	126972
2	AUDREY	Girl	91020
3	AMANDINE	Girl	62041
4	ANAÏS	Girl	61086
5	AMÉLIE	Girl	46766
6	ALEXANDRA	Girl	41630
7	AURORE	Girl	38414
8	ANGELIQUE	Girl	36931
9	ADELINE	Girl	33101
10	ANNE	Girl	28810

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Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ALEXANDRE	Boy	128784
2	ANTHONY	Boy	109867
3	ANTOINE	Boy	68108
4	ADRIEN	Boy	53848
5	ARNAUD	Boy	50517
6	ALEXIS	Boy	50144
7	AURÉLIEN	Boy	49066
8	ARTHUR	Boy	17716
9	AXEL	Boy	16536
10	AYMERIC	Boy	8874

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Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ANAÏS	Girl	54595
2	ALICE	Girl	30905
3	AMBRE	Girl	26953
4	ALICIA	Girl	26809
5	AMANDINE	Girl	25504
6	ANNA	Girl	21790
7	AMÉLIE	Girl	21655
8	AGATHE	Girl	21336
9	AUDREY	Girl	15617
10	ALEXIA	Girl	15023

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Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ALEXANDRE	Boy	72883
2	ANTOINE	Boy	69250
3	ALEXIS	Boy	62546
4	ARTHUR	Boy	56528
5	AXEL	Boy	46728
6	ADRIEN	Boy	38833
7	ANTHONY	Boy	35436
8	ADAM	Boy	32196
9	ANTONIN	Boy	17065
10	AURÉLIEN	Boy	17027

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Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ALICE	Girl	28646
2	AMBRE	Girl	22171
3	ANNA	Girl	21737
4	AGATHE	Girl	15625
5	ADÈLE	Girl	12442
6	ANAÏS	Girl	10765
7	ALICIA	Girl	9967
8	AYA	Girl	9862
9	ALIX	Girl	8934
10	ASSIA	Girl	8314

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Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	ADAM	Boy	36448
2	ARTHUR	Boy	33806
3	AARON	Boy	20379
4	AXEL	Boy	18723
5	ANTOINE	Boy	17343
6	ALEXANDRE	Boy	13072
7	AUGUSTIN	Boy	12291
8	AMIR	Boy	10643
9	ALEXIS	Boy	9795
10	AYDEN	Boy	9135

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Video To see (YouTube)

If you want to listen to the pronunciation of first names beginning with A (girls and boys) and see how they are spelled, you can watch this short video (about 1 minute):

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French Names That Start With A : Pronunciation To Listen (Mp3)

If you only want to listen to the pronunciation, you can listen to this audio file (mp3):

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French Names That Start With A : PDF To Print

Please download the most popular French names that start with A (girls and boys) in PDF format to print :

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