The Ultimate Guide to French B Names: 43 Names that start with B with Sounds and Video

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

I’ve sorted the 10 most popular French first names (boys and girls) starting with B 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 B in an YouTube video, MP3 and pdf file below (end of the post).

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Most Popular French Names Starting With B : 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 : Brigitte is the most popular GIRL first name that start with B between 1946 and 1964 with 165,095 girls born with the first name “Brigitte”.

Bernadette is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with B given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 70,602 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BRIGITTE	Girl	165,095
2	BERNADETTE	Girl	70,602
3	BÉATRICE	Girl	67,699
4	BLANDINE	Girl	5,990
5	BENEDICTE	Girl	5,932
6	BETTY	Girl	2,788
7	BARBARA	Girl	2,106
8	BERTHE	Girl	1,755
9	BLANCHE	Girl	1,308
10	BEATRIX	Girl	988

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Bernard is the most popular BOY first name that start with B between 1946 and 1964 with 245,659 girls born with the first name “Bernard”.

Bruno is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with B given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 102,466 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BERNARD	Boy	245,659
2	BRUNO	Boy	102,466
3	BERTRAND	Boy	21,265
4	BENOÎT	Boy	12,775
5	BENJAMIN	Boy	929
6	BRICE	Boy	896
7	BRAHIM	Boy	764
8	BORIS	Boy	645
9	BLAISE	Boy	539
10	BARTHELEMY	Boy	460

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Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BÉATRICE	Girl	51,904
2	BRIGITTE	Girl	24,656
3	BENEDICTE	Girl	14,533
4	BARBARA	Girl	12,176
5	BLANDINE	Girl	8,222
6	BERNADETTE	Girl	6,878
7	BETTY	Girl	6,065
8	BÉNÉDICTE	Girl	2,932
9	BERENGERE	Girl	2,607
10	BERANGERE	Girl	2,580

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BRUNO	Boy	90,883
2	BENOÎT	Boy	46,899
3	BERTRAND	Boy	28,711
4	BERNARD	Boy	20,775
5	BENJAMIN	Boy	16,375
6	BRICE	Boy	6,218
7	BORIS	Boy	5,540
8	BAPTISTE	Boy	3,173
9	BRAHIM	Boy	2,558
10	BASTIEN	Boy	2,189

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Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BARBARA	Girl	9,033
2	BLANDINE	Girl	7,984
3	BENEDICTE	Girl	5,855
4	BÉATRICE	Girl	5,388
5	BETTY	Girl	4,270
6	BÉRÉNICE	Girl	3,087
7	BERENGERE	Girl	2,980
8	BRENDA	Girl	2,184
9	BERANGERE	Girl	1,986
10	BÉNÉDICTE	Girl	1,942

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BRUNO	Boy	90,883
2	BENOIT	Boy	46,899
3	BERTRAND	Boy	28,711
4	BERNARD	Boy	20,775
5	BENJAMIN	Boy	16,375
6	BRICE	Boy	6,218
7	BORIS	Boy	5,540
8	BAPTISTE	Boy	3,173
9	BRAHIM	Boy	2,558
10	BASTIEN	Boy	2,189

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Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BÉRÉNICE	Girl	4,577
2	BLANDINE	Girl	3,383
3	BLANCHE	Girl	3,133
4	BERTILLE	Girl	2,408
5	BARBARA	Girl	2,048
6	BRENDA	Girl	1,713
7	BENEDICTE	Girl	1,335
8	BINTOU	Girl	1,035
9	BETTY	Girl	977
10	BÉATRICE	Girl	977

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BAPTISTE	Boy	52,393
2	BENJAMIN	Boy	41,164
3	BASTIEN	Boy	25,655
4	BRYAN	Boy	15,141
5	BENOÎT	Boy	9,958
6	BILAL	Boy	8,709
7	BRICE	Boy	6,449
8	BRANDON	Boy	6,325
9	BASILE	Boy	4,991
10	BRIAN	Boy	3,830

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Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BÉRÉNICE	Girl	2,023
2	BLANCHE	Girl	1,737
3	BILLIE	Girl	1,330
4	BRUNE	Girl	1,324
5	BIANCA	Girl	1,194
6	BERTILLE	Girl	1,066
7	BELLA	Girl	1,032
8	BINTOU	Girl	842
9	BASMA	Girl	655
10	BAYA	Girl	640

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	BAPTISTE	Boy	15,701
2	BENJAMIN	Boy	7,298
3	BASILE	Boy	5,902
4	BASTIEN	Boy	5,859
5	BILAL	Boy	3,273
6	BRYAN	Boy	2,284
7	BILEL	Boy	1,876
8	BEN	Boy	1,057
9	BRAYAN	Boy	844
10	BALTHAZAR	Boy	795

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Video To see (YouTube)

If you want to listen to the pronunciation of first names beginning with B (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 B : 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 B : PDF To Print

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

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