Table Of Contents
- Most Popular French Names Starting With P : List To Read
- Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Girls
- Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys
- Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls
- Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys
- Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls
- Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys
- Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls
- Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys
- Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls
- Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys
- Video To see (YouTube)
- French Names That Start With P : Pronunciation To Listen (Mp3)
- French Names That Start With P : PDF To Print
Are you looking for a French name beginning with P for your future boy or girl ?
I’ve sorted the 10 most popular French first names (boys and girls) starting with P 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 P in an YouTube video, MP3 and pdf file below (end of the post).
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Most Popular French Names Starting With P : 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 : Patricia is the most popular GIRL first name that start with P between 1946 and 1964 with 126,634 girls born with the first name “Patricia”.
Pascale is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with P given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 64,286 births.
…etc

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PATRICIA | Girl | 126,634 |
2 | PASCALE | Girl | 64,286 |
3 | PIERRETTE | Girl | 23,119 |
4 | PAULETTE | Girl | 21,339 |
5 | PAULE | Girl | 5,705 |
6 | PASCALINE | Girl | 2,626 |
7 | PAULINE | Girl | 1,274 |
8 | PAOLA | Girl | 680 |
9 | PHILOMENE | Girl | 550 |
10 | PILAR | Girl | 490 |
Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys
How to read the graph ?
ex : Philippe is the most popular BOY first name that start with P between 1946 and 1964 with 300,471 girls born with the first name “Michel”.
Patrick is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with P given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 294,192 births.
…etc

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PHILIPPE | Boy | 300,471 |
2 | PATRICK | Boy | 294,192 |
3 | PASCAL | Boy | 162,811 |
4 | PIERRE | Boy | 159,359 |
5 | PATRICE | Boy | 78,278 |
6 | PAUL | Boy | 38,137 |
7 | PIERRICK | Boy | 3,715 |
8 | PIERRE-YVES | Boy | 1,581 |
9 | PIERRE-MARIE | Boy | 887 |
10 | PATRIC | Boy | 792 |
Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PATRICIA | Girl | 73,332 |
2 | PASCALE | Girl | 35,578 |
3 | PEGGY | Girl | 15,836 |
4 | PAULINE | Girl | 3,831 |
5 | PASCALINE | Girl | 3,761 |
6 | PAOLA | Girl | 2,509 |
7 | PERRINE | Girl | 2,498 |
8 | PAULA | Girl | 1,883 |
9 | PIERRETTE | Girl | 1,593 |
10 | PRISCILLA | Girl | 1,372 |
Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PHILIPPE | Boy | 177,301 |
2 | PASCAL | Boy | 126,481 |
3 | PATRICK | Boy | 83,600 |
4 | PIERRE | Boy | 59,419 |
5 | PATRICE | Boy | 49,705 |
6 | PAUL | Boy | 10,817 |
7 | PIERRICK | Boy | 4,059 |
8 | PIERRE-YVES | Boy | 3,579 |
9 | PAULO | Boy | 3,107 |
10 | PEDRO | Boy | 2,263 |
Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PAULINE | Girl | 73,146 |
2 | PERRINE | Girl | 10,885 |
3 | PRISCILLA | Girl | 10,553 |
4 | PAMELA | Girl | 6,158 |
5 | PRISCILLIA | Girl | 5,828 |
6 | PATRICIA | Girl | 5,677 |
7 | PRESCILLIA | Girl | 3,676 |
8 | PASCALINE | Girl | 3,056 |
9 | PASCALE | Girl | 1,946 |
10 | PRISCA | Girl | 1,944 |
Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PIERRE | Boy | 77,845 |
2 | PAUL | Boy | 28,860 |
3 | PHILIPPE | Boy | 19,558 |
4 | PASCAL | Boy | 10,644 |
5 | PATRICK | Boy | 9,121 |
6 | PIERRICK | Boy | 7,197 |
7 | PATRICE | Boy | 5,826 |
8 | PIERRE-YVES | Boy | 3,522 |
9 | PIERRE-ANTOINE | Boy | 2,324 |
10 | PIERRE-LOUIS | Boy | 2,032 |
Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PAULINE | Girl | 47,639 |
2 | PERRINE | Girl | 7,397 |
3 | PALOMA | Girl | 4,327 |
4 | PHILIPPINE | Girl | 2,985 |
5 | PAOLA | Girl | 2,918 |
6 | PENELOPE | Girl | 2,095 |
7 | PRUNE | Girl | 1,769 |
8 | PRESCILLIA | Girl | 1,759 |
9 | PRISCILLIA | Girl | 1,661 |
10 | PRISCILLA | Girl | 1,389 |
Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

1 | PAUL | Boy | 56,214 |
2 | PIERRE | Boy | 41,845 |
3 | PABLO | Boy | 6,846 |
4 | PHILIPPE | Boy | 3,428 |
5 | PAOLO | Boy | 3,342 |
6 | PIERRICK | Boy | 3,333 |
7 | PIERRE-LOUIS | Boy | 2,861 |
8 | PACO | Boy | 1,960 |
9 | PATRICK | Boy | 1,639 |
10 | PAULIN | Boy | 1,486 |
Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PAULINE | Girl | 6,917 |
2 | PALOMA | Girl | 1,763 |
3 | PAOLA | Girl | 1,510 |
4 | PIA | Girl | 1,119 |
5 | PHILIPPINE | Girl | 1,119 |
6 | PÉNÉLOPE | Girl | 990 |
7 | PRUNE | Girl | 823 |
8 | PERRINE | Girl | 705 |
9 | PAULA | Girl | 693 |
10 | PHILOMÈNE | Girl | 573 |
Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

Rank | First Name | Gender | Nombre |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PAUL | Boy | 25,322 |
2 | PIERRE | Boy | 5,685 |
3 | PABLO | Boy | 5,149 |
4 | PAOLO | Boy | 1,723 |
5 | PACO | Boy | 1,069 |
6 | PHARELL | Boy | 946 |
7 | PACÔME | Boy | 844 |
8 | PAULIN | Boy | 827 |
9 | PHILIPPE | Boy | 636 |
10 | PRESTON | Boy | 392 |
Video To see (YouTube)
If you want to listen to the pronunciation of first names beginning with P (girls and boys) and see how they are spelled, you can watch this short video (about 1 minute):
French Names That Start With P : Pronunciation To Listen (Mp3)
If you only want to listen to the pronunciation, you can listen to this audio file (mp3) :
French Names That Start With P : PDF To Print
Please download the most popular French names that start with P (girls and boys) in PDF format to print :
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