Number of first names in the decade’s top-10 in France, which already were in the previous decade’s top-10, by sex and birth decade, 1800s–2010s. Field: births by decade in France from 1800–1809 to 2010–2019. Sources: Dupâquier et al. 1987, p. 106–107 (1800–1899, N = 89 379) ; INSEE 2020 (1900–2019, N = 85 047 407). Note: Following the convention adopted in (Dupâquier et al. 1987), in this figure the male name Jean includes all male compounds beginning with Jean-XXX and the female name Marie includes all female compounds beginning with Marie-XXX.