French Naturalisation Statistics 2026

Data extracted from decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF)

Year :

Decree type :

En 2026, 14 238 personnes ont obtenu la nationalité française par décret, selon les données extraites du Journal Officiel (JORF).

Naturalisations par décret : 10 562 (74.2%), réintégrations : 62 (0.4%), effets collectifs : 3 614 (25.4%).
Principaux pays d'origine étrangère : Maroc (1 933), Algérie (1 231), Tunisie (997).
106 départements représentés. Les plus actifs : Paris (2 725), Hauts-de-Seine (527), 6 (402).

Total naturalisations

14 238

Naturalisations

10 562

74.2% of total

Reinstatements

0.4% of total

Collective effect

3 614

25.4% of total

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Gender distribution

Male	Female
6 651 (47%)	7 580 (53%)

Age group distribution

18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
219	4 801	3 494	1 397	553	156

By country of origin

194 countries

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#CountryCount%

1France

2 89620.7%

2Maroc

1 93313.8%

3Algérie

1 2318.8%

4Tunisie

9977.1%

5Liban

4122.9%

6Sénégal

3572.6%

7Côte d’Ivoire

3172.3%

8Cameroun

3042.2%

9Russie

2081.5%

10Roumanie

2051.5%

11Italie

1961.4%

12Guinée

1861.3%

13Syrie

1771.3%

14Royaume-Uni

1631.2%

15Haïti

1601.1%

16Brésil

1591.1%

17Colombie

1581.1%

18Madagascar

1491.1%

19Mali

1351.0%

20République démocratique du Congo

1260.9%

21Turquie

1190.9%

22Espagne

1140.8%

23Bénin

1130.8%

24Chine

1050.8%

25Togo

1000.7%

26Etats-Unis

980.7%

27Vietnam

930.7%

28Allemagne

890.6%

29Mexique

880.6%

30Irak

830.6%

31Ukraine

790.6%

32République du Congo

780.6%

33Arménie

760.5%

34Gabon

750.5%

35Bangladesh

710.5%

36Pologne

660.5%

37Afghanistan

640.5%

38Iran

640.5%

39Portugal

640.5%

40Inde

640.5%

41Moldavie

640.5%

42Albanie

630.5%

43Comores

580.4%

44Argentine

510.4%

45Canada

500.4%

46Venezuela

500.4%

47Suisse

490.4%

48Belgique

470.3%

49Soudan

460.3%

50Maurice

430.3%

51Burkina Faso

400.3%

52République centrafricaine

400.3%

53Pérou

380.3%

54Pakistan

380.3%

55Grèce

370.3%

56Arabie saoudite

340.2%

57Kosovo

320.2%

58Egypte

310.2%

59Angola

290.2%

60Niger

280.2%

61Taïwan

280.2%

62Tchad

270.2%

63Mauritanie

270.2%

64États-Unis

260.2%

65Sri Lanka

250.2%

66Serbie

240.2%

67Bulgarie

240.2%

68Suriname

230.2%

69Géorgie

230.2%

70République dominicaine

210.2%

71Rwanda

210.2%

72Hongrie

200.1%

73Djibouti

180.1%

74Népal

180.1%

75Macédoine du Nord

180.1%

76Nigéria

170.1%

77Australie

170.1%

78Burundi

170.1%

79Chili

170.1%

80Thaïlande

160.1%

81Ethiopie

150.1%

82Bosnie-Herzégovine

140.1%

83Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques

140.1%

84Kazakhstan

130.1%

85Cap-Vert

130.1%

86Sierra Leone

120.1%

87Cambodge

120.1%

88Yémen

110.1%

89Libye

110.1%

90Philippines

110.1%

91Yougoslavie

110.1%

92Égypte

110.1%

93Equateur

100.1%

94Afrique du Sud

100.1%

95Équateur

90.1%

96Biélorussie

90.1%

97Suède

90.1%

98Ouzbékistan

90.1%

99Somalie

80.1%

100Irlande

80.1%

101Norvège

80.1%

102Salvador

80.1%

103Slovaquie

80.1%

104Koweït

80.1%

105Bolivie

70.1%

106Danemark

70.1%

107Ghana

70.1%

108Cuba

70.1%

109Congo

70.1%

110Guyana

70.1%

111Emirats arabes unis

70.1%

112Tadjikistan

60.0%

113Corée du Sud

60.0%

114Oman

60.0%

115Paraguay

50.0%

116Kenya

50.0%

117Luxembourg

50.0%

118Malaisie

50.0%

119Azerbaïdjan

50.0%

120Guatemala

50.0%

121Pays-Bas

50.0%

122Macédoine

40.0%

123Israël

40.0%

124Japon

40.0%

125Etats -Unis

40.0%

126Territoires palestiniens

40.0%

127Lettonie

40.0%

128Laos

40.0%

129Singapour

40.0%

130Costa Rica

40.0%

131Indonésie

40.0%

132Libéria

30.0%

133Autriche

30.0%

134Bahrein

30.0%

135Croatie

30.0%

136Jordanie

30.0%

137Kirghizistan

30.0%

138Monténégro

30.0%

139Qatar

30.0%

140République tchèque

30.0%

141Tchécoslovaquie

30.0%

142U R S S

30.0%

143Zaïre

30.0%

144Mongolie

20.0%

145Uruguay

20.0%

146Sainte-Lucie

20.0%

147Jamaïque

20.0%

148Honduras

20.0%

149Guinée équatoriale

20.0%

150Guinée-Bissau

20.0%

151Éthiopie

20.0%

152Estonie

20.0%

153Erythrée

20.0%

154Bhoutan

20.0%

155Corée

20.0%

156Congo-Kinshasa

20.0%

157Turkménistan

20.0%

158Panama

20.0%

159Principauté

20.0%

160Zimbabwe

20.0%

161Ouganda

20.0%

162URSS

20.0%

163Etats-Unis d’Amérique

20.0%

164Var

10.0%

165Finlande

10.0%

166Antigua et Barbuda

10.0%

167Etats- Unis d’Amérique

10.0%

168Moselle

10.0%

169Tanzanie

10.0%

170Émirats arabes unis

10.0%

171Algerie

10.0%

172Orne

10.0%

173Monaco

10.0%

174République populaire de Congo

10.0%

175Congo-Brazzaville

10.0%

176R F A

10.0%

177RFA

10.0%

178Rhône

10.0%

179Malawi

10.0%

180Madagas - car

10.0%

181Lituanie

10.0%

182Kirghizstan

10.0%

183Trinité et Tobago

10.0%

184Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines

10.0%

185Chypre zone turque

10.0%

186Nicaragua

10.0%

187Hautes-Alpes

10.0%

188Seychelles

10.0%

189Chypre

10.0%

190Birmanie

10.0%

191Guinée-Bissao

10.0%

192Slovénie

10.0%

193Guatémala

10.0%

194Georgie

10.0%

Most common first names

#First nameCount%

1Mohamed

2197.9%

2Ahmed

742.7%

3Youssef

652.3%

4Ali

632.3%

5Mohammed

622.2%

6Omar

622.2%

7Adam

521.9%

8Yasmine

511.8%

9Yassine

501.8%

10Sarah

491.8%

11Mamadou

481.7%

12Marie

461.6%

13Maria

451.6%

14Lina

441.6%

15Hamza

441.6%

16Sara

411.5%

17Amine

401.4%

18Salma

391.4%

19Ibrahim

381.4%

20Mehdi

371.3%

21Daniel

361.3%

22Ayoub

341.2%

23Imane

331.2%

24Zakaria

331.2%

25Anna

321.1%

26Fatima

301.1%

27Meriem

301.1%

28Achraf

301.1%

29David

301.1%

30Ines

291.0%

31Nour

281.0%

32Ana

281.0%

33Amir

260.9%

34Karim

250.9%

35Sofia

250.9%

36Oussama

250.9%

37Kenza

240.9%

38Meryem

240.9%

39Oumaima

240.9%

40Aminata

240.9%

41Wassim

230.8%

42Julia

230.8%

43Amadou

220.8%

44Hajar

220.8%

45Amina

220.8%

46Amira

210.8%

47Aicha

210.8%

48Moussa

200.7%

49Hicham

200.7%

50Gabriel

200.7%

51Fatma

190.7%

52Mustapha

190.7%

53Laura

190.7%

54Aya

190.7%

55Asma

190.7%

56Joseph

190.7%

57Jad

180.6%

58Mohammad

180.6%

59Mohamad

180.6%

60Mariam

180.6%

61Haroun

180.6%

62Emma

180.6%

63Fatoumata

180.6%

64Said

180.6%

65Reda

170.6%

66Walid

170.6%

67Ismail

170.6%

68Aylan

170.6%

69Léa

170.6%

70Anas

170.6%

71Lucas

170.6%

72Irina

170.6%

73Eva

170.6%

74Salim

170.6%

75Marina

170.6%

76Zineb

170.6%

77Diana

160.6%

78Ibrahima

160.6%

79Khalil

160.6%

80Rania

160.6%

81Alice

160.6%

82Rita

160.6%

83Noah

160.6%

84Khadija

160.6%

85Ghita

160.6%

86Nadia

160.6%

87Nada

160.6%

88Elena

160.6%

89Amel

160.6%

90Khaled

160.6%

91Daniela

150.5%

92Hind

150.5%

93Soufiane

150.5%

94Abdellah

150.5%

95Selma

150.5%

96Anass

150.5%

97Boubacar

150.5%

98Siham

150.5%

99Lydia

150.5%

100Abdoulaye

150.5%

By department

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#DepartmentCount%

175 — Paris

2 72522.9%

292 — Hauts-de-Seine

5274.4%

36 — 6

4023.4%

494 — Val-de-Marne

3763.2%

531 — Haute-Garonne

3733.1%

613 — Bouches-du-Rhône

3693.1%

759 — Nord

3593.0%

833 — Gironde

3412.9%

969 — Rhône

3022.5%

10973 — Guyane

2792.3%

1178 — Yvelines

2652.2%

1291 — Essonne

2642.2%

1367 — Bas-Rhin

2311.9%

1495 — Val-d'Oise

2311.9%

1577 — Seine-et-Marne

2241.9%

1693 — Seine-Saint-Denis

2181.8%

1744 — Loire-Atlantique

2001.7%

1821 — Côte-d'Or

1961.6%

1938 — Isère

1841.5%

2025 — Doubs

1781.5%

2160 — Oise

1591.3%

2299 — 99

1501.3%

2376 — Seine-Maritime

1391.2%

2468 — Haut-Rhin

1271.1%

2534 — Hérault

1231.0%

2645 — Loiret

1201.0%

2735 — Ille-et-Vilaine

1171.0%

2814 — Calvados

1141.0%

2971 — Saône-et-Loire

1110.9%

3020 — 20

1020.9%

3174 — Haute-Savoie

980.8%

3290 — Territoire de Belfort

880.7%

3383 — Var

820.7%

3437 — Indre-et-Loire

800.7%

3551 — Marne

790.7%

3657 — Moselle

780.7%

3764 — Pyrénées-Atlantiques

740.6%

3886 — Vienne

700.6%

3950 — Manche

700.6%

4089 — Yonne

680.6%

411 — 1

670.6%

4228 — Eure-et-Loir

630.5%

4362 — Pas-de-Calais

610.5%

4439 — Jura

570.5%

4584 — Vaucluse

570.5%

4673 — Savoie

520.4%

4717 — Charente-Maritime

510.4%

4830 — Gard

500.4%

4949 — Maine-et-Loire

500.4%

5080 — Somme

470.4%

512 — 2

470.4%

5287 — Haute-Vienne

450.4%

5310 — Aube

440.4%

5454 — Meurthe-et-Moselle

430.4%

5558 — Nièvre

420.4%

5629 — Finistère

410.3%

5742 — Loire

380.3%

5822 — Côtes-d'Armor

370.3%

5979 — Deux-Sèvres

350.3%

6063 — Puy-de-Dôme

330.3%

6170 — Haute-Saône

310.3%

6256 — Morbihan

290.2%

6353 — Mayenne

280.2%

6441 — Loir-et-Cher

280.2%

6547 — Lot-et-Garonne

250.2%

664 — 4

250.2%

6740 — Landes

240.2%

6824 — Dordogne

240.2%

6916 — Charente

230.2%

7097 — 97

220.2%

7172 — Sarthe

210.2%

72988 — 988

210.2%

7385 — Vendée

210.2%

7466 — Pyrénées-Orientales

210.2%

7511 — Aude

200.2%

7661 — Orne

190.2%

7727 — Eure

190.2%

7826 — Drôme

190.2%

7981 — Tarn

180.2%

8012 — Aveyron

170.1%

8119 — Corrèze

160.1%

8236 — Indre

150.1%

83974 — La Réunion

130.1%

8446 — Lot

130.1%

8532 — Gers

120.1%

8682 — Tarn-et-Garonne

110.1%

8788 — Vosges

100.1%

88972 — Martinique

90.1%

8952 — Haute-Marne

90.1%

907 — 7

90.1%

9118 — Cher

80.1%

929 — 9

80.1%

938 — 8

80.1%

9465 — Hautes-Pyrénées

70.1%

95975 — 975

60.1%

96987 — 987

60.1%

9755 — Meuse

50.0%

98976 — Mayotte

50.0%

9923 — Creuse

50.0%

1005 — 5

50.0%

101978 — 978

50.0%

10215 — Cantal

30.0%

1033 — 3

30.0%

10443 — Haute-Loire

20.0%

10548 — Lozère

10.0%

106971 — Guadeloupe

10.0%

Methodology and data source

These statistics are automatically extracted from naturalisation decrees published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF). They cover naturalisations by decree (NAT), reinstatements of French nationality (REI), and collective effects for minor children (EFF).

This data is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute the official statistics of the French Ministry of the Interior.

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