The City of Lights has set the standard for art, food, fashion, and now pole vaulting. But what about names? Where is baby name style headed in Paris?

To answer that question, we’ve prepared a modified top-10 list. These are the 10 most popular names for Parisian boys and girls, only including names that are more popular today than they were three years ago. Our target is the peak of style: the intersection of popular and fashionable.

Name style changes quickly today, so the upward popularity arrow is a tougher requirement than you might suppose. Most of the overall top 10 miss the mark, including all-time French classics like Louis and Jeanne. The numbers in parentheses show each name’s overall rank in the city of Paris for reference.

Looking at the top of the list, you’d be hard pressed to guess what country these names represent. The boys’ list is studded with Old Testament bibilical names, a category which took hold earliest in the US but is now just as hot in Europe. The girls’ top 3, Alma, Olivia, and Iris are also broadly popular, and are spelled the same in multiple languages including English.

Notably, girls’ names ending in -a dominate, even when the traditional French version uses -e (e.g. Julie vs. Julia). This also tends to move the stress pattern forward, instead of the familiar French stressed endings. Meanwhile, overall top 10 names we eliminated based on falling popularity include Louise, Gabrielle and Adèle.

The overall trend is light, supple, and global. Perhaps the pole vault does point the way after all.