girls' name ★ peaked 1967

Yvette

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,630 Trend → Stable

A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.

Rank 2025
#1,630
among girls · ↓9 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
128
named Yvette · -1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 12,557
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1967
2,754 babies
All-time total
64,233
#509 all-time among girls
First recorded
1898
in Social Security records

Yvette popularity over time

64,233 babies have been named Yvette since 1898, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s 7 – 7 1 – #1,500
1900s 67 – 67 7 +857% #1,041
1910s 700 – 700 70 +945% #631
1920s 1,426 – 1,426 143 +104% #561
1930s 944 – 944 94 -34% #618
1940s 1,739 – 1,739 174 +84% #504
1950s 6,114 6 6,120 612 +252% #276
1960s 22,088 75 22,163 2,216 +262% #125
1970s 12,468 40 12,508 1,251 -44% #162
1980s 7,715 49 7,764 776 -38% #282
1990s 5,529 16 5,545 555 -29% #337
2000s 3,053 – 3,053 305 -45% #622
2010s 1,459 – 1,459 146 -52% #1,242
2020s (to 2025) 738 – 738 123 -16% #1,621

Where Yvette is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 129 0.08 outside top 500
2027 131 0.08 outside top 500
2028 132 0.08 outside top 500
2029 132 0.08 outside top 500
2030 133 0.08 outside top 500

Where Yvette is most popular

Girls named Yvette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.077 per 1,000. Strongest in California, New York, and Washington.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Yvette born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
California 148 0.176 +130%
New York 51 0.129 +68%
Washington 16 0.111 +44%
Texas 86 0.107 +39%
Oregon 5 0.077 ≈ national
Massachusetts 6 0.050 -35%
Florida 20 0.047 -39%
Minnesota 5 0.046 -40%
Michigan 6 0.033 -57%
Illinois 7 0.031 -60%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Georgia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Carolina – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Yvette

Yvette is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,630 in 2025 with 128 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1898, 64,233 American babies have been named Yvette. Its peak came in 1967, when 2,754 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1960s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Yvette stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Yvette?

The median living Yvette is about 55 years old; half are between 40 and 61. An estimated 57 thousand people named Yvette are alive in the United States today.

median 55 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Yvette year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 128 #1,630 – –
2024 129 #1,621 – –
2023 111 #1,825 – –
2022 126 #1,676 – –
2021 128 #1,639 – –
2020 116 #1,741 – –
2019 122 #1,715 – –
2018 122 #1,709 – –
2017 103 #1,953 – –
2016 115 #1,814 – –
2015 148 #1,525 – –
2014 162 #1,415 – –
2013 149 #1,495 – –
2012 154 #1,476 – –
2011 193 #1,242 – –
2010 191 #1,259 – –
2009 190 #1,283 – –
2008 231 #1,122 – –
2007 245 #1,074 – –
2006 295 #902 – –
2005 303 #839 – –
2004 324 #788 – –
2003 321 #774 – –
2002 344 #719 – –
2001 393 #643 – –
2000 407 #622 – –
1995 515 #483 – –
1990 739 #362 5 #9,474
1985 682 #345 5 #7,568
1980 874 #283 6 #6,233
1975 1,018 #240 9 #3,939
1970 2,052 #162 5 #5,428
1965 2,465 #154 10 #2,779
1960 1,425 #225 – –
1955 563 #370 – –
1950 317 #455 – –
1945 165 #572 – –
1940 119 #644 – –
1935 83 #743 – –
1930 126 #618 – –
1925 160 #567 – –
1920 122 #658 – –
1915 89 #712 – –
1910 17 #1,109 – –
1905 – – – –
1900 5 #2,217 – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Yvette

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper British politician (born 1969) Contemporary
  2. 2 Yvette Nicole Brown Yvette Nicole Brown American actress (born 1971) Contemporary
  3. 3 Yvette Mimieux Yvette Mimieux American actress (1942–2022) Contemporary
  4. 4 Yvette Guilbert Yvette Guilbert French cabaret singer 1865–1944 · 19th century
  5. 5 Yvette Williams Yvette Williams New Zealand athlete (1929–2019) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Yvette, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Yvette?

The median living Yvette is about 55 years old. Half of all living Yvettes are between 40 and 61 years old.

How many people named Yvette are alive today?

An estimated 57 thousand people named Yvette are alive in the United States, based on 64,233 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Yvette mean?

A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.

How popular is the name Yvette in 2025?

Yvette ranked #1,630 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 128 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Yvette?

64,233 babies have been named Yvette in the United States since 1898, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Yvette most popular?

Yvette peaked in 1967, when 2,754 newborns received the name.

Is Yvette a boy or girl name?

Yvette is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Yvette rising or falling?

Yvette has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Yvette become more popular?

Yvette looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 133 girls named Yvette in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Yvette?

Well-known people named Yvette include Yvette Cooper (politician), Yvette Nicole Brown (actor), Yvette Mimieux (actor).

Names like Yvette

Names that sound and feel close to Yvette: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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