Recorded 1949–2000 Girls' name Peak 1968 839 births

Yevette — girls' name

839 babies named Yevette in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s61950s921960s3791970s2161980s831990s582000s5
1960s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Yevette was born in this single decade.

1968
Single peak year

72 babies were named Yevette in 1968 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yevette

The Social Security Administration has registered 839 babies named Yevette between 1949 and 2000, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yevette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yevette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 379 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Yevette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yevette in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yevette in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 839 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Yevette at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

839

Since 1949

52 years of records

Peak year

1968

72 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1949

Recorded for 52 years

Last year on file: 2000

Yevette popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1949

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (1968)
72
Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
020406080 200019921985197919731967196119551949 6

Yevette by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
379 births that decade — 45% of Yevette's all-time total
1940s61950s921960s3791970s2161980s831990s582000s5

Yevette by state

Where Yevette concentrates geographically — total births since 1949

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Yevette
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
99 11.8%
#2 Texas
22 2.6%
#3 New York
14 1.7%
#4 Louisiana
11 1.3%
California share of Yevette's total US births 11.8%
Even split

99 of 839 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yevette?
839 babies have been named Yevette since 1949. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 1968 with 72 births.
When was Yevette most popular?
Yevette was most popular in the 1960s decade with 379 total births. The single peak year was 1968.
Where is Yevette most popular?
The top states for the name Yevette are California (99 births), Texas (22 births), New York (14 births).
How long has the name Yevette been used?
Yevette has been recorded in Social Security data since 1949, spanning 52 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Yevette?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yevonne, Yeva, Yevetta. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.