Yvan — #6888 US boys' name
493 babies named Yvan in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
22% of everyone ever named Yvan was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Yvan in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yvan
The Social Security Administration has registered 493 babies named Yvan between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yvan currently holds the #6888 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yvan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Yvan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Yvan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yvan 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 493 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.
Yvan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yvan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1961
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
Currently ranks #6888 among boys.
493 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 17 births in a single year.
Yvan popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1996 (Yvan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Yvan accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Yvan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 109 births that decade — 22% of Yvan's all-time total
Yvan decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Yvan's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Yvan by state
Where Yvan concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
35 of 493 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1961–2024 (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.