Boys' name · since 1986

Yvens

Yvens has 47 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#22,679 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,513 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
47
born since 1986
1990s
peak decade

Yvens currently ranks #12513 among boys' names in America, with 47 babies recorded since 1986.

Yvens has 47 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12513 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.

  • #22,679 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,513 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 47 born since 1986
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yvens ranks #22,679 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,513 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 47 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.

#22,679 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,513 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
47
born since 1986
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%10.1%
Yvens vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Yvens's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Yvens compares

47 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Yvens's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yvens Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 47 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Yvens's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Yvens's full recorded timeline at 2012, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Yvens popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1986)
7
Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19861990199520032012201720242025 5

Yvens by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 28% of the file).

1990s was Yvens's strongest decade.

13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.

Yvens births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (28% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yvens?
47 babies have been named Yvens since 1986. All-time, it sits at #22,679 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,513 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 1986 with 7 births.
Where does Yvens sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yvens ranks #22,679 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,513 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yvens most popular?
Yvens was most popular in the 1990s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
How long has the name Yvens been used?
Yvens has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 40 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Yvens?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yves, Yvette, Yvenson. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Yvens's data

  • Yvens's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Yvens: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yvens draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.