Yves — #5250 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yves

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,184 babies named Yves between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yves currently holds the #5250 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yves performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Yves shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yves in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yves 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 1,184 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.