Yvett — girls' name
333 babies named Yvett in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Yvett was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Yvett in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yvett
The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Yvett between 1961 and 2013, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yvett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yvett performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yvett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Yvett in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yvett 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 333 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.
Yvett at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yvett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1961
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
333 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 15 births in a single year.
Yvett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 77 births that decade — 23% of Yvett's all-time total
Yvett decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yvett's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Yvett by state
Where Yvett concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 12.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
43 of 333 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.9% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.9% 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, 1961–2013 (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.