Yvette
Yvette was given to 128 girls in 2025, #1,630 among girls’ names; 64,233 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 55,500 Americans named Yvette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 41 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Yvette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Yvette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Yvette is “a female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.”
Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
/iːˈvɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Yvette?
#1,630 among girls’ names, 2025
Yvette fell from #1,525 in 2015 to #1,630 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 82.9 to 79.6 per million.
2,754 babies in 1967, the peak
Yvette peaked in 1967, when 2,754 babies were given it (2,743 girls, #125 among girls’ names). The 128 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #1,630 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,621 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 111 | #1,825 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,676 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,639 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,741 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,715 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,709 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,953 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,814 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 148 | #1,525 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 162 | #1,415 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,495 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 154 | #1,476 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 193 | #1,242 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 191 | #1,259 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 190 | #1,283 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 231 | #1,122 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 245 | #1,074 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 295 | #902 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 303 | #839 | 0.16 |
| 2004 | 324 | #788 | 0.18 |
| 2003 | 321 | #774 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 344 | #719 | 0.19 |
| 2001 | 393 | #643 | 0.22 |
| 2000 | 407 | #622 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 332 | #683 | 0.19 |
| 1998 | 382 | #621 | 0.22 |
| 1997 | 398 | #584 | 0.23 |
| 1996 | 475 | #504 | 0.27 |
| 1995 | 515 | #483 | 0.29 |
| 1994 | 543 | #466 | 0.30 |
| 1993 | 605 | #412 | 0.33 |
| 1992 | 759 | #342 | 0.41 |
| 1991 | 781 | #337 | 0.42 |
| 1990 | 739 | #362 | 0.39 |
| 1989 | 746 | #341 | 0.40 |
| 1988 | 791 | #314 | 0.44 |
| 1987 | 748 | #327 | 0.43 |
| 1986 | 749 | #320 | 0.44 |
| 1985 | 682 | #345 | 0.40 |
| 1984 | 708 | #328 | 0.42 |
| 1983 | 741 | #311 | 0.44 |
| 1982 | 866 | #282 | 0.51 |
| 1981 | 810 | #298 | 0.49 |
| 1980 | 874 | #283 | 0.53 |
| 1979 | 864 | #282 | 0.54 |
| 1978 | 866 | #268 | 0.57 |
| 1977 | 949 | #262 | 0.62 |
| 1976 | 1,002 | #237 | 0.68 |
| 1975 | 1,018 | #240 | 0.70 |
| 1974 | 1,151 | #224 | 0.78 |
| 1973 | 1,265 | #203 | 0.87 |
| 1972 | 1,531 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,770 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 1970 | 2,052 | #162 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 2,162 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1968 | 2,210 | #144 | 1.3 |
| 1967 | 2,743 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1966 | 2,472 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 1965 | 2,465 | #154 | 1.4 |
| 1964 | 2,552 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1963 | 2,285 | #170 | 1.2 |
| 1962 | 1,925 | #196 | 1.0 |
| 1961 | 1,849 | #196 | 0.92 |
| 1960 | 1,425 | #225 | 0.70 |
| 1959 | 1,036 | #276 | 0.51 |
| 1958 | 824 | #326 | 0.41 |
| 1957 | 794 | #323 | 0.39 |
| 1956 | 868 | #301 | 0.43 |
| 1955 | 563 | #369 | 0.29 |
| 1954 | 502 | #383 | 0.26 |
| 1953 | 470 | #391 | 0.25 |
| 1952 | 402 | #429 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 338 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1950 | 317 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1949 | 221 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 233 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 231 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 154 | #639 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 165 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1944 | 119 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 151 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 156 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 190 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1940 | 119 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 94 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 86 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 73 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 80 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 83 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 89 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 105 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 101 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 107 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 126 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 131 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 156 | #566 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 160 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 126 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 160 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 155 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 151 | #589 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 141 | #621 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 124 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 122 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 115 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 120 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 117 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 79 | #774 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 89 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 55 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 50 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 40 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,217 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,041 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,437 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,787 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,216 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,499 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Yvette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Yvette has been given almost only to girls: 186 boys in 124 years of records.
Girls and boys named Yvette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Yvette, and how old are they?
55,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 64,233 Americans ever recorded as Yvette. The median Yvette alive today is 55 years old; half are between 41 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 53,499 people named Yvette (53,418 women and girls, 81 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 56,792 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 664 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 23,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,650 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,650 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Yvette born?
The states with the most babies named Yvette are California, New York and Texas, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 13,879 | #829 | 2.1× |
| New York | 9,445 | #979 | 1.8× |
| Texas | 7,179 | #1,529 | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 3,300 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,906 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 1,841 | #2,472 | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 1,705 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New Jersey | 1,691 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,587 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 1,515 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Yvette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Yvette is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Yvette with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 65,606 babies since 1880, Yvette is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 128 of their 128 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Yvette
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Yvette and names like it
- Compare Yvette and YevetteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sYvette peaked in 1967.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Yvette since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Yvette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1967The year the most babies were named Yvette.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Yvette alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with YMost given first.