Girls' name · since 1898
Yvette
Yvette has 64,047 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 64,047
- born since 1898
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yvette currently ranks #1624 among girls' names in America, with 64,047 babies recorded since 1898.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yvette has been recorded 64,047 times among girls since 1898, currently ranked #1624 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2025.
- #509 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,624 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 64,047 born since 1898
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yvette ranks #509 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,624 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 64,047 born since 1898, peaking in the 1960s.
- #509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 64,047
- born since 1898
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yvette's 64,047 recorded births place it above 99.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yvette compares
64,047 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Yvette's all-time total is 170x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yvette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 64,047 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,743 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yvette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yvette's full recorded timeline at 1964, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 2,743 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yvette popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2025
- Peak year (1967)
- 2,743
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Yvette popularity over time - boys
186 total births recorded since 1956 (Yvette as boys' name)
Yvette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (22,088 births, 34% of the file).
1960s was Yvette's strongest decade.
22,088 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Yvette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1900s 67
1900s
67 births
- 1910s 700
1910s
700 births
- 1920s 1,426
1920s
1,426 births
- 1930s 944
1930s
944 births
- 1940s 1,739
1940s
1,739 births
- 1950s 6,114
1950s
6,114 births
- 1960s
1960s
22,088 births
- 1970s
1970s
12,468 births
- 1980s 7,715
1980s
7,715 births
- 1990s 5,529
1990s
5,529 births
- 2000s 3,053
2000s
3,053 births
- 2010s 1,459
2010s
1,459 births
- 2020s 738
2020s
738 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 22,088 births (34% of all-time use).
How Yvette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yvette's total volume
Yvette by state
Where Yvette concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13,873 | 21.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 9,434 | 14.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 7,179 | 11.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 3,300 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,906 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,841 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 1,705 | 2.7% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 1,691 | 2.6% |
13,873 of 64,047 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Yvette appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yvette's data
- Yvette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (22,088 total births); usage has since declined to 738 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yvettes (13,873 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Yvette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~127 yrs)
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, 1898–2025 (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 Yvette 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.