Girls' name · since 1886
Yvonne
Yvonne has 156,119 recorded births since 1886 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,051 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 156,119
- born since 1886
- 1950s
- peak decade
156,119 babies have been named Yvonne since 1886, making it today's #2051 girls' name.
Yvonne has 156,119 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2051 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 2025.
- #257 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,051 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 156,119 born since 1886
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yvonne ranks #257 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,051 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 156,119 born since 1886, peaking in the 1950s.
- #257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,051 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 156,119
- born since 1886
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yvonne's 156,119 recorded births place it above 99.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yvonne compares
156,119 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Yvonne's all-time total is 415x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yvonne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 156,119 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,686 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yvonne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yvonne's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1886, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 3,686, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yvonne popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2025
- Peak year (1953)
- 3,686
- Annual births at peak, across 140 years of records
Yvonne popularity over time - boys
619 total births recorded since 1921 (Yvonne as boys' name)
Yvonne by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (35,041 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Yvonne's strongest decade.
35,041 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Yvonne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 13
1880s
13 births
- 1890s 319
1890s
319 births
- 1900s 980
1900s
980 births
- 1910s 3,274
1910s
3,274 births
- 1920s 9,365
1920s
9,365 births
- 1930s
1930s
20,224 births
- 1940s
1940s
23,673 births
- 1950s
1950s
35,041 births
- 1960s
1960s
29,962 births
- 1970s
1970s
15,997 births
- 1980s 8,507
1980s
8,507 births
- 1990s 4,982
1990s
4,982 births
- 2000s 2,035
2000s
2,035 births
- 2010s 1,209
2010s
1,209 births
- 2020s 538
2020s
538 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 35,041 births (22% of all-time use).
How Yvonne 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 Yvonne's total volume
Yvonne by state
Where Yvonne concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20,534 | 13.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 14,294 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12,621 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 8,187 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 7,720 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 7,641 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6,165 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 4,904 | 3.1% |
20,534 of 156,119 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Yvonne appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yvonne's data
- Yvonne's decade-level peak was the 1950s (35,041 total births); usage has since declined to 538 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yvonnes (20,534 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yvonne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~139 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, 1886–2025 (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 Yvonne 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.