Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Yvette name popularity since 1925
62,766 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Yvette. Half of them were born in 1969 or earlier, so the typical Yvette is about 57 years old in 2026. Yvette peaked in 1967 as the #125 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 62,766
- Named Yvette, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,630 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 62,580 girls · 186 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 2.96× its national share
Peak year is the year Yvette made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Yvette births per year, 1925–2025
1967 was the biggest year for Yvette both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1958 and 1963, Yvette became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 2,440 baby girls to 1 in 844.
- Steepest fall: Between 1992 and 1997, its share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 2,430 to 1 in 4,370.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Yvette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Yvette.
Decade by decade
Babies named Yvette in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 733 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 944 | 0 | #743 |
| 1940s | 1,739 | 0 | #572 |
| 1950s | 6,114 | 6 | #370 |
| 1960s | 22,088 | 75 | #154 |
| 1970s | 12,468 | 40 | #240 |
| 1980s | 7,715 | 49 | #345 |
| 1990s | 5,529 | 16 | #483 |
| 2000s | 3,053 | 0 | #839 |
| 2010s | 1,459 | 0 | #1,525 |
| 2020–25 | 738 | 0 | #1,630 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.6% of babies named Yvette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Yvette is most popular
The index compares Yvette's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Yvette.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 2.96× | 967 |
| District of Columbia | 2.68× | 729 |
| California | 2.22× | 13,879 |
| New York | 2.07× | 9,286 |
| Arizona | 1.82× | 1,393 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Yvette and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Yvette (this page) | 62,580 | 1967 |
| Ivette | 11,175 | 1991 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Yvette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Yvette.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Yvette (1967).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data