Girls' name · peaked in 1937
Yvonne name popularity since 1925
148,173 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Yvonne. Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Yvonne is about 70 years old in 2026. Yvonne peaked in 1937 as the #77 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 148,173
- Named Yvonne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,063 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 147,559 girls · 614 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 2.31× its national share
Peak year is the year Yvonne 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.
Yvonne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1953. Measured as a share of all babies, Yvonne peaked in 1937.
- Fastest rise: Between 1932 and 1937, Yvonne became 2.6× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 3,920 to 1 in 8,530.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Yvonne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Yvonne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Yvonne 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 | 5,391 | 24 | – |
| 1930s | 20,224 | 112 | #98 |
| 1940s | 23,673 | 89 | #133 |
| 1950s | 35,041 | 106 | #119 |
| 1960s | 29,962 | 133 | #132 |
| 1970s | 15,997 | 83 | #189 |
| 1980s | 8,507 | 62 | #320 |
| 1990s | 4,982 | 5 | #529 |
| 2000s | 2,035 | 0 | #1,142 |
| 2010s | 1,209 | 0 | #1,769 |
| 2020–25 | 538 | 0 | #2,063 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.7% of babies named Yvonne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Yvonne is most popular
The index compares Yvonne'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 Yvonne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 2.31× | 1,557 |
| New Mexico | 2.25× | 1,819 |
| Hawaii | 2.08× | 949 |
| North Dakota | 1.69× | 778 |
| Louisiana | 1.59× | 4,173 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Yvonne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yvonne (this page) | 147,559 | 1937 |
| Ivonne | 6,115 | 1993 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Yvonne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Yvonne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Yvonne (1937).
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