How rare is the name Yves?

4,543 people in the United States have the first name Yves, about 1 in 66,483. It ranks #4,199 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YVES

#4,199

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,543
About
1 in 66,483
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,543 people named Yves, 67% reported their origin as Black, 23.3% as White and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yves peaked in 1985, when 37 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
37
In 2025*
26 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,261 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Yves by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,104. The largest share of babies named Yves, 31.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#13,8275
1930s#11,9535
1940s#10,47012
1950s#7,72356
1960s#5,164149
1970s#5,836175
1980s#5,104278
1990s#8,541185
2000s#13,970126
2010s#13,267144
2020s#10,253121
Greatest Generation 1901–270.8%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–6411.4%
Generation X 1965–8022.5%
Millennials 1981–9631.1%
Generation Z 1997–1215.3%
2013 and later18.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Yves

#4,197 Katya · 4,550#4,198 Leora · 4,545#4,200 Clive · 4,541#4,200 Slade · 4,541

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