Yvan
Boy · ee-VAHN · Hebrew
Yvan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Yvan mean?
Hebrew: French spelling of Ivan, the Slavic form of John
“God is gracious”
A French spelling of Ivan, the Slavic form of John, from Hebrew Yochanan 'God is gracious'.
- Say it
- ee-VAHN
Is Yvan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yvan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yvan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Yvan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Yvan in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 227 boys in the US were given Yvan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
- Ivaan 215
- Yvan 12
Yvan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Yvan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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