Yvette
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,622 for girls
Yvette is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,622nd for girls in the US (128 babies).
What does Yvette mean?
French
A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yvette a girl's or a boy's name?
Yvette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 128 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yvette in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yvette in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Yvette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 27 | #878 |
How popular is Yvette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,622among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 128about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 128 girls in the US were named Yvette, making it the 1,622nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,728th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 2,743 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Yvette in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yvette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #1,622 |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,613 |
| 2023 | 111 | #1,813 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,670 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,630 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,728 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,708 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,943 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 148 | #1,520 |
| 2014 | 162 | #1,410 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,487 |
| 2012 | 154 | #1,469 |
| 2011 | 193 | #1,237 |
| 2010 | 191 | #1,253 |
| 2009 | 190 | #1,280 |
| 2008 | 231 | #1,117 |
| 2007 | 245 | #1,069 |
| 2006 | 295 | #900 |
| 2005 | 303 | #837 |
| 2004 | 324 | #788 |
| 2003 | 321 | #771 |
| 2002 | 344 | #718 |
| 2001 | 393 | #642 |
| 2000 | 407 | #622 |
| 1999 | 332 | #682 |
| 1998 | 382 | #620 |
| 1997 | 398 | #583 |
| 1996 | 475 | #503 |
| 1995 | 515 | #481 |
| 1994 | 543 | #465 |
| 1993 | 605 | #412 |
| 1992 | 759 | #342 |
| 1991 | 781 | #337 |
| 1990 | 739 | #362 |
| 1989 | 746 | #340 |
| 1988 | 791 | #314 |
| 1987 | 748 | #327 |
| 1986 | 749 | #320 |
| 1985 | 682 | #345 |
| 1984 | 708 | #328 |
| 1983 | 741 | #310 |
| 1982 | 866 | #282 |
| 1981 | 810 | #298 |
| 1980 | 874 | #283 |
| 1979 | 864 | #282 |
| 1978 | 866 | #267 |
| 1977 | 949 | #260 |
| 1976 | 1,002 | #237 |
| 1975 | 1,018 | #240 |
| 1974 | 1,151 | #224 |
| 1973 | 1,265 | #203 |
| 1972 | 1,531 | #189 |
| 1971 | 1,770 | #174 |
| 1970 | 2,052 | #162 |
| 1969 | 2,162 | #151 |
| 1968 | 2,210 | #144 |
| 1967 | 2,743 | #125 |
| 1966 | 2,472 | #143 |
| 1965 | 2,465 | #154 |
| 1964 | 2,552 | #155 |
| 1963 | 2,285 | #170 |
| 1962 | 1,925 | #196 |
| 1961 | 1,849 | #196 |
| 1960 | 1,425 | #225 |
| 1959 | 1,036 | #276 |
| 1958 | 824 | #324 |
| 1957 | 794 | #323 |
| 1956 | 868 | #301 |
| 1955 | 563 | #368 |
| 1954 | 502 | #382 |
| 1953 | 470 | #391 |
| 1952 | 402 | #428 |
| 1951 | 338 | #450 |
| 1950 | 317 | #453 |
| 1949 | 221 | #558 |
| 1948 | 233 | #539 |
| 1947 | 231 | #561 |
| 1946 | 154 | #635 |
| 1945 | 165 | #571 |
| 1944 | 119 | #685 |
| 1943 | 151 | #616 |
| 1942 | 156 | #593 |
| 1941 | 190 | #503 |
| 1940 | 119 | #644 |
| 1939 | 94 | #701 |
| 1938 | 86 | #747 |
| 1937 | 73 | #804 |
| 1936 | 80 | #748 |
| 1935 | 83 | #741 |
| 1934 | 89 | #705 |
| 1933 | 105 | #642 |
| 1932 | 101 | #670 |
| 1931 | 107 | #644 |
| 1930 | 126 | #615 |
| 1929 | 131 | #597 |
| 1928 | 156 | #564 |
| 1927 | 160 | #561 |
| 1926 | 126 | #639 |
| 1925 | 160 | #565 |
| 1924 | 155 | #594 |
| 1923 | 151 | #587 |
| 1922 | 141 | #615 |
| 1921 | 124 | #663 |
| 1920 | 122 | #655 |
| 1919 | 115 | #646 |
| 1918 | 120 | #644 |
| 1917 | 117 | #630 |
| 1916 | 79 | #769 |
| 1915 | 89 | #704 |
| 1914 | 55 | #777 |
| 1913 | 50 | #741 |
| 1912 | 40 | #786 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,069 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
Names like Yvette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yvette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yvette, updated 20 October 2026.