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Yvonne

Gender
Girl
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#3,101 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,051 for girls

Yvonne is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “yew”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,051st for girls in the US (92 babies).

What does Yvonne mean?

French

“yew”

A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Yvonne a girl's or a boy's name?

Yvonne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 92 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Yvonne in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,101st among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Yvonne, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 46 girls.

Half of all the girls named Yvonne in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#70), 1944 (#43), 1954 (#38) and 1964 (#63).

1996Busiest: 46 in 19962025
Yvonne in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
20248#3,076
202310#2,640
202215#1,957
202113#2,202
20208#3,009
20197#3,340
20184#4,914
201715#2,011
20167#3,389
201510#2,629
20147#3,321
201318#1,727
201213#2,210
20118#3,041
201012#2,234
200915#1,848
200811#2,286
200713#1,964
200612#1,987
200515#1,608
200414#1,634
200315#1,492
200217#1,280
20019#1,974
200027#898
199933#766
199829#854
199739#707
199646#590

How popular is Yvonne in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,051st among girls
Babies in 2025
92 about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 92 girls in the US were named Yvonne, making it the 2,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,728th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 3,686 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.

2025 had more girls named Yvonne than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Yvonne in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.

1886Busiest: 3,686 in 19532025
Yvonne in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202592#2,051
202480#2,303
202387#2,176
202286#2,193
202177#2,345
2020116#1,728
2019113#1,802
2018116#1,762
201799#1,989
2016123#1,719
2015119#1,758
2014127#1,665
2013123#1,695
2012133#1,624
2011129#1,655
2010127#1,668
2009125#1,742
2008172#1,386
2007195#1,263
2006177#1,324
2005205#1,139
2004210#1,090
2003230#1,002
2002239#936
2001211#1,013
2000271#828
1999274#797
1998329#690
1997359#625
1996447#528
1995456#527
1994520#481
1993558#447
1992677#382
1991649#394
1990713#371
1989671#377
1988668#365
1987730#335
1986737#328
1985751#319
1984794#300
1983908#265
19821,006#252
19811,083#233
19801,159#221
19791,234#212
19781,208#212
19771,206#209
19761,291#193
19751,330#189
19741,541#173
19731,721#159
19721,905#149
19712,188#148
19702,373#141
19692,353#143
19682,574#125
19672,706#128
19662,827#129
19652,954#132
19643,133#130
19633,073#137
19623,382#132
19613,555#127
19603,405#133
19593,289#132
19583,328#129
19573,645#124
19563,584#121
19553,546#119
19543,561#117
19533,686#103
19523,624#103
19513,537#101
19503,241#110
19493,052#108
19483,041#112
19472,914#117
19462,477#118
19451,823#133
19441,791#141
19431,942#141
19422,112#131
19412,198#120
19402,323#110
19392,648#90
19382,606#101
19373,171#77
19363,038#81
19352,387#98
19341,495#137
19331,152#159
19321,215#160
19311,270#151
19301,242#165
19291,211#168
19281,133#181
19271,016#200
19261,067#192
1925964#205
1924910#216
1923843#223
1922758#237
1921761#236
1920702#247
1919546#273
1918522#273
1917429#299
1916403#300
1915379#299
1914295#303
1913220#322
1912217#313
1911132#345
1910131#345
1909105#352
1908104#353
1907101#351
190694#342
190592#349
1904108#311
1903109#299
190284#346
190193#313
190090#357
189962#368
189855#415
189753#397
189625#621
189538#471
189429#535
189322#614
189219#666
18919#943
18907#1,099
18890–
18887#1,036
18870–
18866#993

Names like Yvonne

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Charlotte, Connie, Bonnie, Billie, Alice, Daphne, Elaine, Eleanor, Michelle, Josephine, Catherine, Florence

Names related to Yvonne

Ivonne, Evonne, Yvonna

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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, “Yvonne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yvonne, updated 20 October 2026.