How Many People Are Named Yves?
people named Yves are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 296,430 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,261 babies named Yves in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval French form of IVO (1). This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Yves, 5.1% were girls and 95% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Yves rose from 0% in the 1960s to 20.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yves alive today is about 34 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yves first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1985, to 37 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yves has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,691, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #5,596.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,596 |
| Best rank | #1,691 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,161 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yves alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yves were born in New York than in any other state: about 212 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yves was given 9.6 times as often in New York and 5.3 times in Florida.
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