Yves

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 95.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,661
1981 · 35 births
Debut · boys
1916
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,202
since 1916

Yves over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Yves has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #1,661, 1981boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#5,39917
2024#13,4776#5,24118
2023#9,61610#6,89712
2022—#6,82812
2021—#4,24724
2020—#6,29613
2019—#6,77712
2018—#5,32017
2017—#4,46622
2016—#5,78915
2015#11,8358#5,99914
2014—#8,1309
2013#16,5475#7,53710
2012—#6,00114
2011—#7,00911
2010—#9,6937
2009—#7,69210
2008—#7,18711
2007—#5,90114
2006—#7,9989
2005—#5,87513
2004—#7,5369
2003—#5,87712
2002—#5,39513
2001—#4,47617
2000—#4,20418
1999—#5,03513
1998—#6,8438
1997—#4,45114
1996—#3,10723
1995—#5,12411
1994—#3,10922
1993—#3,50118
1992—#3,22020
1991#10,2717#2,75324
1990—#2,62825
1989#12,3625#2,78422
1988—#2,25527
1987—#2,40023
1986—#2,05728
1985—#1,67237
1984—#2,03626
1983—#2,78716
1982—#2,20723
1981—#1,66135
1980#6,7899#2,00327
1979—#2,31021
1978—#2,56817
1977—#2,36119
1976—#2,11322
1975—#2,45017
1974—#1,93423
1973—#2,71613
1972—#2,41815
1971—#2,20318
1970—#3,07110
1969—#1,91419
1968—#2,73510
1967—#2,24213
1966—#1,96316
1965—#2,08415
1964—#2,8549
1963—#2,67310
1962—#1,71322
1961—#2,24214
1960—#1,77221
1959—#2,66310
1958—#2,8189
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1956—#3,5356
1955—#3,2017
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1953—#3,7985
1952—#3,3736
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,3296
1949—#3,6905
1948—#3,0107
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Yves! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1916–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 158 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #5,399)
  • 897 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #5,399)
  • 600 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1981 at #1,661 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 49,952
  • Highest: 1 in 49,952 boys born in 1985 were named Yves (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,661 in 1981, was only 1 in 51,176 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 22.0% of all boys named Yves (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,897 (1916)#3,897
1920s5#4,201 (1926)#4,201
1930s5#3,776 (1932)#3,776
1940s12#3,010 (1948)#3,350
1950s56#2,663 (1959)#3,223
1960s149#1,713 (1962)#2,219
1970s175#1,934 (1974)#2,414
1980s264#1,661 (1981)#2,186
1990s178#2,628 (1990)#3,977
2000s126#4,204 (2000)#6,214
2010s131#4,466 (2017)#6,672
2020s96#4,247 (2021)#5,818

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yves in 1980

girls
#6,789
9 births · 1 in 184,479 girls
boys
#2,003
27 births · 1 in 66,072 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #6,789Yves9

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #2,003Yves27
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 184,479 of them was named Yves, which outranked 44.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yves
  1. #6,319Yaneth10
  2. #6,319Yohanna10
  3. #6,319Yumi10
  4. #6,789Yves9
  5. #6,789Abeni9
  6. #6,789Adair9
  7. #6,789Addy9
  8. #7,418Adah8
  9. #7,418Adana8
  10. #7,418Adenike8

Tied with 628 names at #6,789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 66,072 of them was named Yves, which outranked 72.5% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yves
  1. #1,965Shamel28
  2. #1,965Terrace28
  3. #1,965Torre28
  4. #2,003Yves27
  5. #2,003Alen27
  6. #2,003Ara27
  7. #2,003Arvin27
  8. #2,058Ahren26
  9. #2,058Alva26
  10. #2,058Americo26

Tied with 54 names at #2,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →