NameTides

Yves

Yves was the #5,399 boys' name in the US in 2025 (17 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Yves as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yves as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Yves as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,399 (17)—#3,153 (5)
2024#5,241 (18)#4,271 (4)—
2023#6,897 (12)#3,113 (6)#2,123 (8)
2022#6,828 (12)#2,530 (8)—
2021#4,247 (24)#2,125 (10)#2,491 (6)
2020#6,296 (13)#3,848 (4)#2,746 (5)
2019#6,777 (12)#2,728 (7)#1,998 (8)
2018#5,320 (17)—#2,740 (5)
2017#4,466 (22)—#2,439 (6)
2016#5,789 (15)#2,804 (7)#1,578 (11)
2015#5,999 (14)#3,004 (6)—
2014#8,130 (9)—#1,936 (8)
2013#7,537 (10)——
2012#6,001 (14)#3,416 (5)—
2011#7,009 (11)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1981 at #1,661.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 2025, 35% of US babies named Yves were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 100,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 100,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yves is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 62,000 to 1 in 230,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yves by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Yves (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YvesCanadaGirls—too few
YvesCanadaBoys#3,1535
YvesEngland & WalesGirls—too few
YvesEngland & WalesBoys—too few
YvesNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
YvesNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YvesUSGirls#10,1079
YvesUSBoys#5,39917