# Yves (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yves/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːv/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,261 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,202 / 59 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 109, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Yves.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 9 | 7,413 |
| 1989 | 5 | 14,536 |
| 1991 | 7 | 11,503 |
| 2013 | 5 | 19,203 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,967 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,289 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15,232 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,895 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,491 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,294 |
| 2013 | 10 | 8,098 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,762 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,315 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6,046 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4,588 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,533 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,159 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,612 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,359 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,245 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,280 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,437 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,598 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Yves

- Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (1936–2008)
- Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
- Yves Leterme, former Belgian prime minister
- Yves Chauvin, French chemist (1930–2015)
- Yves Klein, 20th century French visual artist (1928–1962)
- Yves Congar, Dominican priest and cardinal (1904–1995)
- Yves Bonnefoy, French poet, essayist, translator (1923–2016)
- Yves Meyer, French mathematician
- Yves Robert, French director (1920-2002)
- Yves Allégret, French film director (1905–1987)
- Yves Boisset, French film director (1939–2025)
- Yves Lampaert, Belgian cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.