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Baby name

Yvette

Girl

Origin of the name

Yvette is a French feminine form of Yves. Like it, it is thought to come from the Germanic word for “yew,” but this origin remains uncertain.

Short-lived name

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Yvette peaked in 1967, when 1 baby in 1,238 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 95% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 1622. 34% of all babies named Yvette since 1880 were born in the 1960s.
64,047births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 125rank at its peak, in 1967

Where babies named Yvette are born

1967

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The darker the blue, the more common Yvette is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Yvette is most common in New Mexico (3 times), District of Columbia (2.7) and Maine (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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