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Baby name
Yvonne
Girl
Origin of the name
Yvonne is a feminine form of the French Yves. Like it, it is thought to come from the Germanic word for “yew,” a tree whose wood was used to make bows; this origin remains uncertain.
Classic name
156,119births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 103rank at its peak, in 1953
Where babies named Yvonne are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Yvonne is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Yvonne is most common in District of Columbia (2.3 times), New Mexico (2.2) and Hawaii (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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