Is Yves a boy or girl name?

Yves is a boy’s name. Of the 1,261 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys.

Yves

Recorded 1916–2025 · United States

Yves was most popular in 1985, when 37 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,096 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,261 people named Yves.

Yves over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yves’s peak in 1985. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yves a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yves is a boy’s name — 4.7% of the 1,261 Americans given it were girls and 95.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yves

Where Yves is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org