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How popular is the name Yves?
Births per year, rank history and how many Yveses are alive today.
Yves (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2125th most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2024 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.
The Yves you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Yveses born in England and Wales are between 7 and 31, and there are at least 160 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Yves - on average, only one in every 1,894 such rooms contains a Yves.
How many babies are named Yves each year?
Where does Yves rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Yves most popular?
Yves peaked in 2021, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Yves?
At least 160 people named Yves born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Yves?
Most living Yveses are between 7 and 31; the most common age is about 4. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Yves becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.