Yvette
Girl nameYvette has been given to 64,233 babies in the U.S. since 1898. It peaked in 1967.
Meaning & origin /iːˈvɛt/
Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
Origin: French
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
64,233
Peak year
1967 (2,754 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1898
10-year trend
▼ -14%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Yvette
Chaka Khan
American singer (born 1953)
Ronnie Spector
American singer (1943–2022)
Yvette Cooper
British politician (born 1969)
Yvette Guilbert
French cabaret singer
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Yvette.
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