Yvonne

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Yvonne is a feminine given name, the female form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word iv, meaning "yew". Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupational name meaning "archer".

From Wikipedia

Yvonne first appears in the data in 1886 and has been recorded in 137 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1953 with 3,686 babies (rank #104 that year). In 2024 it was given to 80 girls (rank #2,318). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Yvonne

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Yvonne yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

156,647

Total babies (all years)

137

Years in the data

3,686

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Yvonne

Yvonne De Carlofilm actor · b. 1922
Yvonne Strahovskifilm actor · b. 1982
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhatresearcher · b. 1923
Yvonne Mitchellfilm actor · b. 1915
Yvonne Craigfilm actor · b. 1937

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1886	6	#1,105
1888	7	#1,133
1890	7	#1,205
1891	9	#1,004
1892	19	#684
1893	22	#629
1894	29	#545
1895	38	#478
1896	25	#634
1897	53	#405
1898	55	#419
1899	62	#370
1900	90	#358
1901	93	#314
1902	84	#348
1903	109	#301
1904	108	#313
1905	92	#350
1906	94	#346
1907	101	#353
1908	104	#355
1909	105	#355
1910	131	#346
1911	132	#347
1912	217	#313
1913	220	#323
1914	295	#303
1915	379	#300
1916	403	#300
1917	429	#299
1918	522	#274
1919	546	#273
1920	702	#247
1921	761	#237
1922	758	#237
1923	843	#223
1924	910	#217
1925	964	#205
1926	1,067	#192
1927	1,016	#200
1928	1,133	#181
1929	1,211	#168
1930	1,242	#165
1931	1,270	#151
1932	1,215	#160
1933	1,152	#159
1934	1,495	#137
1935	2,387	#98
1936	3,038	#81
1937	3,171	#77
1938	2,606	#101
1939	2,648	#90
1940	2,323	#110
1941	2,198	#120
1942	2,112	#131
1943	1,942	#141
1944	1,791	#141
1945	1,823	#133
1946	2,477	#118
1947	2,914	#117
1948	3,041	#112
1949	3,052	#109
1950	3,242	#110
1951	3,537	#101
1952	3,625	#103
1953	3,686	#104
1954	3,559	#117
1955	3,546	#119
1956	3,584	#121
1957	3,646	#124
1958	3,327	#129
1959	3,290	#132
1960	3,404	#133
1961	3,555	#127
1962	3,382	#132
1963	3,073	#137
1964	3,133	#130
1965	2,954	#132
1966	2,827	#129
1967	2,705	#128
1968	2,574	#125
1969	2,354	#143
1970	2,373	#141
1971	2,188	#148
1972	1,905	#149
1973	1,721	#159
1974	1,541	#173
1975	1,330	#189
1976	1,291	#193
1977	1,207	#209
1978	1,208	#213
1979	1,234	#212
1980	1,159	#221
1981	1,083	#233
1982	1,007	#252
1983	908	#266
1984	794	#301
1985	751	#320
1986	737	#328
1987	730	#335
1988	668	#366
1989	671	#377
1990	713	#371
1991	649	#394
1992	677	#382
1993	558	#448
1994	520	#482
1995	456	#529
1996	447	#528
1997	359	#626
1998	329	#690
1999	274	#800
2000	271	#829
2001	211	#1,024
2002	239	#938
2003	229	#1,012
2004	210	#1,094
2005	205	#1,142
2006	177	#1,326
2007	195	#1,267
2008	172	#1,390
2009	125	#1,755
2010	127	#1,674
2011	129	#1,660
2012	133	#1,628
2013	123	#1,704
2014	127	#1,672
2015	119	#1,769
2016	123	#1,728
2017	99	#2,006
2018	116	#1,772
2019	113	#1,815
2020	116	#1,742
2021	77	#2,364
2022	86	#2,206
2023	87	#2,191
2024	80	#2,318