Yves

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yves: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yves: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,595 in 2001, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1595highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2003

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
2001	#3262
2003	#4373

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yves appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 95 births with the name.

Yves across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Yves's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1595 (2001)	#4270 (2024)	17 of 29	95 (1996–2024)	10 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#3142 (1998)	#4373 (2003)	4 of 7	14 (1997–2003)	4 (1998)

Yves by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yves in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	26	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	31	5 of 10	6
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yves appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1595 in England and Wales in 2001.

Yves's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,595, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ansel · #1595, 20y
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Badr · #1595, 21y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Athanasios · #1595, 17y
Badr · #1595, 21y
Davide · #1595, 27y
Elwyn · #1595, 21y

Yves and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yves without appearing here.

Yves moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3416 and #2721 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #4702.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.
Graeme Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Yves

Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #569.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #848.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Henrik Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #1962.

Moved the opposite way to Yves

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Yves

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yves went from #1765 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1595 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yves

Yves at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yves across 2 official records

Yves by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yves appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Yves at a glance

Yves across 2 official records

Yves by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yves appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yves and the names beside it

Yves moved ahead of

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