Ivette
Feminine · “yew”
Ivette is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 11,175 girls against 10 boys since 1880.
Ivette is a French diminutive built on the Germanic iv — yew — the wood English longbows were made from.
How old is the name Ivette?
Ivette first appears in US birth records in 1945 — 80 years ago. The typical Ivette alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 10,500 people named Ivette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ivette most popular?
Ivette peaked in 1991, reaching #568 nationally. Today it ranks #2099, 1,531 places below that high. See the whole 1991 chart.
Where it comes from
From iwa to Ivette
The story of Ivette
Yew is hard, springy and toxic, and it made the longbows that decided Crécy and Agincourt; Germanic naming used the wood's name for its associations. Yves and Yvette are the French forms, and Ivette is the Spanish-influenced spelling. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
yew
From the Germanic iv or iwa, 'yew', through the French Yves and its diminutive Yvette. The yew was the bow wood of medieval Europe, which is why the element carries a fighting sense. Ivette is a Spanish and English spelling variant. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- iwa
- Yves
- Yvette
- Ivette
Related forms: Yvette · Ivette · Yves
Pronouncing Ivette
ee-VET
Two syllables, stress on the second. French Yvette is said the same way.
Nicknames for Ivette
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1945
- Most girls named
- 1991409 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #568reached in 1991
- Change vs 2023
- −5.3%89 in 2025, from 94
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ivette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yvette in French — spelling variant
- Ivette in Spanish — same name
- Yves in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Ivettes among us
people named Ivette are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,059 born in 2025 was named Ivette
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carolynn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ivette's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carolynn climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carolynn's path sketches the road Ivette is walking now.
Ivette sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ivette is headed
Ivette should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ivette beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ivette in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name is the wood English longbows were made from is a first-rate fact.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It is standard across French and Spanish naming.
- Yvette is the standard French spelling.
- It is period-coded to the mid-twentieth century.
- Ivette and Yvette will be confused constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ivettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,500 people named Ivette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ivette in 2025?
- Ivette ranks #2099 among US girl names in 2025, with 89 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ivette?
- About 1 in every 18,059 US girls born in 2025 was named Ivette — 89 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ivette with classmates?
- Ivette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ivette
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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