Girl
Yvonne
As a girl's name, Yvonne traces back to French, where it is understood to mean "Yew wood". It was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. 1953 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
FrenchYew wood
FrenchFeminine of Yvon
Births by decade
1900s
980
1910s
3,274
1920s
9,392
1930s
20,336
1940s
23,761
1950s
35,141
1960s
30,086
1970s
16,079
1980s
8,565
1990s
4,985
2000s
2,034
2010s
977
Peaked in the 1950s · 155,610 total U.S. births since 1900