Yvain

Boys' name

Born of yew

Yvain has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1969. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1969, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Yvain, 1969

1 in 695,000

Yvain over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yvain: meaning, origin, and history

Born of yew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yvain means

Yvain means “born of yew”, associated with Owain.

Origin, language, and formation

Yvain is used in Middle French and Old French.

Yvain comes through Old Welsh Owain.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Yvain between 1969 and 1969. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1969; its best national rank was #5,034 in 1969.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Yvain?

Yvain had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1969, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1969: 1 in 695,000; 5 of 3,475,126 births
Among boys only: 1 in 358,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1969: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,756 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yvain sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1969 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,756 children born in 1969 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yvain. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yvains were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yvain was born before 1969 — so the typical Yvain is around 56 today.

Median birth year: 1969; About 56 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Yvain rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1969 (5)
Years since peak: 56; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,034; 1969

Spellings of Yvain

Yvain is not the most common spelling — Evan is, with 53.7% against Yvain's <0.01%.

Evan53.7%287,701
Ivan28.0%150,137
Van5.5%29,432
Zain1.9%9,918
Cain1.4%7,628
Dwain1.4%7,581
Yair0.94%5,042
Brain0.86%4,596

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Yvain around the world

Where Yvain ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1952–2025
#6,316
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Yvain by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,034; 1969
Peak year: 1969; 5 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 1969
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Yvain

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sain Gwain Chain Esain Thain Akain Hunain Delain Obrain Tavain Isain Yain Dawain Aydain Tawain Julain Ifrain Zurain Terrain Laquain Nathain Kylain Zorain Hassain

Sibling names for Yvain

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shannan Marnie Charla Richelle Nichelle Aretha Brigette Nicolle

For a brother

Jacques Judd Douglass Alfonzo Kraig Kelley Edwardo Shon

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