Ivette
Ivette or Ivete is a female given name. It is a variation of the French name Yvette.
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Meaning & Origin of Ivette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ivette or Ivete is a female given name. It is a variation of the French name Yvette.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Ivette
Ivette first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1945, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 409 births, good for #568 nationwide. About 21% of every Ivette on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ivette ranks #2,080 for baby girls with 93 births, rising sharply (+20% over the past five years). All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ivette
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About the name Ivette
Ivette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Ivette's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #568. Use the chart and map above to compare Ivette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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