York
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 955since 1880
York over time
Rank among boys' names. York has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,117 | 15 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, York was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about York
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1881 (#909 → #706)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1880–1881
- Highest: 1 in 14,391 boys born in 1881 were named York (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 14.9% of all boys named York (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #706 (1881) | #876 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,084 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,091 (1905) | #1,091 |
| 1910s | 89 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,284 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,588 (1925) | #3,032 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,542 (1933) | #2,757 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,207 (1941) | #2,523 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,438 (1950) | #3,058 |
| 1960s | 142 | #1,902 (1963) | #2,216 |
| 1970s | 97 | #1,987 (1971) | #3,517 |
| 1980s | 95 | #3,201 (1987) | #4,523 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,005 (1991) | #6,625 |
| 2000s | 40 | #7,536 (2004) | #9,635 |
| 2010s | 75 | #6,345 (2018) | #9,052 |
| 2020s | 47 | #5,980 (2020) | #8,524 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
York in 1880
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 22,098 of them was named York, which outranked 14.1% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).