York

Where York comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for York.

York through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #706
    7 babies named York, its best rank.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1884
    York Bowen born
    English composer and pianist
  5. 1944
    York Höller born
    German composer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • York Bowen · English composer and pianist, 1884–1961
  • York Höller · German composer, born 1944
  • York Rafael · Swedish-Rwandan association football player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.