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

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Peak · boys
#706
1881 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
955
since 1880

York over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. York has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #706, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#8,9878
2023—#7,73810
2022—#7,76810
2021—#12,1465
2020#13,4536#5,98014
2019—#7,64310
2018#15,6825#6,34513
2017—#10,7756
2016—#6,72612
2015—#9,5687
2014—#9,6427
2013—#8,7898
2012——
2011—#12,2875
2010—#9,6937
2009—#12,4915
2008——
2007——
2006—#10,6626
2005—#8,2998
2004—#7,5369
2003—#9,5816
2002——
2001—#9,2436
2000——
1999—#9,9125
1998—#8,4796
1997—#6,1009
1996——
1995—#8,8685
1994——
1993—#5,7719
1992—#4,87211
1991—#4,00514
1990—#4,99310
1989—#3,44616
1988—#3,91512
1987—#3,20115
1986—#5,9266
1985—#4,6988
1984—#4,5528
1983—#4,4998
1982—#4,5938
1981—#4,1539
1980—#6,2505
1979——
1978—#3,61410
1977—#5,8455
1976—#3,7249
1975—#3,07812
1974—#3,12011
1973—#3,22310
1972—#4,4416
1971—#1,98721
1970—#2,62113
1969—#2,21715
1968—#2,20014
1967—#2,24213
1966—#2,62710
1965—#1,98716
1964—#2,11415
1963—#1,90218
1962—#2,11715
1961—#2,07016
1960—#2,68510
1959—#3,6196
1958——
1957—#3,5526
1956—#2,62810
1955—#3,8865
1954—#2,44911
1953—#3,4256
1952—#2,6809
1951—#2,8448
1950—#2,43810
1949—#2,8028
1948—#2,7888
1947—#2,49810
1946——
1945—#2,5748
1944——
1943—#2,40510
1942—#2,38610
1941—#2,20711
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1938—#2,8687
1937—#2,6808
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1935—#2,9517
1934——
1933—#2,5429
1932—#2,6389
1931—#2,8648
1930——
1929—#2,58910
1928—#3,0768
1927—#3,4517
1926—#2,9049
1925—#2,58811
1924—#3,5057
1923—#2,9509
1922—#3,0149
1921—#3,2148
1920——
1919—#2,06315
1918—#1,99816
1917—#3,5456
1916—#2,15213
1915—#2,6219
1914—#1,97511
1913—#2,2737
1912—#2,5445
1911—#1,3877
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1905—#1,0916
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1896—#1,1015
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1892—#1,0665
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1888—#9176
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1884—#9715
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1881—#7067
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

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.

Where York is popular in 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #530 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,633 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named York, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#530 · 1 in 6,633

Best ever in a state: #530 in North Carolina, 1929.

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North Carolina#53051 in 6,633
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about York
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1881 (#909 → #706)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,391
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.9% of all boys named York (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#706 (1881)#876
1890s10#1,066 (1892)#1,084
1900s6#1,091 (1905)#1,091
1910s89#1,387 (1911)#2,284
1920s78#2,588 (1925)#3,032
1930s48#2,542 (1933)#2,757
1940s65#2,207 (1941)#2,523
1950s71#2,438 (1950)#3,058
1960s142#1,902 (1963)#2,216
1970s97#1,987 (1971)#3,517
1980s95#3,201 (1987)#4,523
1990s69#4,005 (1991)#6,625
2000s40#7,536 (2004)#9,635
2010s75#6,345 (2018)#9,052
2020s47#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 1929

boys
#2,589
10 births · 1 in 107,562 boys

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #2,589York10
More about 1929

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 107,562 of them was named York, which outranked 43.0% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside York
  1. #2,452Weaver11
  2. #2,452Welford11
  3. #2,452Woodson11
  4. #2,589York10
  5. #2,589Afton10
  6. #2,589Agostino10
  7. #2,589Akio10
  8. #2,766Achille9
  9. #2,766Addie9
  10. #2,766Adelino9

Tied with 176 names at #2,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,188Davey#2,843 → #655
  2. ↑ 554Davie#1,413 → #859
  3. ↑ 374Derald#1,095 → #721
  4. ↑ 358Vernal#1,353 → #995
  5. ↑ 350Ken#1,228 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Adolf#950 → #1,480
  2. ↓ 426Quinton#913 → #1,339
  3. ↓ 349Thornton#963 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 346Verlyn#891 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 346Isidore#891 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1929 →