York
Boy · YORK · English
York is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “place of yew trees”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does York mean?
English: from the city of York, ultimately from Brittonic Eburacon
“place of yew trees”
From the English city of York, whose Roman name Eboracum comes from a Celtic word for yew trees.
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Is York a girl's or a boy's name?
York is a boys' name.
How popular is York in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named York in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
York in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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