York

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning wild boar settlement or estate.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

York by the numbers

York was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 1971, making it a 1970s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of York. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yori5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as York

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