Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “York” in the USA?

Number of people named “York” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “York” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “York” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “York” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “York” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “York” by birth year

This chart shows how “York” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 18 0.00000512 5 13 -44%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 20 0.000005987 6 14 -40%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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