Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from York, the city in northern England, the name ultimately comes from the Brythonic Eburacon, Latinized as Eboracum, meaning “yew.” In the Anglo-Saxon period it was altered to Eoforwic, as though from Old English eofor “boar” and wic “village,” then rendered by the Vikings as Jórvík and eventually shortened to York.
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 6 births, rank #10,662
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
20102010: 7 births, rank #9,693
2011: 5 births, rank #12,287
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 8 births, rank #8,789
2014: 7 births, rank #9,642
20152015: 7 births, rank #9,568
2016: 12 births, rank #6,726
2017: 6 births, rank #10,775
2018: 13 births, rank #6,345
2019: 10 births, rank #7,643
20202020: 14 births, rank #5,980
2021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 10 births, rank #7,768
2023: 10 births, rank #7,738
20242024: 8 births, rank #8,987
In 2024, 8 babies were recorded with the name York, ranking #8,987 among boys.