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How popular is the name Yorick?
Births per year, rank history and how many Yoricks are alive today.
Yorick (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2006 (ranked 4052nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
The Yorick you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Yoricks born in England and Wales are between 15 and 25, and there are at least 40 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Yorick - on average, only one in every 7,575 such rooms contains a Yorick.
How many babies are named Yorick each year?
Where does Yorick rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Yorick most popular?
Yorick peaked in 2006, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Yorick?
At least 40 people named Yorick born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Yorick?
Most living Yoricks are between 15 and 25; the most common age is about 19.
Is Yorick becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.