- The Yanks – Short version of "Yankees".
- The Pinstripes – Reference to the team's pinstriped uniforms.
- The Bronx Bombers – Reference to the team's home, the New York City borough of the Bronx, along with their propensity for hitting "bombs" (home runs).
- The Bombers – Short version of the previous.
- The Baby Bombers – A description of the relatively young team in 2017 that had much more power than expected and were led by Aaron Judge, a rookie who led the American League with 52 home runs.[42]
- The New Yorkers – Reference to New York City, and the publication The New Yorker.
- The Damn Yankees – Reference to the play and movie of the same name. Used by detractors around Major League Baseball for winning too many championships.
- Murderers' Row – Reference to the championship Yankee teams of the late 1920s, and the first six hitters in the 1927 lineup in particular.
- The Stankees – Used by detractors.
- The Evil Empire – Used by detractors. Reference to the famous indictment of communism by Ronald Reagan. Coined as a term for the Yankees by Red Sox executive Larry Lucchino after the Yankees got rights to deal with José Contreras. The term has been embraced by many Yankees fans.[43]
- The Bronx Zoo – Used by detractors. Reference to the team and the Bronx's turbulent times in the late 1970s, and also the name of a book written by former Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle about the team's 1978 season. Still used sometimes to describe the organization and stadium. The term has been embraced by many Yankees fans.
The Highlanders- former name before Yankees. Derived from the Highlands of the Bronx cliffs