"year" as a Column Name in a MySQL Table

Question

Is it okay to name a column in a MySQL table year? Any reason not to?

Answer 1

If you quote your identifiers properly, you can use almost any word you want:

SELECT * FROM `select` WHERE `select`.id > 100;

Answer 2

You can name it year, there is no reason not to do so because it is not the reserved keyword of mysql/sql.