Had Babe Ruth been a player in pretty much any decade other than the one he did retire in, his #3 would not have been reissued by the Yankees.
Derek Jeter’s #2 wasn’t officially retired until May 2017, but there’s no way the team ever would have even considered giving it to someone else. Paul O’Neill’s #21 isn’t retied, but the few times someone else wore it...it didn’t go well.
All of the other notable numbers were pretty much taken out of circulation after their most famous player ended their tenure with the Yankees.