Sherman
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 100 births
- Debut · boys
- 54 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 39,190since 1880
Sherman over time
Rank among boys' names. Sherman has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,045 | 19 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,075 | 19 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,427 | 33 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,274 | 34 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,201 | 36 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,171 | 36 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,637 | 47 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,626 | 47 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,809 | 42 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,929 | 39 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,848 | 40 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,904 | 40 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,787 | 43 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,528 | 50 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,207 | 60 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,877 | 72 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,838 | 70 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,857 | 66 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,656 | 75 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,682 | 70 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,400 | 89 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,235 | 108 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,449 | 80 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,197 | 103 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,027 | 124 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,049 | 116 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,043 | 114 | |
| 1994 | — | #892 | 148 | |
| 1993 | — | #889 | 144 | |
| 1992 | — | #792 | 175 | |
| 1991 | — | #756 | 183 | |
| 1990 | — | #793 | 164 | |
| 1989 | — | #704 | 195 | |
| 1988 | — | #721 | 170 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #689 | 172 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #648 | 189 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #627 | 196 |
| 1984 | — | #578 | 216 | |
| 1983 | — | #526 | 251 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #516 | 271 |
| 1981 | — | #496 | 285 | |
| 1980 | — | #484 | 303 | |
| 1979 | — | #491 | 286 | |
| 1978 | — | #453 | 312 | |
| 1977 | — | #464 | 301 | |
| 1976 | — | #459 | 291 | |
| 1975 | — | #429 | 334 | |
| 1974 | — | #438 | 326 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #458 | 291 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #410 | 369 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #410 | 383 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #414 | 387 |
| 1969 | — | #407 | 383 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #411 | 351 |
| 1967 | — | #396 | 370 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #413 | 336 |
| 1965 | — | #387 | 407 | |
| 1964 | — | #373 | 446 | |
| 1963 | — | #376 | 451 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #357 | 491 |
| 1961 | — | #356 | 498 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #325 | 563 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #343 | 511 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #310 | 599 |
| 1957 | — | #336 | 514 | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #323 | 533 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #298 | 590 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #307 | 555 |
| 1953 | — | #286 | 605 | |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #279 | 611 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #268 | 634 |
| 1950 | — | #259 | 635 | |
| 1949 | — | #286 | 558 | |
| 1948 | — | #274 | 595 | |
| 1947 | — | #287 | 577 | |
| 1946 | — | #283 | 519 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #255 | 511 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #260 | 512 |
| 1943 | — | #261 | 541 | |
| 1942 | — | #244 | 552 | |
| 1941 | — | #229 | 559 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #232 | 532 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #221 | 546 |
| 1938 | — | #230 | 521 | |
| 1937 | — | #220 | 543 | |
| 1936 | — | #233 | 485 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #229 | 511 |
| 1934 | — | #258 | 437 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #247 | 442 |
| 1932 | — | #261 | 432 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #256 | 443 |
| 1930 | — | #257 | 473 | |
| 1929 | — | #245 | 503 | |
| 1928 | — | #246 | 511 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #246 | 524 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #258 | 473 |
| 1925 | — | #255 | 499 | |
| 1924 | — | #251 | 527 | |
| 1923 | — | #249 | 507 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #243 | 540 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #257 | 487 |
| 1920 | — | #248 | 488 | |
| 1919 | — | #246 | 463 | |
| 1918 | — | #238 | 503 | |
| 1917 | — | #233 | 466 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #229 | 463 |
| 1915 | — | #233 | 425 | |
| 1914 | — | #236 | 320 | |
| 1913 | — | #221 | 284 | |
| 1912 | — | #237 | 218 | |
| 1911 | — | #231 | 123 | |
| 1910 | — | #226 | 107 | |
| 1909 | — | #192 | 115 | |
| 1908 | — | #182 | 118 | |
| 1907 | — | #239 | 74 | |
| 1906 | — | #232 | 71 | |
| 1905 | — | #228 | 72 | |
| 1904 | — | #202 | 81 | |
| 1903 | — | #212 | 70 | |
| 1902 | — | #201 | 78 | |
| 1901 | — | #212 | 64 | |
| 1900 | — | #199 | 95 | |
| 1899 | — | #202 | 65 | |
| 1898 | — | #201 | 74 | |
| 1897 | — | #214 | 61 | |
| 1896 | — | #162 | 100 | |
| 1895 | — | #194 | 75 | |
| 1894 | — | #153 | 100 | |
| 1893 | — | #201 | 71 | |
| 1892 | — | #199 | 76 | |
| 1891 | — | #166 | 77 | |
| 1890 | — | #199 | 67 | |
| 1889 | — | #217 | 59 | |
| 1888 | — | #187 | 79 | |
| 1887 | — | #160 | 78 | |
| 1886 | — | #200 | 66 | |
| 1885 | — | #197 | 65 | |
| 1884 | — | #193 | 69 | |
| 1883 | — | #225 | 48 | |
| 1882 | — | #235 | 50 | |
| 1881 | — | #222 | 47 | |
| 1880 | — | #216 | 54 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sherman was already there! It came in at #216, and was given to 54 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023–2025, when fewer than 22 boys a year got the name.
See more about Sherman
- 344 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #5,045)
- 1,771 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #5,045)
- 2,236 spots since 2015 (#2,809 → #5,045)
- Biggest jump: 57 spots in 1908 (#239 → #182)
- Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1995 (#892 → #1,043)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #153 (100 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 115 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 115 yrs · run 1880–1994
- Highest: 1 in 1,158 boys born in 1894 were named Sherman (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.8% of all boys named Sherman (5,787) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 615 | #160 (1887) | #205 |
| 1890s | 766 | #153 (1894) | #189 |
| 1900s | 838 | #182 (1908) | #210 |
| 1910s | 3,372 | #221 (1913) | #233 |
| 1920s | 5,059 | #243 (1922) | #250 |
| 1930s | 4,833 | #220 (1937) | #241 |
| 1940s | 5,456 | #229 (1941) | #261 |
| 1950s | 5,787 | #259 (1950) | #301 |
| 1960s | 4,296 | #325 (1960) | #380 |
| 1970s | 3,280 | #410 (1971) | #443 |
| 1980s | 2,248 | #484 (1980) | #599 |
| 1990s | 1,351 | #756 (1991) | #989 |
| 2000s | 715 | #1,235 (2000) | #1,862 |
| 2010s | 416 | #2,626 (2016) | #2,854 |
| 2020s | 158 | #3,274 (2020) | #4,176 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sherman in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Sherman, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 4,395 of them was named Sherman, which outranked 92.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.