Sherrod
Last seen for girls in 1938 at #4,342 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,970since 1916
Sherrod over time
Rank among boys' names. Sherrod has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,180 | 23 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,356 | 22 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,366 | 22 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,368 | 28 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,044 | 31 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,742 | 34 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,922 | 30 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,914 | 44 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,741 | 49 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,955 | 41 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,336 | 71 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,336 | 69 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,398 | 61 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,296 | 63 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,316 | 56 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,565 | 42 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,614 | 39 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,656 | 35 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,361 | 47 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,514 | 41 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,577 | 38 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,410 | 43 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,704 | 29 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,886 | 24 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,279 | 17 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,699 | 26 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,809 | 19 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
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| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Sherrod! It came in at #3,177, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Sherrod
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1988 at #1,296 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,455 boys born in 1991 were named Sherrod (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,296 in 1988, was only 1 in 30,385 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all boys named Sherrod (468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,177 (1916) | #3,579 |
| 1920s | 37 | #2,804 (1921) | #3,857 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,868 (1938) | #3,551 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,671 (1947) | #3,171 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,376 (1952) | #2,872 |
| 1960s | 141 | #1,680 (1969) | #2,337 |
| 1970s | 299 | #1,400 (1973) | #1,709 |
| 1980s | 468 | #1,296 (1988) | #1,469 |
| 1990s | 425 | #1,336 (1991) | #2,173 |
| 2000s | 250 | #2,742 (2001) | #3,816 |
| 2010s | 156 | #4,180 (2013) | #6,242 |
| 2020s | 33 | #7,034 (2020) | #9,121 |
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.
Sherrod in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 47,390 of them was named Sherrod, which outranked 78.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,594Steffan40
- #1,594Vinh40
- #1,594Wes40
- #1,614Sherrod39
- #1,614Anand39
- #1,614Andra39
- #1,614Antuan39
- #1,644Antwaun38
- #1,644Arash38
- #1,644Benjiman38
Tied with 29 names at #1,614; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.