Sherwood

Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1938 · 120 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,671
since 1891

Sherwood over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sherwood has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #532, 1938boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#8,9878
2023#10,8216
2022#8,9908
2021#9,7147
2020#8,7398
2019#10,8036
2018#7,61710
2017#12,2465
2016#8,1469
2015#12,0865
2014#9,6427
2013#12,1365
2012#10,7706
2011
2010#12,2315
2009#10,9946
2008#12,5535
2007#12,3675
2006#9,5857
2005
2004#8,1438
2003#7,8318
2002
2001#9,2436
2000#5,92011
1999#5,65611
1998#8,4796
1997#4,45114
1996#5,18711
1995#5,50110
1994#5,45210
1993#4,22714
1992#4,32713
1991#4,00514
1990#3,46717
1989#2,90221
1988#3,91512
1987#4,5739
1986#3,00516
1985#2,94216
1984#2,43720
1983#2,67617
1982#2,83116
1981#3,22113
1980#2,72917
1979#2,31021
1978#2,01224
1977#1,70731
1976#1,78128
1975#2,28819
1974#1,98322
1973#1,58630
1972#1,41836
1971#1,49433
1970#1,27842
1969#1,37634
1968#1,21739
1967#1,23137
1966#1,10045
1965#1,08147
1964#1,08249
1963#99458
1962#1,04653
1961#1,15646
1960#1,02156
1959#85479
1958#82084
1957#77594
1956#75694
1955#86772
1954#77884
1953#77484
1952#74689
1951#72691
1950#73188
1949#73488
1948#76079
1947#5,2955#661109
1946#66096
1945#70973
1944#613101
1943#612106
1942#629101
1941#559115
1940#541118
1939#62987
1938#532120
1937#65083
1936#566103
1935#60293
1934#62392
1933#572101
1932#64488
1931#62690
1930#65489
1929#60699
1928#567117
1927#63898
1926#603109
1925#596111
1924#622105
1923#4,3766#67191
1922#67891
1921#67492
1920#64097
1919#63392
1918#67984
1917#63388
1916#67777
1915#62186
1914#62266
1913#61551
1912#73534
1911#66722
1910#65420
1909#1,0209
1908#82511
1907
1906#79810
1905#1,0027
1904#1,0646
1903
1902#1,0136
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,0026
1897#8527
1896#1,1015
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891#9635
1890
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Sherwood! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Sherwood
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1910 (#1,020#654)
  • Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1909 (#825#1,020)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1938 at #532 (120 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1910–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,243
  • Highest: 1 in 9,243 boys born in 1938 were named Sherwood (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.8% of all boys named Sherwood (1,010) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s23#852 (1897)#980
1900s49#798 (1906)#954
1910s620#615 (1913)#654
1920s1,010#567 (1928)#630
1930s946#532 (1938)#610
1940s986#541 (1940)#648
1950s859#726 (1951)#783
1960s464#994 (1963)#1,130
1970s286#1,278 (1970)#1,786
1980s157#2,437 (1984)#3,123
1990s120#3,467 (1990)#5,075
2000s56#5,920 (2000)#9,580
2010s58#7,617 (2018)#10,631
2020s37#8,739 (2020)#9,450

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.

Sherwood in 1922

boys
#678
91 births · 1 in 11,958 boys

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #678Sherwood91
More about 1922

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 11,958 of them was named Sherwood, which outranked 86.3% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherwood
  1. #674Harding92
  2. #674Ignatius92
  3. #674Reynold92
  4. #678Sherwood91
  5. #678Abel91
  6. #678Bernie91
  7. #678Carleton91
  8. #686Angel90
  9. #686Bertrand90
  10. #686Galen90

Tied with 7 names at #678; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922