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
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 120 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,671since 1891
Sherwood over time
Rank among boys' names. Sherwood has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,012 | 24 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,288 | 19 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,586 | 30 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,278 | 42 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,376 | 34 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,217 | 39 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,100 | 45 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,081 | 47 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,082 | 49 | |
| 1963 | — | #994 | 58 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,046 | 53 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,156 | 46 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,021 | 56 | |
| 1959 | — | #854 | 79 | |
| 1958 | — | #820 | 84 | |
| 1957 | — | #775 | 94 | |
| 1956 | — | #756 | 94 | |
| 1955 | — | #867 | 72 | |
| 1954 | — | #778 | 84 | |
| 1953 | — | #774 | 84 | |
| 1952 | — | #746 | 89 | |
| 1951 | — | #726 | 91 | |
| 1950 | — | #731 | 88 | |
| 1949 | — | #734 | 88 | |
| 1948 | — | #760 | 79 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #661 | 109 |
| 1946 | — | #660 | 96 | |
| 1945 | — | #709 | 73 | |
| 1944 | — | #613 | 101 | |
| 1943 | — | #612 | 106 | |
| 1942 | — | #629 | 101 | |
| 1941 | — | #559 | 115 | |
| 1940 | — | #541 | 118 | |
| 1939 | — | #629 | 87 | |
| 1938 | — | #532 | 120 | |
| 1937 | — | #650 | 83 | |
| 1936 | — | #566 | 103 | |
| 1935 | — | #602 | 93 | |
| 1934 | — | #623 | 92 | |
| 1933 | — | #572 | 101 | |
| 1932 | — | #644 | 88 | |
| 1931 | — | #626 | 90 | |
| 1930 | — | #654 | 89 | |
| 1929 | — | #606 | 99 | |
| 1928 | — | #567 | 117 | |
| 1927 | — | #638 | 98 | |
| 1926 | — | #603 | 109 | |
| 1925 | — | #596 | 111 | |
| 1924 | — | #622 | 105 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #671 | 91 |
| 1922 | — | #678 | 91 | |
| 1921 | — | #674 | 92 | |
| 1920 | — | #640 | 97 | |
| 1919 | — | #633 | 92 | |
| 1918 | — | #679 | 84 | |
| 1917 | — | #633 | 88 | |
| 1916 | — | #677 | 77 | |
| 1915 | — | #621 | 86 | |
| 1914 | — | #622 | 66 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1938 at #532 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1910–1959
- 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%)
- 17.8% of all boys named Sherwood (1,010) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 23 | #852 (1897) | #980 |
| 1900s | 49 | #798 (1906) | #954 |
| 1910s | 620 | #615 (1913) | #654 |
| 1920s | 1,010 | #567 (1928) | #630 |
| 1930s | 946 | #532 (1938) | #610 |
| 1940s | 986 | #541 (1940) | #648 |
| 1950s | 859 | #726 (1951) | #783 |
| 1960s | 464 | #994 (1963) | #1,130 |
| 1970s | 286 | #1,278 (1970) | #1,786 |
| 1980s | 157 | #2,437 (1984) | #3,123 |
| 1990s | 120 | #3,467 (1990) | #5,075 |
| 2000s | 56 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,580 |
| 2010s | 58 | #7,617 (2018) | #10,631 |
| 2020s | 37 | #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 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 201,061 of them was named Sherwood, which outranked 23.7% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,971Zell7
- #3,971Zilla7
- #3,971Zillie7
- #4,376Sherwood6
- #4,376Aberdeen6
- #4,376Acie6
- #4,376Adalyn6
- #4,967Adala5
- #4,967Adelma5
- #4,967Adia5
Tied with 590 names at #4,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 12,045 of them was named Sherwood, which outranked 86.3% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).