Sherman
Sherman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 154th, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1950635 births
- Best rank
- #154in 1894
- Since 1880
- 39,173people given the name
The story in the numbers
39,173 boys have been named Sherman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 635 births.
The name has all but left use: 21 births in 2024, against 635 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1950s alone account for 15%. It has spent 115 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sherman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 615 | |
| 1890s | 766 | |
| 1900s | 838 | |
| 1910s | 3,372 | |
| 1920s | 5,059 | |
| 1930s | 4,833 | |
| 1940s | 5,456 | |
| 1950s | 5,787 | |
| 1960s | 4,296 | |
| 1970s | 3,282 | |
| 1980s | 2,248 | |
| 1990s | 1,351 | |
| 2000s | 715 | |
| 2010s | 416 | |
| 2020s | 139 |
In 1950, its biggest year
Sherman was the 260th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1950 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Sherman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Roypeak 1947
- Edwardpeak 1924
- Leepeak 1951
- Nedpeak 1939
- Joepeak 1936
- Edmondpeak 1920
- Petepeak 1959
- Ernestpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.