Sherrod
Sherrod is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199171 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 1,970people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,970 boys have been named Sherrod in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 71 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 24%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sherrod | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | |
| 1920s | 37 | |
| 1930s | 32 | |
| 1940s | 38 | |
| 1950s | 79 | |
| 1960s | 141 | |
| 1970s | 299 | |
| 1980s | 468 | |
| 1990s | 425 | |
| 2000s | 250 | |
| 2010s | 156 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Sherrod was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Sherrod
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arronpeak 1989
- Terrellpeak 1989
- Miquelpeak 1986
- Matthewpeak 1983
- Geraldopeak 1988
- Demetrispeak 1990
- Derreckpeak 1990
- Frantzpeak 1988
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.