Sheffield vs Sherman

Side-by-side comparison of Sheffield and Sherman - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Sheffield

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Name B

Sherman

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Metric Sheffield Sherman
Current Rank Unranked #4701
Total Births (all years) 77 39,190
Peak Year 1919 1950
Peak Year Births 10 635
Peak Decade 1920s 1950s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1914 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Sheffield Sherman
1880s - 615
1890s - 766
1900s - 838
1910s 18 3,372
1920s 20 5,059
1930s - 4,833
1940s 12 5,456
1950s 5 5,787
1960s 10 4,296
1970s - 3,280
1980s - 2,248
1990s - 1,351
2000s - 715
2010s 12 416
2020s - 158

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Sheffield Sherman
2014 - 39
2015 6 42
2016 - 47
2017 - 47
2018 6 36
2019 - 36
2020 - 34
2021 - 33
2022 - 32
2023 - 19
2024 - 21
2025 - 19

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1914–2018.

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