Sheriff vs Sherman

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

Name A

Sheriff

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Name B

Sherman

Boy name · Rank #5045

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Metric Sheriff Sherman
Current Rank Unranked #5045
Total Births (all years) 102 39,190
Peak Year 1986 1950
Peak Year Births 8 635
Peak Decade 2000s 1950s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1986 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Sheriff 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 - 3,280
1980s 8 2,248
1990s 10 1,351
2000s 46 715
2010s 27 416
2020s 11 158

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Sheriff Sherman
2014 - 39
2015 - 42
2016 - 47
2017 - 47
2018 - 36
2019 6 36
2020 - 34
2021 - 33
2022 6 32
2023 5 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, 1986–2023.

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