Sherard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sherard

The Social Security Administration has registered 537 babies named Sherard between 1967 and 2014, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sherard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherard performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sherard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherard in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 537 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.