Sherman — #4690 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sherman

The Social Security Administration has registered 39,173 babies named Sherman between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sherman currently holds the #4690 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 635 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherman performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5,787 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sherman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherman in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherman 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 39,173 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.