Girls' name · since 1953
Shermane
32 babies named Shermane in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Shermane sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 32 recorded since 1953.
Shermane has 32 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1975.
- #40,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 1953
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shermane ranks #40,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1953, peaking in the 1950s.
- #40,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Shermane's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shermane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shermane's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1954, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shermane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1975
- Peak year (1953)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1975.
32 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 10 births in a single year.
Shermane by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (20 births, 63% of the file).
1950s was Shermane's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shermane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
20 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 20 births (63% of all-time use).
Shermane decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Shermane's data
- Shermane's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (20 total births) through the 1970s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shermane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–1975 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shermane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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