Sherod — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sherod

The Social Security Administration has registered 573 babies named Sherod between 1963 and 2021, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sherod currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherod performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sherod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherod in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherod 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 573 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.