Sherrod — #7790 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sherrod

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,970 babies named Sherrod between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sherrod currently holds the #7790 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 71 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherrod performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 468 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sherrod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherrod in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherrod 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 1,970 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.