Boys' name · since 1963
Shervin
Since 1963, U.S. Social Security records show 237 babies named Shervin, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,990 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,370 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 237
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
237 babies have been named Shervin since 1963, making it today's #8370 boys' name.
Shervin has 237 recorded births among boys since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8370 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #11,990 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,370 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 237 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shervin ranks #11,990 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,370 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 237 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,990 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,370 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 237
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shervin's 237 recorded births place it above 73.63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Shervin compares
237 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shervin's all-time total is 36% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shervin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 237 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shervin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shervin's full recorded timeline at 2000, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shervin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Shervin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (77 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Shervin's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Shervin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 77 births (32% of all-time use).
Shervin by state
Where Shervin concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 12.2% |
29 of 237 births nationwide.
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What to do with Shervin's data
- Shervin's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Shervins (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shervin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Shervin 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.