Girls' name · since 1968
Shervon
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 97 babies named Shervon, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,489 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shervon sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 97 recorded since 1968.
Shervon has 97 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1986.
- #27,489 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 97 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shervon ranks #27,489 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,489 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shervon's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shervon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shervon splits its recorded history at 1978: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shervon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1986
- Peak year (1979)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shervon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (49 births, 51% of the file).
1970s was Shervon's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Shervon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Shervon's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 1980s (38) -- 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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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, 1968–1986 (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 Shervon 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.