Sherwin
Sherwin was given to 9 boys in 2025, #8,807 among boys’ names; 3,784 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,370 Americans named Sherwin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 34 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sherwin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Sherwin?
#8,807 among boys’ names, 2025
Sherwin fell from #6,258 in 2015 to #8,807 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 7.3 to 5.3 per million.
66 babies in 1935, the peak
Sherwin peaked in 1935, when 66 boys were given it, #764 among boys’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,807 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,871 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,809 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 6 | #12,095 | 3.4 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,516 | 9.7 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,235 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,758 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,645 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,282 | 7.6 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,753 | 8.4 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #6,258 | 7.3 |
| 2014 | 10 | #8,032 | 5.2 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,870 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,581 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,963 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,492 | 5.7 |
| 2009 | 5 | #14,174 | 2.5 |
| 2008 | 15 | #6,012 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,770 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,827 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,795 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,564 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,389 | 9.6 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,536 | 12.9 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,598 | 12.4 |
| 2000 | 20 | #4,032 | 10.2 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,675 | 10.9 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,074 | 13.6 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,887 | 14.3 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,580 | 15.8 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,431 | 16.8 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,295 | 18.1 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,385 | 16.3 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,722 | 25.0 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,215 | 16.3 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,035 | 18.0 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,983 | 18.5 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,783 | 20.4 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,500 | 25.7 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,488 | 25.0 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,349 | 28.1 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,501 | 23.3 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,394 | 25.7 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,533 | 22.6 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,473 | 24.0 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,289 | 29.7 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,317 | 29.0 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,228 | 32.9 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,404 | 26.2 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,284 | 30.6 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,424 | 25.0 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,305 | 27.3 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,090 | 35.9 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,208 | 29.0 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,089 | 32.2 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,101 | 30.1 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,148 | 26.3 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,204 | 23.6 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,283 | 20.1 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,158 | 23.5 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,422 | 16.1 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,308 | 18.6 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,656 | 11.8 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,751 | 10.6 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,491 | 14.1 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,575 | 12.7 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,244 | 18.7 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,263 | 17.9 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,182 | 20.4 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,282 | 17.5 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,162 | 20.4 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,064 | 24.5 |
| 1953 | 57 | #956 | 28.9 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,041 | 25.2 |
| 1951 | 51 | #990 | 27.1 |
| 1950 | 53 | #954 | 29.6 |
| 1949 | 50 | #995 | 28.2 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,032 | 26.8 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,143 | 22.4 |
| 1946 | 48 | #975 | 29.6 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,069 | 27.5 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,190 | 23.5 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,072 | 28.7 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,108 | 28.2 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,106 | 29.3 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,005 | 36.2 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,068 | 33.4 |
| 1938 | 49 | #909 | 44.2 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,054 | 35.6 |
| 1936 | 58 | #810 | 55.9 |
| 1935 | 66 | #764 | 63.4 |
| 1934 | 46 | #938 | 44.5 |
| 1933 | 46 | #933 | 46.4 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,052 | 39.3 |
| 1931 | 52 | #899 | 50.0 |
| 1930 | 52 | #940 | 47.4 |
| 1929 | 55 | #912 | 51.1 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,040 | 40.6 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,108 | 37.3 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,429 | 24.3 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,104 | 36.7 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,485 | 23.8 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,543 | 22.8 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,331 | 28.5 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,819 | 18.2 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,686 | 20.7 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,373 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,149 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,889 | 18.4 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,688 | 21.3 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,954 | 17.7 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,954 | 18.3 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,472 | 13.7 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,854 | 11.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Sherwin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sherwin has been given almost only to boys: 15 girls in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Sherwin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sherwin, and how old are they?
2,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 3,784 Americans ever recorded as Sherwin. The median Sherwin alive today is 48 years old; half are between 34 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 3,798 people named Sherwin (148 women and girls, 3,650 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,551 born in the U.S. The Census count is 49% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 144 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 514 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 661 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 610 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 288 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 154 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sherwin born?
The states with the most babies named Sherwin are Illinois, New York and California, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 438 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| New York | 312 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 233 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 29 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Hawaii | 19 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 12 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Sherwin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sherwin is most over-represented in Illinois: since 1912 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sherwin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sherwin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sherwin and names like it
- Compare Sherwin and NarcisoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sSherwin peaked in 1935.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sherwin since 1910.
- The top names of 1935The year the most babies were named Sherwin.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Sherwin alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with SMost given first.