Sherwood
Sherwood was last recorded in 2024, when 8 babies were given it; 5,682 Americans have been recorded with it between 1891 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,150 Americans named Sherwood and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 52 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sherwood by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Sherwood?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,730, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
120 babies in 1938, the peak
Sherwood peaked in 1938, when 120 boys were given it, #534 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #9,730 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #12,028 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,698 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #10,609 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #9,418 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,917 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #8,063 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #13,936 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,696 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #13,734 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #10,544 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 5 | #13,749 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #12,047 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #13,935 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #12,243 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #14,283 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #14,069 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #10,486 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,790 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #8,498 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #10,353 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #6,237 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,976 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 6 | #9,461 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,634 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,471 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,843 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,807 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,411 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,530 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,181 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,575 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,976 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #4,122 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,893 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,105 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #3,054 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,515 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,773 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,955 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,384 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,812 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,362 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,061 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,738 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,350 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 22 | #2,042 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,607 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,438 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,522 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,293 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,395 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,232 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,247 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,113 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,087 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,092 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 58 | #1,003 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,053 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,172 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,031 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 79 | #859 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 84 | #821 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 94 | #776 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 94 | #760 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 72 | #872 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 84 | #784 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 84 | #777 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 89 | #749 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 91 | #729 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 88 | #734 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 88 | #736 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 79 | #764 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 109 | #661 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 96 | #662 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 73 | #717 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 101 | #613 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 106 | #614 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 101 | #636 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 115 | #562 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 118 | #543 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 87 | #635 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 120 | #534 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 83 | #654 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 103 | #571 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 93 | #604 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 92 | #629 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 101 | #575 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 88 | #650 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 90 | #628 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 89 | #661 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 99 | #608 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 117 | #570 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 98 | #642 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 109 | #604 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 111 | #599 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 105 | #625 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 91 | #673 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 91 | #685 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 92 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 97 | #643 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 92 | #636 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 84 | #683 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 88 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 77 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 86 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 66 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 51 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 34 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 22 | #687 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 20 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,075 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 11 | #870 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 10 | #847 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,075 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,184 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,121 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,102 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 7 | #928 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,248 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,103 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Sherwood a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sherwood has been given almost only to boys: 11 girls in 122 years of records.
Girls and boys named Sherwood: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sherwood, and how old are they?
2,150 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 5,682 Americans ever recorded as Sherwood. The median Sherwood alive today is 67 years old; half are between 52 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 2,580 people named Sherwood (71 women and girls, 2,509 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,573 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 344 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 963 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 441 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 217 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 96 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 83 |
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 Sherwood born?
The states with the most babies named Sherwood are New York, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, with 64% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 573 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 551 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| North Carolina | 460 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Virginia | 262 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Michigan | 117 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 88 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Maine | 82 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Connecticut | 74 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 69 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Massachusetts | 43 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Sherwood is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sherwood is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.6 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 Sherwood 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 Sherwood
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 Sherwood and names like it
- Compare Sherwood and LenwoodBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sSherwood peaked in 1938.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sherwood since 1910.
- The top names of 1938The year the most babies were named Sherwood.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Sherwood alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.