Boys' name · peaked in 1894
Sherman name popularity since 1925
31,238 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sherman (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1954 or earlier, so the typical Sherman is about 72 years old in 2026. Sherman peaked in 1894 as the #154 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 31,238
- Named Sherman, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1894
- #154 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,169 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 188 girls · 31,050 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 3.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Sherman made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sherman births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1950. Measured as a share of all babies, Sherman peaked earlier, in 1894.
- Steepest fall: Between 1982 and 1987, Sherman's share of baby boys fell by 38%, from 1 in 6,700 to 1 in 10,900.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Sherman's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sherman.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sherman in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 12 | 2,510 | – |
| 1930s | 23 | 4,833 | #229 |
| 1940s | 15 | 5,456 | #257 |
| 1950s | 64 | 5,787 | #298 |
| 1960s | 26 | 4,296 | #387 |
| 1970s | 22 | 3,280 | #431 |
| 1980s | 26 | 2,248 | #629 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,351 | #1,051 |
| 2000s | 0 | 715 | #1,852 |
| 2010s | 0 | 416 | #2,853 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 158 | #5,169 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.8% of babies named Sherman from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sherman is most popular
The index compares Sherman's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sherman.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 3.06× | 1,511 |
| West Virginia | 2.91× | 703 |
| Mississippi | 2.75× | 916 |
| Arkansas | 2.72× | 768 |
| Kentucky | 2.70× | 1,242 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sherman's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sherman.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sherman (1894).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data