Shermaine
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
- Given to girls 74.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 508since 1947
Shermaine over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
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| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
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| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
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| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
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| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | — | |
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| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Shermaine! It came in at #4,764, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1952, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shermaine is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shermaine in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shermaine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1953 at #2,812 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 69,883
- Highest: 1 in 69,883 girls born in 1974 were named Shermaine (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,812 in 1953, was only 1 in 125,420 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 29.3% of all girls named Shermaine (149) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,764 (1947) | #4,764 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,812 (1953) | #3,226 |
| 1960s | 46 | #4,625 (1967) | #5,905 |
| 1970s | 149 | #3,212 (1974) | #4,380 |
| 1980s | 128 | #3,506 (1980) | #5,870 |
| 1990s | 126 | #4,382 (1992) | #6,248 |
| 2000s | 15 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,642 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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