Sherwood
- Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 120 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,671since 1891
Sherwood over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sherwood has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,012 | 24 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,288 | 19 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,586 | 30 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,278 | 42 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,376 | 34 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,217 | 39 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,100 | 45 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,081 | 47 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,082 | 49 | |
| 1963 | — | #994 | 58 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,046 | 53 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,156 | 46 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,021 | 56 | |
| 1959 | — | #854 | 79 | |
| 1958 | — | #820 | 84 | |
| 1957 | — | #775 | 94 | |
| 1956 | — | #756 | 94 | |
| 1955 | — | #867 | 72 | |
| 1954 | — | #778 | 84 | |
| 1953 | — | #774 | 84 | |
| 1952 | — | #746 | 89 | |
| 1951 | — | #726 | 91 | |
| 1950 | — | #731 | 88 | |
| 1949 | — | #734 | 88 | |
| 1948 | — | #760 | 79 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #661 | 109 |
| 1946 | — | #660 | 96 | |
| 1945 | — | #709 | 73 | |
| 1944 | — | #613 | 101 | |
| 1943 | — | #612 | 106 | |
| 1942 | — | #629 | 101 | |
| 1941 | — | #559 | 115 | |
| 1940 | — | #541 | 118 | |
| 1939 | — | #629 | 87 | |
| 1938 | — | #532 | 120 | |
| 1937 | — | #650 | 83 | |
| 1936 | — | #566 | 103 | |
| 1935 | — | #602 | 93 | |
| 1934 | — | #623 | 92 | |
| 1933 | — | #572 | 101 | |
| 1932 | — | #644 | 88 | |
| 1931 | — | #626 | 90 | |
| 1930 | — | #654 | 89 | |
| 1929 | — | #606 | 99 | |
| 1928 | — | #567 | 117 | |
| 1927 | — | #638 | 98 | |
| 1926 | — | #603 | 109 | |
| 1925 | — | #596 | 111 | |
| 1924 | — | #622 | 105 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #671 | 91 |
| 1922 | — | #678 | 91 | |
| 1921 | — | #674 | 92 | |
| 1920 | — | #640 | 97 | |
| 1919 | — | #633 | 92 | |
| 1918 | — | #679 | 84 | |
| 1917 | — | #633 | 88 | |
| 1916 | — | #677 | 77 | |
| 1915 | — | #621 | 86 | |
| 1914 | — | #622 | 66 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five boys were named Sherwood! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sherwood is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sherwood in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sherwood
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1910
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1909
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1938 at #532 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1910–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,243
- Highest: 1 in 9,243 boys born in 1938 were named Sherwood (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.8% of all boys named Sherwood (1,010) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 23 | #852 (1897) | #980 |
| 1900s | 49 | #798 (1906) | #954 |
| 1910s | 620 | #615 (1913) | #654 |
| 1920s | 1,010 | #567 (1928) | #630 |
| 1930s | 946 | #532 (1938) | #610 |
| 1940s | 986 | #541 (1940) | #648 |
| 1950s | 859 | #726 (1951) | #783 |
| 1960s | 464 | #994 (1963) | #1,130 |
| 1970s | 286 | #1,278 (1970) | #1,786 |
| 1980s | 157 | #2,437 (1984) | #3,123 |
| 1990s | 120 | #3,467 (1990) | #5,075 |
| 2000s | 56 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,580 |
| 2010s | 58 | #7,617 (2018) | #10,631 |
| 2020s | 37 | #8,739 (2020) | #9,450 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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