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

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Peak · boys
1938 · 120 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,671
since 1891

Sherwood over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sherwood has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #532, 1938boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#8,9878
2023—#10,8216
2022—#8,9908
2021—#9,7147
2020—#8,7398
2019—#10,8036
2018—#7,61710
2017—#12,2465
2016—#8,1469
2015—#12,0865
2014—#9,6427
2013—#12,1365
2012—#10,7706
2011——
2010—#12,2315
2009—#10,9946
2008—#12,5535
2007—#12,3675
2006—#9,5857
2005——
2004—#8,1438
2003—#7,8318
2002——
2001—#9,2436
2000—#5,92011
1999—#5,65611
1998—#8,4796
1997—#4,45114
1996—#5,18711
1995—#5,50110
1994—#5,45210
1993—#4,22714
1992—#4,32713
1991—#4,00514
1990—#3,46717
1989—#2,90221
1988—#3,91512
1987—#4,5739
1986—#3,00516
1985—#2,94216
1984—#2,43720
1983—#2,67617
1982—#2,83116
1981—#3,22113
1980—#2,72917
1979—#2,31021
1978—#2,01224
1977—#1,70731
1976—#1,78128
1975—#2,28819
1974—#1,98322
1973—#1,58630
1972—#1,41836
1971—#1,49433
1970—#1,27842
1969—#1,37634
1968—#1,21739
1967—#1,23137
1966—#1,10045
1965—#1,08147
1964—#1,08249
1963—#99458
1962—#1,04653
1961—#1,15646
1960—#1,02156
1959—#85479
1958—#82084
1957—#77594
1956—#75694
1955—#86772
1954—#77884
1953—#77484
1952—#74689
1951—#72691
1950—#73188
1949—#73488
1948—#76079
1947#5,2955#661109
1946—#66096
1945—#70973
1944—#613101
1943—#612106
1942—#629101
1941—#559115
1940—#541118
1939—#62987
1938—#532120
1937—#65083
1936—#566103
1935—#60293
1934—#62392
1933—#572101
1932—#64488
1931—#62690
1930—#65489
1929—#60699
1928—#567117
1927—#63898
1926—#603109
1925—#596111
1924—#622105
1923#4,3766#67191
1922—#67891
1921—#67492
1920—#64097
1919—#63392
1918—#67984
1917—#63388
1916—#67777
1915—#62186
1914—#62266
1913—#61551
1912—#73534
1911—#66722
1910—#65420
1909—#1,0209
1908—#82511
1907——
1906—#79810
1905—#1,0027
1904—#1,0646
1903——
1902—#1,0136
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1900——
1899——
1898—#1,0026
1897—#8527
1896—#1,1015
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1891—#9635
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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 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Sherwood in 1911, 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 (#1,020 → #654)
  • Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1909 (#825 → #1,020)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s23#852 (1897)#980
1900s49#798 (1906)#954
1910s620#615 (1913)#654
1920s1,010#567 (1928)#630
1930s946#532 (1938)#610
1940s986#541 (1940)#648
1950s859#726 (1951)#783
1960s464#994 (1963)#1,130
1970s286#1,278 (1970)#1,786
1980s157#2,437 (1984)#3,123
1990s120#3,467 (1990)#5,075
2000s56#5,920 (2000)#9,580
2010s58#7,617 (2018)#10,631
2020s37#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.

Sherwood in 1911

boys
#667
22 births · 1 in 10,271 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #667Sherwood22
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 10,271 of them was named Sherwood, which outranked 66.6% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherwood
  1. #644Talmadge23
  2. #644Tim23
  3. #644Winfred23
  4. #667Sherwood22
  5. #667Adolphus22
  6. #667Allison22
  7. #667Alvis22
  8. #689Abram21
  9. #689Alvie21
  10. #689Boyce21

Tied with 21 names at #667; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911 →