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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Sherwood has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | — | ||
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 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#200 · 1 in 1,789
- Massachusetts#309 · 1 in 10,433
- North Carolina#349 · 1 in 4,439
- Pennsylvania#379 · 1 in 9,886
- New York#478 · 1 in 14,364
Best ever in a state: #136 in Connecticut, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #200 | 6 | 1 in 1,789 |
| Massachusetts | #309 | 5 | 1 in 10,433 |
| North Carolina | #349 | 12 | 1 in 4,439 |
| Pennsylvania | #379 | 12 | 1 in 9,886 |
| New York | #478 | 11 | 1 in 14,364 |
| Michigan | #508 | 5 | 1 in 15,247 |
| Illinois | #550 | 5 | 1 in 18,618 |
| Texas | #946 | 5 | 1 in 19,611 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sherwood
- 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)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1938 at #532 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1910–1959
- 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%)
- 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.
Sherwood in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 354,553 of them was named Sherwood, which outranked 13.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 809 names at #5,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 16,785 of them was named Sherwood, which outranked 84.5% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).