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How popular is “Sherman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sherman” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sherman” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sherman” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sherman” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sherman” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sherman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sherman” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 54 0.000268011 54 -100%
1881 47 0.000243918 47 -100%
1882 50 0.0002257 50 -100%
1883 48 0.000221253 48 -100%
1884 69 0.000283413 69 -100%
1885 65 0.000269873 65 -100%
1886 66 0.000258503 66 -100%
1887 78 0.000315289 78 -100%
1888 79 0.000263796 79 -100%
1889 59 0.00020419 59 -100%
1890 67 0.000222295 67 -100%
1891 77 0.000268599 77 -100%
1892 76 0.00022729 76 -100%
1893 71 0.000218312 71 -100%
1894 100 0.000295255 100 -100%
1895 75 0.000213663 75 -100%
1896 100 0.000279733 100 -100%
1897 61 0.000175814 61 -100%
1898 74 0.000193994 74 -100%
1899 65 0.000191608 65 -100%
1900 95 0.00021099 95 -100%
1901 64 0.000185072 64 -100%
1902 78 0.00020169 78 -100%
1903 70 0.000183631 70 -100%
1904 81 0.000200751 81 -100%
1905 72 0.000169843 72 -100%
1906 71 0.000165713 71 -100%
1907 74 0.000159006 74 -100%
1908 118 0.000241482 118 -100%
1909 115 0.00022495 115 -100%
1910 107 0.000181138 107 -100%
1911 123 0.000190911 123 -100%
1912 218 0.000220634 218 -100%
1913 284 0.000249756 284 -100%
1914 320 0.000225934 320 -100%
1915 425 0.000231933 425 -100%
1916 468 0.000241933 5 463 -98%
1917 466 0.000232216 466 -100%
1918 503 0.000231679 503 -100%
1919 463 0.000219406 463 -100%
1920 488 0.000215677 488 -100%
1921 492 0.000210751 5 487 -98%
1922 545 0.000238079 5 540 -98%
1923 507 0.000220197 507 -100%
1924 527 0.000221279 527 -100%
1925 499 0.00021386 499 -100%
1926 479 0.000208632 6 473 -97%
1927 530 0.000228512 6 524 -98%
1928 511 0.000226012 511 -100%
1929 503 0.000229454 503 -100%
1930 473 0.000212748 473 -100%
1931 448 0.000212888 5 443 -98%
1932 432 0.000204614 432 -100%
1933 447 0.000223562 5 442 -98%
1934 437 0.000210418 437 -100%
1935 519 0.000248337 8 511 -97%
1936 485 0.000233445 485 -100%
1937 543 0.000254849 543 -100%
1938 521 0.000235472 521 -100%
1939 551 0.000250063 5 546 -98%
1940 537 0.000233206 5 532 -98%
1941 559 0.000229435 559 -100%
1942 552 0.000202063 552 -100%
1943 541 0.00019167 541 -100%
1944 517 0.000192188 5 512 -98%
1945 516 0.000194503 5 511 -98%
1946 519 0.000162426 519 -100%
1947 577 0.000160174 577 -100%
1948 595 0.000172338 595 -100%
1949 558 0.000160125 558 -100%
1950 635 0.000181255 635 -100%
1951 644 0.000174822 10 634 -97%
1952 621 0.000163507 10 611 -97%
1953 605 0.000156994 605 -100%
1954 565 0.000141935 10 555 -96%
1955 600 0.000149437 10 590 -97%
1956 541 0.000131214 8 533 -97%
1957 514 0.000122319 514 -100%
1958 604 0.000146109 5 599 -98%
1959 522 0.000125541 11 511 -96%
1960 570 0.000137223 7 563 -98%
1961 498 0.000120223 498 -100%
1962 497 0.000123161 5 492 -98%
1963 450 0.000113688 450 -100%
1964 446 0.000114724 446 -100%
1965 407 0.000112262 407 -100%
1966 344 0.000098974 8 336 -95%
1967 370 0.000108987 370 -100%
1968 357 0.000105671 6 351 -97%
1969 383 0.000110206 383 -100%
1970 392 0.000108692 5 387 -97%
1971 389 0.000113333 6 383 -97%
1972 374 0.000118995 5 369 -97%
1973 297 0.000098446 6 291 -96%
1974 327 0.000107566 327 -100%
1975 334 0.000110618 334 -100%
1976 291 0.000095904 291 -100%
1977 302 0.000095073 302 -100%
1978 312 0.000098303 312 -100%
1979 286 0.000085963 286 -100%
1980 303 0.000087966 303 -100%
1981 285 0.000082385 285 -100%
1982 278 0.000079248 7 271 -95%
1983 251 0.000072473 251 -100%
1984 216 0.000061913 216 -100%
1985 203 0.000056877 7 196 -93%
1986 196 0.000055101 7 189 -93%
1987 177 0.00004909 5 172 -94%
1988 170 0.000046008 170 -100%
1989 195 0.000050723 195 -100%
1990 164 0.000041493 164 -100%
1991 183 0.00004698 183 -100%
1992 175 0.000045558 175 -100%
1993 144 0.000038193 144 -100%
1994 148 0.00003981 148 -100%
1995 114 0.000031129 114 -100%
1996 116 0.000031805 116 -100%
1997 124 0.0000342 124 -100%
1998 103 0.000028003 103 -100%
1999 80 0.000021658 80 -100%
2000 108 0.000028572 108 -100%
2001 89 0.000023775 89 -100%
2002 70 0.000018725 70 -100%
2003 75 0.000019725 75 -100%
2004 66 0.000017273 66 -100%
2005 70 0.000018206 70 -100%
2006 72 0.000018199 72 -100%
2007 55 0.000013758 55 -100%
2008 60 0.000015265 60 -100%
2009 50 0.000013088 50 -100%
2010 43 0.000011635 43 -100%
2011 40 0.000010936 40 -100%
2012 46 0.000012577 46 -100%
2013 40 0.000010972 40 -100%
2014 39 0.000010522 39 -100%
2015 42 0.000011349 42 -100%
2016 47 0.000012811 47 -100%
2017 47 0.000013142 47 -100%
2018 36 0.000010239 36 -100%
2019 36 0.000010372 36 -100%
2020 34 0.000010178 34 -100%
2021 33 0.00000974 33 -100%
2022 32 0.000009459 32 -100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 -100%
2024 21 0.000006309 21 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Sherman:

  1. Sherlyne
  2. Sherlynn
  3. Sherma
  4. Shermain
  5. Shermaine
  6. Sherman (this page)
  7. Shermane
  8. Shermar
  9. Shermeka
  10. Shermia
  11. Shermica