first name
SHERMAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,698 people named Sherman, 46.5% reported their origin as White, 42.5% as Black and 4.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sherman peaked in 1951, when 644 babies got the name.
At least 39,393 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sherman by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #455. The largest share of babies named Sherman, 26.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sherman is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sherman has been most common in West Virginia (2.9×), Louisiana (2.8×), and Kentucky (2.8×), and least common in Colorado (0.12×).
32,531 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sherman
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherman, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sherman ranks #493 of 156,621, with 66,346 people. See Sherman as a last name
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