How rare is the name Sherwin?

3,798 people in the United States have the first name Sherwin, about 1 in 79,524. It ranks #4,771 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

SHERWIN

#4,771

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,798
About
1 in 79,524
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,798 people named Sherwin, 32.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 29.4% as Black and 29.3% as White. 96.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sherwin peaked in 1935, when 66 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1935
Births that year
66
In 2025*
9 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,784 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Sherwin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,865. The largest share of babies named Sherwin, 21.5%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1910s#4,053103
1920s#2,487335
1930s#1,865485
1940s#2,281413
1950s#2,490466
1960s#3,213345
1970s#3,004493
1980s#3,692447
1990s#5,751323
2000s#10,420191
2010s#15,029119
2020s#15,51764
Greatest Generation 1901–278.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.5%
Baby boom 1946–6421.1%
Generation X 1965–8019.7%
Millennials 1981–9617%
Generation Z 1997–127.7%
2013 and later4.1%

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 Sherwin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sherwin has been most common in Illinois (7.9×), New York (3.6×), and California (2.1×), and least common in California (2.1×).

1,117 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.

Exactly as common as Sherwin

2 other first names also have 3,798 people.

#4,771 Georgie · 3,798#4,771 Ninfa · 3,798

Either side of Sherwin

#4,771 Georgie · 3,798#4,771 Ninfa · 3,798#4,774 Carlyn · 3,797#4,775 Servando · 3,796

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherwin, most common first.

#4,893 Sheron · 3,658#5,300 Shirin · 3,271#5,838 Sherron · 2,846#6,696 Shereen · 2,367#10,029 Sherin · 1,350#12,652 Sherine · 978#14,066 Sherina · 844#14,716 Sherian · 796

Also a last name

As a last name, Sherwin ranks #10,266 of 156,621, with 2,987 people. See Sherwin as a last name

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