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Sherwin

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Sherwin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 764th, in 1935.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
90.00% of boys
Peak year
193566 births
Best rank
#764in 1935
Since 1912
3,759people given the name
Babies named Sherwin, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,759 boys have been named Sherwin in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1935, with 66 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1970s alone account for 13%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Sherwin
1910s103
1920s335
1930s485
1940s412
1950s461
1960s335
1970s493
1980s447
1990s323
2000s191
2010s119
2020s55

In 1935, its biggest year

Sherwin was the 764th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1935 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1935.

Names that rose and fell with Sherwin

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.