Sherman

Boy name

Sherman has been given to 39,393 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1951.

Meaning & origin /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən/

English surname): From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear +&lrm; -man.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

39,393

Peak year

1951 (644 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -55%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Sherman Alexie

American author and filmmaker

Sherman Hemsley

American actor (1938–2012)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Sherman.

40,215 babies since 1880

35,402 babies since 1890

34,173 babies since 1898

45,140 babies since 1896

32,114 babies since 1880

31,194 babies since 1880

47,849 babies since 1880

49,144 babies since 1882

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