How Many People Are Named Sherman?
people named Sherman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,598 people in the US has this name
Based on 39,393 babies named Sherman in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
644 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "shear man" in Old English, originally denoting a person who cut cloth. Famous bearers of the surname include American politician Roger Sherman (1721-1793) and American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sherman, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sherman alive today is about 57 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sherman first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1951, to 644 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sherman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #154, in 1894. In 2025 it ranked #5,168.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,168 |
| Best rank | #154 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #301 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sherman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sherman were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,090 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sherman was given 2.6 times as often in Louisiana, 2.4 times in Kentucky and 2.4 times in Virginia.
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