Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Sherman

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sherman
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1950

Peak rank proxy

635

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19502024

Peak year

1950

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

All-time

39,173

Sherman once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1950, when 635 boys were named Sherman.

In 2024, only 21 boys were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 39,173 Americans have been named Sherman and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

1950635 boys named Sherman

202421 boys named Sherman

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