Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Sherwin

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1935

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1912Peak 19352024

Peak year

1935

Decline from peak

86.4%

2024

All-time

3,759

Sherwin has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1935, when 66 boys were named Sherwin.

In 2024, only 9 boys were given the name.

Down 86.4% from its peak.

All told, about 3,759 Americans have been named Sherwin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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