Masculine dossier · first seen 1891

Sherwood

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1938

Peak rank proxy

120

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1891Peak 19382024

Peak year

1938

Decline from peak

93.3%

2024

All-time

5,670

Sherwood 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 1938, when 120 boys were named Sherwood.

In 2024, only 8 boys were given the name.

Down 93.3% from its peak.

All told, about 5,670 Americans have been named Sherwood and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1891.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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