Meaning not yet researched.
Sherrod: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,304 in 1988.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #1,304 in 1988. No US babies were recorded with the name Sherrod in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #1,304 in 1988.
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Sherrod: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,304 in 1988 · most boys in one year: 71 (1991).
Fewer than five US boys were named Sherrod in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #1,304, reached in 1988. The most boys given the name in a single year was 71, in 1991. For comparison, it was #5,948 in 2015 and #3,280 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sherrod in 93 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1916 with 7 babies. In all, 1,975 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 468 babies named Sherrod.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 74 US boys were named Sherrod; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 16.
Rarer spellings such as Sherod are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sherod (573).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Sherrod in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | 10 | #8,228 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #12,032 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #12,100 |
| 2020 | — | — | 11 | #7,422 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #8,120 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5 | #13,795 |
| 2017 | — | — | 10 | #8,048 |
| 2016 | — | — | 16 | #5,756 |
| 2015 | — | — | 15 | #5,948 |
| 2014 | — | — | 19 | #5,032 |
| 2013 | — | — | 23 | #4,291 |
| 2012 | — | — | 14 | #6,258 |
| 2011 | — | — | 22 | #4,481 |
| 2010 | — | — | 22 | #4,497 |
| 2009 | — | — | 21 | #4,719 |
| 2008 | — | — | 20 | #4,869 |
| 2007 | — | — | 26 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | — | — | 22 | #4,345 |
| 2005 | — | — | 18 | #4,795 |
| 2004 | — | — | 28 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | — | — | 31 | #3,102 |
| 2002 | — | — | 20 | #4,165 |
| 2001 | — | — | 34 | #2,785 |
| 2000 | — | — | 30 | #2,982 |
| 1999 | — | — | 25 | #3,266 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,284 |
| 1997 | — | — | 30 | #2,672 |
| 1996 | — | — | 33 | #2,430 |
| 1995 | — | — | 44 | #1,949 |
| 1994 | — | — | 39 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | — | — | 49 | #1,766 |
| 1992 | — | — | 41 | #1,978 |
| 1991 | — | — | 71 | #1,350 |
| 1990 | — | — | 69 | #1,351 |
| 1989 | — | — | 61 | #1,409 |
| 1988 | — | — | 63 | #1,304 |
| 1987 | — | — | 56 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | — | — | 42 | #1,581 |
| 1985 | — | — | 39 | #1,641 |
| 1984 | — | — | 35 | #1,686 |
| 1983 | — | — | 47 | #1,373 |
| 1982 | — | — | 41 | #1,533 |
| 1981 | — | — | 38 | #1,598 |
| 1980 | — | — | 46 | #1,407 |
| 1979 | — | — | 35 | #1,666 |
| 1978 | — | — | 43 | #1,431 |
| 1977 | — | — | 34 | #1,639 |
| 1976 | — | — | 27 | #1,868 |
| 1975 | — | — | 29 | #1,749 |
| 1974 | — | — | 24 | #1,928 |
| 1973 | — | — | 36 | #1,430 |
| 1972 | — | — | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1971 | — | — | 17 | #2,355 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,717 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,889 |
| 1967 | — | — | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1966 | — | — | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1965 | — | — | 10 | #2,752 |
| 1964 | — | — | 7 | #3,559 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,285 |
| 1962 | — | — | 16 | #2,104 |
| 1961 | — | — | 10 | #2,877 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,301 |
| 1959 | — | — | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,793 |
| 1957 | — | — | 8 | #3,219 |
| 1956 | — | — | 10 | #2,775 |
| 1955 | — | — | 5 | #4,318 |
| 1954 | — | — | 11 | #2,577 |
| 1953 | — | — | 10 | #2,689 |
| 1952 | — | — | 11 | #2,494 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,280 |
| 1949 | — | — | 6 | #3,644 |
| 1947 | — | — | 9 | #2,838 |
| 1946 | — | — | 5 | #3,953 |
| 1944 | — | — | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1943 | — | — | 7 | #3,198 |
| 1940 | — | — | 5 | #3,875 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,915 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,916 | 7 | #3,132 |
| 1936 | — | — | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1933 | — | — | 5 | #4,086 |
| 1931 | — | — | 5 | #4,252 |
| 1930 | — | — | 5 | #4,469 |
| 1928 | — | — | 5 | #4,650 |
| 1926 | — | — | 5 | #4,742 |
| 1925 | — | — | 5 | #4,780 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,816 |
| 1921 | — | — | 10 | #2,960 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,882 |
| 1917 | — | — | 5 | #4,491 |
| 1916 | — | — | 7 | #3,462 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).