Meaning not yet researched.
Sherwood: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #534 in 1938.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #534 in 1938. No US babies were recorded with the name Sherwood in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #534 in 1938.
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Sherwood: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #534 in 1938 · most boys in one year: 120 (1938).
Fewer than five US boys were named Sherwood in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #534, reached in 1938. That year also had the most boys given the name: 120. For comparison, it was #13,740 in 2015 and #735 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sherwood in 122 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1891 with 5 babies. In all, 5,682 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,016 babies named Sherwood.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 67 US boys were named Sherwood; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 10.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,735 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #12,033 |
| 2022 | — | — | 8 | #9,703 |
| 2021 | — | — | 7 | #10,614 |
| 2020 | — | — | 8 | #9,423 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #11,922 |
| 2018 | — | — | 10 | #8,067 |
| 2017 | — | — | 5 | #13,942 |
| 2016 | — | — | 9 | #8,701 |
| 2015 | — | — | 5 | #13,740 |
| 2014 | — | — | 7 | #10,550 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5 | #13,757 |
| 2012 | — | — | 6 | #12,054 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5 | #13,942 |
| 2009 | — | — | 6 | #12,248 |
| 2008 | — | — | 5 | #14,291 |
| 2007 | — | — | 5 | #14,075 |
| 2006 | — | — | 7 | #10,493 |
| 2004 | — | — | 8 | #8,796 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,505 |
| 2001 | — | — | 6 | #10,361 |
| 2000 | — | — | 11 | #6,245 |
| 1999 | — | — | 11 | #5,982 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #9,469 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,639 |
| 1996 | — | — | 11 | #5,478 |
| 1995 | — | — | 10 | #5,849 |
| 1994 | — | — | 10 | #5,813 |
| 1993 | — | — | 14 | #4,417 |
| 1992 | — | — | 13 | #4,537 |
| 1991 | — | — | 14 | #4,188 |
| 1990 | — | — | 17 | #3,581 |
| 1989 | — | — | 21 | #2,982 |
| 1988 | — | — | 12 | #4,127 |
| 1987 | — | — | 9 | #4,900 |
| 1986 | — | — | 16 | #3,108 |
| 1985 | — | — | 16 | #3,057 |
| 1984 | — | — | 20 | #2,516 |
| 1983 | — | — | 17 | #2,774 |
| 1982 | — | — | 16 | #2,956 |
| 1981 | — | — | 13 | #3,386 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,813 |
| 1979 | — | — | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1978 | — | — | 24 | #2,061 |
| 1977 | — | — | 31 | #1,738 |
| 1976 | — | — | 28 | #1,816 |
| 1975 | — | — | 19 | #2,351 |
| 1974 | — | — | 22 | #2,042 |
| 1973 | — | — | 30 | #1,607 |
| 1972 | — | — | 36 | #1,438 |
| 1971 | — | — | 33 | #1,522 |
| 1970 | — | — | 42 | #1,293 |
| 1969 | — | — | 34 | #1,395 |
| 1968 | — | — | 39 | #1,232 |
| 1967 | — | — | 37 | #1,248 |
| 1966 | — | — | 45 | #1,113 |
| 1965 | — | — | 47 | #1,087 |
| 1964 | — | — | 49 | #1,092 |
| 1963 | — | — | 58 | #1,004 |
| 1962 | — | — | 53 | #1,054 |
| 1961 | — | — | 46 | #1,173 |
| 1960 | — | — | 56 | #1,032 |
| 1959 | — | — | 79 | #860 |
| 1958 | — | — | 84 | #822 |
| 1957 | — | — | 94 | #777 |
| 1956 | — | — | 94 | #761 |
| 1955 | — | — | 72 | #873 |
| 1954 | — | — | 84 | #785 |
| 1953 | — | — | 84 | #778 |
| 1952 | — | — | 89 | #750 |
| 1951 | — | — | 91 | #730 |
| 1950 | — | — | 88 | #735 |
| 1949 | — | — | 88 | #737 |
| 1948 | — | — | 79 | #765 |
| 1947 | 5 | #6,009 | 109 | #661 |
| 1946 | — | — | 96 | #662 |
| 1945 | — | — | 73 | #717 |
| 1944 | — | — | 101 | #613 |
| 1943 | — | — | 106 | #614 |
| 1942 | — | — | 101 | #636 |
| 1941 | — | — | 115 | #562 |
| 1940 | — | — | 118 | #543 |
| 1939 | — | — | 87 | #635 |
| 1938 | — | — | 120 | #534 |
| 1937 | — | — | 83 | #654 |
| 1936 | — | — | 103 | #571 |
| 1935 | — | — | 93 | #604 |
| 1934 | — | — | 92 | #629 |
| 1933 | — | — | 101 | #575 |
| 1932 | — | — | 88 | #650 |
| 1931 | — | — | 90 | #628 |
| 1930 | — | — | 89 | #661 |
| 1929 | — | — | 99 | #608 |
| 1928 | — | — | 117 | #570 |
| 1927 | — | — | 98 | #642 |
| 1926 | — | — | 109 | #604 |
| 1925 | — | — | 111 | #599 |
| 1924 | — | — | 105 | #625 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,896 | 91 | #673 |
| 1922 | — | — | 91 | #685 |
| 1921 | — | — | 92 | #676 |
| 1920 | — | — | 97 | #643 |
| 1919 | — | — | 92 | #636 |
| 1918 | — | — | 84 | #683 |
| 1917 | — | — | 88 | #635 |
| 1916 | — | — | 77 | #679 |
| 1915 | — | — | 86 | #627 |
| 1914 | — | — | 66 | #628 |
| 1913 | — | — | 51 | #628 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #750 |
| 1911 | — | — | 22 | #687 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #672 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,075 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #870 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #847 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,076 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,185 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,122 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,103 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #929 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,249 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,104 |
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).