Sherman
Boy · SHER-man · English
Sherman is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “shearman; cloth trimmer”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Sherman mean?
English: English occupational surname
“shearman; cloth trimmer”
William Tecumseh Sherman led the Union army's March to the Sea during the American Civil War.
- Say it
- SHER-man
Is Sherman a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sherman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Sherman, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 1950, with 635 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sherman in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sherman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 72 | #1,876 |
| 2005 | 70 | #1,834 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 75 | #1,653 |
| 2002 | 70 | #1,679 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,232 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1998 | 103 | #1,194 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,047 |
| 1995 | 114 | #1,040 |
| 1994 | 148 | #889 |
| 1993 | 144 | #887 |
| 1992 | 175 | #790 |
| 1991 | 183 | #752 |
| 1990 | 164 | #789 |
| 1989 | 195 | #701 |
| 1988 | 170 | #720 |
| 1987 | 172 | #689 |
| 1986 | 189 | #648 |
| 1985 | 196 | #627 |
| 1984 | 216 | #578 |
| 1983 | 251 | #526 |
| 1982 | 271 | #516 |
| 1981 | 285 | #496 |
| 1980 | 303 | #484 |
| 1979 | 286 | #491 |
| 1978 | 312 | #453 |
| 1977 | 301 | #464 |
| 1976 | 291 | #459 |
| 1975 | 334 | #429 |
| 1974 | 326 | #438 |
| 1973 | 291 | #458 |
| 1972 | 369 | #410 |
| 1971 | 383 | #410 |
| 1970 | 387 | #414 |
| 1969 | 383 | #407 |
| 1968 | 351 | #411 |
| 1967 | 370 | #396 |
| 1966 | 336 | #413 |
| 1965 | 407 | #387 |
| 1964 | 446 | #373 |
| 1963 | 451 | #376 |
| 1962 | 491 | #357 |
| 1961 | 498 | #356 |
| 1960 | 563 | #325 |
| 1959 | 511 | #343 |
| 1958 | 599 | #310 |
| 1957 | 514 | #336 |
| 1956 | 533 | #323 |
| 1955 | 590 | #298 |
| 1954 | 555 | #307 |
| 1953 | 605 | #286 |
| 1952 | 611 | #279 |
| 1951 | 634 | #268 |
| 1950 | 635 | #259 |
| 1949 | 558 | #286 |
| 1948 | 595 | #274 |
| 1947 | 577 | #287 |
| 1946 | 519 | #283 |
| 1945 | 511 | #255 |
| 1944 | 512 | #260 |
| 1943 | 541 | #261 |
| 1942 | 552 | #244 |
| 1941 | 559 | #229 |
| 1940 | 532 | #232 |
| 1939 | 546 | #221 |
| 1938 | 521 | #230 |
| 1937 | 543 | #220 |
| 1936 | 485 | #233 |
| 1935 | 511 | #229 |
| 1934 | 437 | #258 |
| 1933 | 442 | #247 |
| 1932 | 432 | #261 |
| 1931 | 443 | #256 |
| 1930 | 473 | #257 |
| 1929 | 503 | #245 |
| 1928 | 511 | #246 |
| 1927 | 524 | #246 |
| 1926 | 473 | #258 |
| 1925 | 499 | #255 |
| 1924 | 527 | #251 |
| 1923 | 507 | #249 |
| 1922 | 540 | #243 |
| 1921 | 487 | #257 |
| 1920 | 488 | #248 |
| 1919 | 463 | #246 |
| 1918 | 503 | #238 |
| 1917 | 466 | #233 |
| 1916 | 463 | #229 |
| 1915 | 425 | #233 |
| 1914 | 320 | #236 |
| 1913 | 284 | #221 |
| 1912 | 218 | #237 |
| 1911 | 123 | #231 |
| 1910 | 107 | #226 |
| 1909 | 115 | #192 |
| 1908 | 118 | #182 |
| 1907 | 74 | #239 |
| 1906 | 71 | #232 |
| 1905 | 72 | #228 |
| 1904 | 81 | #202 |
| 1903 | 70 | #212 |
| 1902 | 78 | #201 |
| 1901 | 64 | #212 |
| 1900 | 95 | #199 |
| 1899 | 65 | #202 |
| 1898 | 74 | #201 |
| 1897 | 61 | #214 |
| 1896 | 100 | #162 |
| 1895 | 75 | #194 |
| 1894 | 100 | #153 |
| 1893 | 71 | #201 |
| 1892 | 76 | #199 |
| 1891 | 77 | #166 |
| 1890 | 67 | #199 |
| 1889 | 59 | #217 |
| 1888 | 79 | #187 |
| 1887 | 78 | #160 |
| 1886 | 66 | #200 |
| 1885 | 65 | #197 |
| 1884 | 69 | #193 |
| 1883 | 48 | #225 |
| 1882 | 50 | #235 |
| 1881 | 47 | #222 |
| 1880 | 54 | #216 |
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