Sherwin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHER-win
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Sherwin is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “shear the wind”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Sherwin mean?
English: English nickname surname
“shear the wind”
Originally a nickname surname for a swift runner.
Is Sherwin a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherwin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sherwin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 5 boys.
Sherwin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
How popular is Sherwin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Sherwin, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1935, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Sherwin in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sherwin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,692 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,482 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,475 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,374 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,272 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,390 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,082 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,081 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,093 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,136 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,183 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,273 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,252 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 57 | #949 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1951 | 51 | #983 |
| 1950 | 53 | #947 |
| 1949 | 50 | #984 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,135 |
| 1946 | 48 | #967 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,055 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,089 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1940 | 42 | #994 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,052 |
| 1938 | 49 | #897 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 58 | #807 |
| 1935 | 66 | #757 |
| 1934 | 46 | #931 |
| 1933 | 46 | #926 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,035 |
| 1931 | 52 | #887 |
| 1930 | 52 | #928 |
| 1929 | 55 | #900 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,098 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,404 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,308 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sherwin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sherwin, updated 20 October 2026.