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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.

2002Busiest: 5 in 20022018
Sherwin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20184#4,169
20173#4,995
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20125#3,572
20114#3,986
20104#4,026
20091#6,016
20080–
20073#4,486
20060–
20050–
20044#3,147
20030–
20025#2,358

How popular is Sherwin in the US?

Rank in 2025
8,239th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too 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.

1912Busiest: 66 in 19352025
Sherwin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
20249#8,307
20239#8,250
20226#10,855
202117#5,333
202014#5,976
20199#8,209
201813#6,341
201714#6,056
201616#5,551
201514#5,995
201410#7,557
201315#5,655
20127#9,703
201110#7,495
201011#7,081
20095#12,486
200815#5,762
200720#4,638
200619#4,671
200525#3,706
200419#4,416
200319#4,271
200225#3,445
200124#3,507
200020#3,916
199921#3,586
199826#3,014
199727#2,819
199630#2,530
199532#2,395
199435#2,254
199332#2,341
199250#1,692
199133#2,184
199037#2,007
198937#1,948
198839#1,763
198748#1,482
198646#1,475
198552#1,332
198442#1,480
198346#1,374
198241#1,513
198143#1,455
198053#1,272
197950#1,304
197854#1,214
197743#1,390
197648#1,267
197539#1,407
197443#1,290
197356#1,082
197247#1,196
197157#1,081
197056#1,093
196947#1,136
196841#1,183
196735#1,273
196642#1,149
196530#1,404
196437#1,287
196324#1,627
196222#1,712
196130#1,466
196027#1,551
195940#1,227
195838#1,252
195744#1,164
195637#1,256
195542#1,153
195450#1,051
195357#949
195249#1,026
195151#983
195053#947
194950#984
194847#1,022
194741#1,135
194648#967
194537#1,055
194432#1,173
194341#1,053
194239#1,089
194136#1,091
194042#994
193937#1,052
193849#897
193738#1,031
193658#807
193566#757
193446#931
193346#926
193241#1,035
193152#887
193052#928
192955#900
192845#1,031
192742#1,098
192627#1,404
192541#1,091
192427#1,458
192325#1,502
192231#1,308
192120#1,766
192022#1,642
191913#2,264
191815#2,072
191717#1,814
191619#1,645
191515#1,877
191412#1,867
19137#2,272
19125#2,543

Names like Sherwin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Stanley, Frankie, Sonny, Bobby, Robin, Franklin, Freddie, Billy, Tommy, Teddy, Ronnie, Leon

Names related to Sherwin

Sherron, Sheron

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

Every English name

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.