Sherwood
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHER-wood
- Origin
- English
Sherwood is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “shire wood”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sherwood mean?
English: English place name and surname
“shire wood”
Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire is the legendary home of Robin Hood.
Is Sherwood a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherwood is a boys' name.
How popular is Sherwood in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1938, with 120 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the boys named Sherwood in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sherwood in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,100 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,081 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1963 | 58 | #993 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,045 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 79 | #853 |
| 1958 | 84 | #819 |
| 1957 | 94 | #774 |
| 1956 | 94 | #755 |
| 1955 | 72 | #866 |
| 1954 | 84 | #777 |
| 1953 | 84 | #773 |
| 1952 | 89 | #745 |
| 1951 | 91 | #725 |
| 1950 | 88 | #730 |
| 1949 | 88 | #733 |
| 1948 | 79 | #759 |
| 1947 | 109 | #661 |
| 1946 | 96 | #660 |
| 1945 | 73 | #709 |
| 1944 | 101 | #613 |
| 1943 | 106 | #612 |
| 1942 | 101 | #629 |
| 1941 | 115 | #559 |
| 1940 | 118 | #541 |
| 1939 | 87 | #629 |
| 1938 | 120 | #532 |
| 1937 | 83 | #650 |
| 1936 | 103 | #566 |
| 1935 | 93 | #602 |
| 1934 | 92 | #623 |
| 1933 | 101 | #572 |
| 1932 | 88 | #644 |
| 1931 | 90 | #626 |
| 1930 | 89 | #654 |
| 1929 | 99 | #606 |
| 1928 | 117 | #567 |
| 1927 | 98 | #638 |
| 1926 | 109 | #603 |
| 1925 | 111 | #596 |
| 1924 | 105 | #622 |
| 1923 | 91 | #671 |
| 1922 | 91 | #678 |
| 1921 | 92 | #674 |
| 1920 | 97 | #640 |
| 1919 | 92 | #633 |
| 1918 | 84 | #679 |
| 1917 | 88 | #633 |
| 1916 | 77 | #677 |
| 1915 | 86 | #621 |
| 1914 | 66 | #622 |
| 1913 | 51 | #615 |
| 1912 | 34 | #735 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
Names like Sherwood
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stanley, Richard, Warren, Franklin, Raymond, Howard, Leonard, Edward, Leland, Robert, Donald, Roland
Names related to Sherwood
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sherwood: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sherwood, updated 20 October 2026.