Sherwin
Sherwin was the 8811th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 764th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,549 places. More babies were named Sherwin in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,811 boys, down 2,572 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193566 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,784babies recorded
Sherwin popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 15 since 1951.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,811 | 9 |
| 2020 | #6,239 | 14 |
| 2010 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 2000 | #4,038 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,040 | 37 |
| 1980 | #1,289 | 53 |
| 1970 | #1,101 | 56 |
| 1960 | #1,576 | 27 |
| 1950 | #955 | 53 |
| 1940 | #1,005 | 42 |
| 1930 | #940 | 52 |
| 1920 | #1,686 | 22 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sherwin, counting every spelling?
Sherwin has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sherwin?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sherwin (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sherwin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sherwin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sherwin?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Sherwin are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 34 and 64. That makes Sherwin mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sherwin: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sherwin, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sherwin
How popular is the name Sherwin?
Sherwin was the 8811th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 764th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,549 places. More babies were named Sherwin in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Sherwin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Sherwin in the US.