Sherman

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning one who shears; shearer.

Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sherman by the numbers

Sherman was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 635 babies in 1950, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sherman. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sherwinbright friend; form of Sherwin14 in the US (2017)
  • Selmanpeace; a form of Salman7 in the US (2017)
  • Stedmanone who tends the farmstead6 in the US (2017)
  • Shemar35 in the US (2017)
  • Shervin5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sherman

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