Sher**
#9,595 most common boys' name of all time · #24,268 across all names · 59% male / 41% female · used 1953–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,595
Rank overall
#24,268 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
301
Since 2016
56
Peak year
2023 #5,710
Best rank
#4,005 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Sher first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,365 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,067 |
| 2023 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,710 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,138 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,430 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,423 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,971 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,004 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,779 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,638 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,965 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,345 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,562 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,049 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,292 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,893 |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,941 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,416 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,393 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,226 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,257 |
| 1981 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,005 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,656 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1972 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1959 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1957 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1956 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1954 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | — |