Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sherlock

#17,049 most common boys' name of all time · #44,516 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1930–2022

Rank among boys
#17,049
Rank overall
#44,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1930
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
78
Since 2016
31
Peak year
2017 #6,766
Best rank
#3,261 1949
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
19401960198020002020

Sherlock first appears in 1930. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2022 — 5 5 #12,560
2019 — 6 6 #10,970
2017 — 12 12 #6,766
2016 — 8 8 #8,936
2015 — 9 9 #8,162
2014 — 8 8 #8,926
2012 — 6 6 #10,980
1978 — 5 5 #6,095
1955 — 7 7 #3,442
1949 — 7 7 #3,261
1930 — 5 5 #4,538