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.

Sherwin

#2,116 most common boys' name of all time · #5,064 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#2,116
Rank overall
#5,064 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
3,784
Since 2016
116
Peak year
1935 #765
Best rank
#765 1935
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sherwin first appears in 1912. 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
2025 — 9 9 #8,290
2024 — 9 9 #8,374
2023 — 9 9 #8,323
2022 — 6 6 #10,955
2021 — 17 17 #5,367
2020 — 14 14 #6,020
2019 — 9 9 #8,266
2018 — 13 13 #6,382
2017 — 14 14 #6,085
2016 — 16 16 #5,588
2015 — 14 14 #6,024
2014 — 10 10 #7,613
2013 — 15 15 #5,688
2012 — 7 7 #9,780
2011 — 10 10 #7,557
2010 — 11 11 #7,124
2009 — 5 5 #12,623
2008 — 15 15 #5,798
2007 — 20 20 #4,656
2006 — 19 19 #4,702
2005 — 25 25 #3,720
2004 — 19 19 #4,444
2003 — 19 19 #4,295
2002 — 25 25 #3,457
2001 — 24 24 #3,530
2000 — 20 20 #3,938
1999 — 21 21 #3,610
1998 — 26 26 #3,026
1997 — 27 27 #2,840
1996 — 30 30 #2,542
1995 — 32 32 #2,410
1994 — 35 35 #2,268
1993 — 32 32 #2,360
1992 — 50 50 #1,703
1991 — 33 33 #2,199
1990 — 37 37 #2,023
1989 — 37 37 #1,963
1988 — 39 39 #1,777
1987 — 48 48 #1,490
1986 — 46 46 #1,482
1985 — 52 52 #1,342
1984 — 42 42 #1,493
1983 — 46 46 #1,384
1982 — 41 41 #1,523
1981 — 43 43 #1,464
1980 — 53 53 #1,283
1979 — 50 50 #1,311
1978 — 54 54 #1,223
1977 — 43 43 #1,396
1976 — 48 48 #1,274
1975 — 39 39 #1,416
1974 — 43 43 #1,298
1973 — 56 56 #1,087
1972 — 47 47 #1,204
1971 — 57 57 #1,089
1970 — 56 56 #1,097
1969 — 47 47 #1,143
1968 — 41 41 #1,200
1967 — 35 35 #1,283
1966 5 42 47 #1,160
1965 — 30 30 #1,420
1964 5 37 42 #1,304
1963 — 24 24 #1,650
1962 — 22 22 #1,740
1961 — 30 30 #1,487
1960 — 27 27 #1,569
1959 — 40 40 #1,238
1958 — 38 38 #1,263
1957 — 44 44 #1,180
1956 — 37 37 #1,279
1955 — 42 42 #1,161
1954 — 50 50 #1,065
1953 — 57 57 #958
1952 — 49 49 #1,039
1951 5 51 56 #991
1950 — 53 53 #956
1949 — 50 50 #995
1948 — 47 47 #1,033
1947 — 41 41 #1,145
1946 — 48 48 #978
1945 — 37 37 #1,077
1944 — 32 32 #1,188
1943 — 41 41 #1,073
1942 — 39 39 #1,109
1941 — 36 36 #1,106
1940 — 42 42 #1,005
1939 — 37 37 #1,068
1938 — 49 49 #910
1937 — 38 38 #1,054
1936 — 58 58 #810
1935 — 66 66 #765
1934 — 46 46 #941
1933 — 46 46 #936
1932 — 41 41 #1,054
1931 — 52 52 #899
1930 — 52 52 #943
1929 — 55 55 #913
1928 — 45 45 #1,040
1927 — 42 42 #1,111
1926 — 27 27 #1,427
1925 — 41 41 #1,107
1924 — 27 27 #1,489
1923 — 25 25 #1,548
1922 — 31 31 #1,331
1921 — 20 20 #1,818
1920 — 22 22 #1,690
1919 — 13 13 #2,353
1918 — 15 15 #2,148
1917 — 17 17 #1,893
1916 — 19 19 #1,696
1915 — 15 15 #1,958
1914 — 12 12 #1,963
1913 — 7 7 #2,447
1912 — 5 5 #2,879