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Sherwin

#8,807 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Sherwin has been given to 3,784 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #8,807 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1935, with 66 recorded.

Babies named Sherwin, 2025

1 in 368,000

Sherwin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sherwin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sherwin means

Sherwin is a given name.

The naming story behind Sherwin

Wikidata records Sherwin as a given name. The entity identifier is Q21055696, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,769 boys were recorded with the name Sherwin between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 66 in 1935; its best national rank was #764 in 1935.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,235 in 2020 to #8,807 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,258 in 2015 to #8,807 in 2025.

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Sherwin between 1951 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1951; its best national rank was #6,112 in 1951.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Sherwin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,807
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sherwin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sherwin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sherwins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sherwin was born before 1963 — so the typical Sherwin is around 62 today.

Median birth year
1963
About 62 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
13.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.4%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,433
People you could plausibly meet
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1970s — 13.1% of all recorded uses (493).

Is Sherwin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+64
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,572
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,549
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.64×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.6%
Peak was 1935 (66)
Years since peak
90
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#764
1935

Spellings of Sherwin

Sherwin is not the most common spelling — Sherman is, with 53.4% against Sherwin's 5.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sherwin is used

Across 1910–2025, Sherwin was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 83,604 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 20,000
  2. 2Hawaii1 in 33,333
  3. 3New York1 in 50,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in 100,000
  5. 5California1 in 100,000
  6. 6North Dakota1 in 100,000
  7. 7New Mexico1 in 100,000
  8. 8Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sherwin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sherwin around the world

Where Sherwin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2018
    #3,959
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1996–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1995–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Sherwin

People whose public names include Sherwin, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Sherwin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,807
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,572
Best rank ever
#764
1935
Peak year
1935
66 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,769
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,112
1951
Peak year
1951
5 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
1966
All-time count
15
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Sherwin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ShepardSheridanSheltonShemarShepherdSherrodSheamusShelleyDerwinCorwinShelbySheldonShermanShedrickSherwoodSheppardKerwinAshwinShellySherrillShellieShervinSherifSheikh

Names with a curve like Sherwin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Sherwin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Sherwin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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