Infographic of Sherman name meaning, which is "A wool shearer,” from the Old English sheren (to shear) and mann (man).
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Sherman Name Popularity

How popular is the name Sherman? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 245 55 0.0156%
1911 239 75 0.0201%
1912 244 167 0.0331%
1913 217 255 0.045%
1914 241 279 0.04%
1915 229 398 0.0438%
1916 230 430 0.0445%
1917 230 443 0.0443%
1918 235 480 0.0447%
1919 246 428 0.0409%
1920 251 448 0.0403%
1921 258 448 0.0391%
1922 241 511 0.0459%
1923 251 457 0.0408%
1924 252 486 0.0419%
1925 257 469 0.0415%
1926 260 435 0.0395%
1927 244 503 0.0454%
1928 245 482 0.045%
1929 244 471 0.0455%
1930 258 437 0.0418%
1931 256 413 0.0418%
1932 266 386 0.0391%
1933 251 388 0.0416%
1934 260 395 0.0409%
1935 230 476 0.049%
1936 238 446 0.0463%
1937 222 505 0.0512%
1938 229 486 0.0475%
1939 222 511 0.0502%
1940 231 497 0.0468%
1941 232 519 0.0461%
1942 242 513 0.0406%
1943 266 492 0.0377%
1944 258 483 0.039%
1945 256 472 0.0387%
1946 285 481 0.0326%
1947 291 524 0.0314%
1948 277 551 0.0345%
1949 286 524 0.0326%
1950 261 592 0.0368%
1951 271 590 0.0348%
1952 275 582 0.0333%
1953 285 568 0.0321%
1954 307 514 0.0281%
1955 299 554 0.0301%
1956 323 493 0.0261%
1957 339 466 0.0242%
1958 314 554 0.0293%
1959 343 475 0.025%
1960 325 523 0.0276%
1961 363 444 0.0235%
1962 350 465 0.0253%
1963 377 412 0.023%
1964 370 408 0.0232%
1965 385 366 0.0224%
1966 416 292 0.0187%
1967 388 336 0.0221%
1968 407 317 0.0211%
1969 408 339 0.022%
1970 410 354 0.0222%
1971 411 345 0.023%
1972 408 332 0.0244%
1973 452 256 0.0197%
1974 420 304 0.0234%
1975 423 295 0.023%
1976 449 258 0.02%
1977 451 271 0.0201%
1978 444 278 0.0207%
1979 494 238 0.0169%
1980 480 262 0.0179%
1981 491 243 0.0165%
1982 517 226 0.0151%
1983 518 215 0.0146%
1984 565 176 0.0118%
1985 621 154 0.0101%
1986 637 151 0.01%
1987 706 118 0.0077%
1988 712 126 0.0081%
1989 706 146 0.009%
1990 754 134 0.0081%
1991 721 147 0.009%
1992 752 144 0.009%
1993 840 111 0.0071%
1994 886 100 0.0065%
1995 1,005 77 0.0051%
1996 1,038 70 0.0047%
1997 1,087 69 0.0047%
1998 1,220 50 0.0033%
1999 1,537 29 0.0019%
2000 1,125 73 0.0048%
2001 1,416 41 0.0027%
2002 1,674 27 0.0018%
2003 1,708 27 0.0018%
2004 2,107 15 0.001%
2005 1,861 23 0.0015%
2006 2,004 20 0.0013%
2007 2,025 20 0.0013%
2008 1,843 27 0.0017%
2009 2,211 14 0.0009%
2010 — 0 0%
2011 — 0 0%
2012 — 0 0%
2013 2,913 5 0.0004%
2014 2,448 10 0.0007%
2015 2,427 10 0.0007%
2016 — 0 0%
2017 2,050 16 0.0011%
2018 2,542 6 0.0004%
2019 — 0 0%
2020 3,742 5 0.0004%
2021 — 0 0%
2022 — 0 0%

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What names are variants of Sherman?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Sherman.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Scherman

Shear man

English

Schermann

Shear man

English

Shearman

Shear man

German

Shermann

Shear man

English

Shermon

Shear man

English

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1 Comment

  1. Thought it was so cute! I have never heard anybody with that name! His little brother is Steven! Sherman and Steven! Sher and Steve!

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