Meaning and history
This name comes from the English surname Sherman, meaning “shear man” and originally referring to someone who cut cloth. Notable bearers include the American politician Roger Sherman (1721–1793) and the American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891).
20062006: 72 births, rank #1,877
2007: 55 births, rank #2,337
2008: 60 births, rank #2,207
2009: 50 births, rank #2,528
2010: 43 births, rank #2,787
20112011: 40 births, rank #2,904
2012: 46 births, rank #2,632
2013: 40 births, rank #2,848
2014: 39 births, rank #2,929
2015: 42 births, rank #2,809
20162016: 47 births, rank #2,626
2017: 47 births, rank #2,637
2018: 36 births, rank #3,171
2019: 36 births, rank #3,201
2020: 34 births, rank #3,274
20212021: 33 births, rank #3,427
2022: 32 births, rank #3,533
2023: 19 births, rank #5,075
2024: 21 births, rank #4,701
20252025: 19 births, rank #5,045
Sherman moved from #892 to #896 for boys between 1993 and 1994. Its highest annual birth count came in 1950, with 635 births.