Meaning and history
Sherwood is an English place name, or a surname derived from one, meaning “bright forest.” It is also the name of the forest where the legendary outlaw Robin Hood was said to live.
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 7 births, rank #9,585
2007: 5 births, rank #12,367
2008: 5 births, rank #12,553
2009: 6 births, rank #10,994
20102010: 5 births, rank #12,231
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 6 births, rank #10,770
2013: 5 births, rank #12,136
2014: 7 births, rank #9,642
20152015: 5 births, rank #12,086
2016: 9 births, rank #8,146
2017: 5 births, rank #12,246
2018: 10 births, rank #7,617
2019: 6 births, rank #10,803
20202020: 8 births, rank #8,739
2021: 7 births, rank #9,714
2022: 8 births, rank #8,990
2023: 6 births, rank #10,821
20242024: 8 births, rank #8,987
Sherwood moved from #822 to #860 for boys between 1958 and 1959. Its highest annual birth count came in 1938, with 120 births.