Sherman
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Sherman
Sherman is one of those old man names that, like Murray and Monroe, can sound really cute on a little girl. But your teenage daughter may not thank you for the name.
Sherman for girls
Actor Christopher Meloni's wife is named Sherman Williams -- yes, like the paint. She was born Doris Sherman Williams.
Sherman for boys#5169 US
Not quite as over-the-hill as Herman, but not far behind either.
Pronounced SHER-mun.
As of October 2026, Sherman ranked #12962 in US births in 1987 SSA, peaked at #3388 in 1935.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #2,975 | 39 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,851 | 42 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,655 | 47 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,667 | 47 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #3,225 | 36 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #3,246 | 36 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #3,333 | 34 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #3,483 | 33 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #3,599 | 32 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #4,840 | 21 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Sherman on lists
Famous Shermans
- Sherman AlexieBoy
American fiction writer
- Sherman Alexander HemsleyBoy
American actor
- Sherman AdamsBoy
Chief of Staff for U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Governor of New Hampshire
- Sherman AugustusBoy
American actor and football player
- Sherman BoothBoy
American abolitionist
- Sherman DillardBoy
American basketball player and coach
- Sherman DouglasBoy
American basketball player
- Sherman EdwardsBoy
American composer
- Sherman FairchildBoy
American entrepreneur
- Sherman HowardBoy
American actor
- Sherman McMasterBoy
American outlaw,turned,lawman
- Sherman MintonBoy
U.S. Supreme Court justice and senator from Indiana
- Robert B. and Richard M. ShermanBoy
American songwriting team
- William Tecumseh ShermanBoy
American Civil War General
- Bobby ShermanBoy
American pop singer
Sherman in pop culture
- Sherman KlumpBoy
main character in movie 'The Nutty Professor"
- ShermanBoy
boy on animated series "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" and film "Peabody and Sherman"
- "Sherman's LagoonBoy
" newspaper comic strip about the title shark
- Sherman McCoyBoy
main character in Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities"
- Sherman SchraderBoy
character from movie "Accepted"
- Sherman "Preacher" DudleyBoy
character in movie "Deep Blue Sea"
- Sherman TortoiseBoy
character in comic strip "The Dandy"
- Sherman BagleyBoy
character in "Sims" series
- Colonel Sherman T. PotterBoy
character on the TV series "M*A*S*H"
- Tommy ShermanBoy
character on animated series "Daria"