Sherwood is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1938 and has since faded.
Sherwood is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Sherwood was first reported in SSA data in 1891 and peaked in 1938 (120 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,735 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,033 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,703 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,614 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,423 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,922 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,067 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,942 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,701 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,740 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,550 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,757 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,054 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,942 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,248 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,291 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,075 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,493 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,796 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,505 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,361 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,245 |
| 1999 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,982 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,469 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | — | #4,639 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | — | #5,478 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | — | #5,849 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | — | #5,813 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | — | #4,417 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | — | #4,537 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | — | #4,188 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | — | #3,581 |
| 1989 | 21 | — | — | #2,982 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | — | #4,127 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | — | #4,900 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | — | #3,108 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | — | #3,057 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | — | #2,516 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | — | #2,774 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | — | #2,956 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | — | #3,386 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | — | #2,813 |
| 1979 | 21 | — | — | #2,363 |
| 1978 | 24 | — | — | #2,061 |
| 1977 | 31 | — | — | #1,738 |
| 1976 | 28 | — | — | #1,816 |
| 1975 | 19 | — | — | #2,351 |
| 1974 | 22 | — | — | #2,042 |
| 1973 | 30 | — | — | #1,607 |
| 1972 | 36 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1971 | 33 | — | — | #1,522 |
| 1970 | 42 | — | — | #1,293 |
| 1969 | 34 | — | — | #1,395 |
| 1968 | 39 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1967 | 37 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1966 | 45 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1965 | 47 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1964 | 49 | — | — | #1,092 |
| 1963 | 58 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1962 | 53 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1961 | 46 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1960 | 56 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1959 | 79 | — | — | #860 |
| 1958 | 84 | — | — | #822 |
| 1957 | 94 | — | — | #777 |
| 1956 | 94 | — | — | #761 |
| 1955 | 72 | — | — | #873 |
| 1954 | 84 | — | — | #785 |
| 1953 | 84 | — | — | #778 |
| 1952 | 89 | — | — | #750 |
| 1951 | 91 | — | — | #730 |
| 1950 | 88 | — | — | #735 |
| 1949 | 88 | — | — | #737 |
| 1948 | 79 | — | — | #765 |
| 1947 | 114 | — | #6,009 | #661 |
| 1946 | 96 | — | — | #662 |
| 1945 | 73 | — | — | #717 |
| 1944 | 101 | — | — | #613 |
| 1943 | 106 | — | — | #614 |
| 1942 | 101 | — | — | #636 |
| 1941 | 115 | — | — | #562 |
| 1940 | 118 | — | — | #543 |
| 1939 | 87 | — | — | #635 |
| 1938 | 120 | — | — | #534 |
| 1937 | 83 | — | — | #654 |
| 1936 | 103 | — | — | #571 |
| 1935 | 93 | — | — | #604 |
| 1934 | 92 | — | — | #629 |
| 1933 | 101 | — | — | #575 |
| 1932 | 88 | — | — | #650 |
| 1931 | 90 | — | — | #628 |
| 1930 | 89 | — | — | #661 |
| 1929 | 99 | — | — | #608 |
| 1928 | 117 | — | — | #570 |
| 1927 | 98 | — | — | #642 |
| 1926 | 109 | — | — | #604 |
| 1925 | 111 | — | — | #599 |
| 1924 | 105 | — | — | #625 |
| 1923 | 97 | — | #4,896 | #673 |
| 1922 | 91 | — | — | #685 |
| 1921 | 92 | — | — | #676 |
| 1920 | 97 | — | — | #643 |
| 1919 | 92 | — | — | #636 |
| 1918 | 84 | — | — | #683 |
| 1917 | 88 | — | — | #635 |
| 1916 | 77 | — | — | #679 |
| 1915 | 86 | — | — | #627 |
| 1914 | 66 | — | — | #628 |
| 1913 | 51 | — | — | #628 |
| 1912 | 34 | — | — | #750 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | — | #687 |
| 1910 | 20 | — | — | #672 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | — | #870 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | — | #847 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | — | #1,076 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,185 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,122 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,103 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #929 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,104 |