The first name Sherwood
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Sherwood at birth, 1880–2025
In 2024, 8 boys born in the United States were named Sherwood, the 9,735th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1938, when 120 were.
5,682
babies named Sherwood since 1880
#9,735
rank in 2024
1938
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Sherwood
11 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Sherwood AndersonAmerican writer (1876–1941)
- F. Sherwood RowlandAmerican chemist (1927–2012)
- Sherwood C. SpringAmerican astronaut, born 1944
- Sherwood StewartAmerican tennis player, born 1946
- Sherwood SchwartzAmerican television writer and producer (1916–2011)
- Sherwood BoehlertAmerican politician (1936–2021)
- Sherwood WashburnAmerican archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian and paleoanthropologist (1911–2000)
- Adriance Sherwood FosterAmerican botanist (1901-1973)
- Sherwood BaileyFilm actor (1923-1987)
- Alfred RomerAmerican paleontologist (1894-1973)
- Bob HaggartAmerican double bass player, composer, and arranger (1914–1998)
Questions
- Is Sherwood a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 5,682 US babies named Sherwood since 1880 were boys.
- When was Sherwood most popular?
- 1938 in the United States, when 120 babies were named Sherwood, its highest rank at 534th.
- Is Sherwood also a surname?
- Yes. Sherwood is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.