girls:
508 births since 1947
#5208 (9th percentile)
boys:
173 births since 1973
#4413 (4th percentile)
overall:
681 births since 1947
#7058 (9th percentile)
The name Shermaine is the #7,058 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 681 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,208 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 508 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,413 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 173 births since 1973.
Shermaine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1973 for boys). Birth data for Shermaine is available in 44 out of the 62 years between 1947 and 2008 (42 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shermaine has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Shermaine were girls.
For girls, Shermaine reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #767) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
For boys, Shermaine reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #666) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shermaine".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Shermaine is pronounced as sher-MAYN, which has 2 syllables.
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