girls:
5 births since 1938
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1916
#2837 (38th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1916
#5804 (25th percentile)
The name Sherrod is the #5,804 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,965 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 25.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,837 (38.1% percentile) for all time with 1,960 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1938.
Sherrod first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1938 for girls). Birth data for Sherrod is available in 92 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (92 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Sherrod has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Sherrod reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #694) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 33 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). Despite a low point around 2013, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Sherrod ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 9.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sherrod reached its peak popularity in 1938, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #589) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1938, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1938.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sherrod".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Sherrod. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.3% confident that Sherrod is pronounced as SHEH-ruhd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEH-rahd, at 36.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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