Shermaine

Boy · recorded 1973–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1980best year

Most popular in 1980.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shermaine.

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Its story

Popularity since 1973

061119731982199119992008

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Shermaine, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19735
19746
19756
19766
19779
197811
19796
198011
19816
19828
19856
19864
19904
19923
19953
20033
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shermaine isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
6
Rank in 2008
#11,037
How rare
1 in 340,025 boys
Since 1973
173

Shermaine was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1980, at 11 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shermaine doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.