Shermaine
Feminine
Shermaine is given to both — 508 girls and 173 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Shermaine stands where Charmaine and Jermaine meet: it has Charmaine's sound with an sh, and Jermaine's shape with one letter changed. It is given to girls and to a real minority of boys, and it appears in American records a generation before most of the Sha- and She- names around it.
How old is the name Shermaine?
Shermaine first appears in US birth records in 1947 — 78 years ago. The typical Shermaine alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 500 people named Shermaine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shermaine most popular?
Shermaine peaked in 1953, reaching #2812 nationally. See the whole 1953 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Shermaine
Our Shermaine is a crossroads. Charmaine, a name a popular song carried, runs in from one side; Jermaine, the English spelling of the French Germain, runs in from the other. Shermaine takes Charmaine's sound and Jermaine's letters and sets an sh at the front of both. It turns up in American records by the middle of the twentieth century, well ahead of the wave of Sha- and She- names that followed, and it has gone to daughters and sons alike under one spelling.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Shermaine. Charmaine, its nearest girls' name, was carried into wide use by a popular song; Jermaine, its nearest boys' name, is an English spelling of the French Germain. Neither is recorded as the source of this spelling, and which road a given child's family took is not recorded.
Pronouncing Shermaine
sher-MAYN
Stress on the second syllable, as in Charmaine and Jermaine.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1947
- Most girls named
- 198023 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2812reached in 1953
- Change vs 2002
- 0.0%5 in 2005, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shermaines among us
people named Shermaine are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Shermaine sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Rhymes with Charmaine and Jermaine, so it is said correctly on sight.
- Works for a boy or a girl without any change of spelling.
- Its second syllable is the familiar -maine, which people spell without help.
- Most children with this spelling are girls, so a boy named Shermaine will often be taken for a girl on paper, and a girl may be heard as Jermaine.
- Expect Charmaine and Shermain on forms; after one correction the name is easy to keep.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shermaines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Shermaine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shermaine in 2025?
- Shermaine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Shermaine with classmates?
- Shermaine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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