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How popular is the name Sorel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sorels are alive today.
Sorel (female), a spelling of Sorrel, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2006 (ranked 5061st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sorrel you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old - or else around 16: the name has two living generations. Half of all Sorrels born in England and Wales are between 15 and 31, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sorrel - on average, only one in every 927 such rooms contains a Sorrel.
How many babies are named Sorel each year?
Includes all spellings: Sorel, Sorrel, Sorrell. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sorel spelling rank?
Where does the Sorrel spelling rank?
Where does the Sorrell spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sorel most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sorrel, peaked in 1998, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Sorel spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Sorel?
At least 340 people named Sorel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sorel?
Most living Sorels are between 15 and 31; the most common age is about 29. There is a second cluster around 16.
Is Sorel becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.