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How popular is the name Sorrel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sorrels are alive today.
Sorrel (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1903rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1998, with 13 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 21% of its peak. Sorrel is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sorrell; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
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 Sorrel each year?
Includes all spellings: Sorrel, Sorrell. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
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 Sorrel most popular?
Sorrel peaked in 1998, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Sorrel?
At least 340 people named Sorrel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sorrel?
Most living Sorrels are between 15 and 31; the most common age is about 29. There is a second cluster around 16.
Is Sorrel becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.