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How popular is the name Sorrell?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sorrells are alive today.
Sorrell (female), a spelling of Sorrel, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2018 (ranked 5666th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 5 babies were given the name, the 3099th most popular that year.
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 Sorrell each year?
Includes all spellings: Sorrell, Sorrel. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sorrell spelling rank?
Where does the Sorrel 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 Sorrell 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 Sorrell spelling itself peaked in 2003, with 5 babies.
How many people are called Sorrell?
At least 340 people named Sorrell in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sorrell?
Most living Sorrells are between 15 and 31; the most common age is about 29. There is a second cluster around 16.
Is Sorrell becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.