How Many People Are Named Sorrel?
people named Sorrel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,079,142 people in the US has this name
Based on 112 babies named Sorrel in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
10 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the sour tasting plant, which may ultimately derive from Germanic sur "sour".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sorrel in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sorrel alive today is about 14 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sorrel first appears in the records in 1973, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 10 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sorrel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #9,594, in 1973. In 2025 it ranked #10,018.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,018 |
| Best rank | #9,594 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #16,999 in the 2010s |
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