Sorrel

Peak · girls
1973 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
112
since 1973

Sorrel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sorrel has never cracked the top 8,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #8,423, 1973girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#13,4776
2023#10,3129
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2020#15,0885
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2018#13,7936
2017#14,1246
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2015#11,8358
2014#11,9318
2013#16,5475
2012#16,8695
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2008#17,5045
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2006#17,1685
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2004#11,6248
2003#15,7845
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Sorrel! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1998, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sorrel is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Sorrel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Sorrel
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4,020 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #9,457)
  • 5,631 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #9,457)
  • 2,378 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #9,457)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1973 at #8,423 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 160,727
  • Highest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 were named Sorrel (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #8,423 in 1973, was only 1 in 291,642 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 33.9% of all girls named Sorrel (38) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#8,423 (1973)#8,423
1980s0——
1990s16#12,688 (1999)#13,197
2000s23#11,624 (2004)#15,520
2010s38#11,835 (2015)#14,183
2020s30#9,457 (2025)#12,084

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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