Sorrel — #13800 US girls' name
102 babies named Sorrel in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Sorrel was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sorrel in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sorrel
The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Sorrel between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sorrel currently holds the #13800 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sorrel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sorrel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sorrel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 102 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sorrel at a glance
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Current rank
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Sorrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #13800 among girls.
102 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 9 births in a single year.
Sorrel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 38 births that decade — 37% of Sorrel's all-time total
Sorrel decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sorrel's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.