Girls' name · since 1973
Sorrel
112 babies named Sorrel in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,614 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sorrel is the #9614 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 112 recorded since 1973.
Sorrel has 112 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9614 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #25,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,614 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 112 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sorrel ranks #25,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,614 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 112 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,614 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sorrel's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sorrel compares
112 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sorrel's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sorrel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 112 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sorrel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sorrel splits its recorded history at 2013: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sorrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Sorrel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (38 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Sorrel's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Sorrel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 38 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Sorrel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sorrel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sorrel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.