Sorrel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sorrel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sorrel: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,392, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1392highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1666
1998	#1392
1999	#1557
2000	#1475
2001	#1728
2002	#1784
2003	#2727
2004	#2802
2005	#4798
2006	#2320
2007	#3218
2008	#2150
2009	#2535
2010	#2843
2011	#1903
2012	#2969
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2015	#2496
2017	#4763
2018	#2090
2019	#4001
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2023	#5687
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1392 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sorrel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sorrel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	82	10 of 10	8
2010s	72	9 of 10	8
2020s	18	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sorrel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1392 in England and Wales in 1998.

Sorrel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,392, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Peri · #1392, 27y
Salima · #1392, 25y
Ellora · #1393, 29y
Rollo · #1391, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Peri · #1392, 27y
Salima · #1392, 25y
Bracken · #1391, 17y
Ellora · #1393, 29y

Sorrel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sorrel without appearing here.

Sorrel moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Sorrel

Mathilde Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #2187 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #1497.
Karin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3192.
Logan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #1703.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2496 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Sorrel

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sorrel

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorrel went from #1522 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1392 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sorrel

Sorrel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sorrel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sorrel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sorrel and the names beside it

Sorrel moved ahead of

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Sorrel at a glance

Sorrel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sorrel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sorrel and the names beside it

Sorrel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sorrel

Moved the opposite way to Sorrel

Moved the same way as Sorrel