Sorrel
Sorrel is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is also called common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sorrel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sorrel is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is also called common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sorrel
Sorrel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1973, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 9 Sorrels were born — ranking #10,293 that year. As of 2026, Sorrel ranks #13,427 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 102 Sorrels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sorrel
Sorrel is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 102 births in the dataset. Sorrel's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #10,293. Use the chart and map above to compare Sorrel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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