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Hazel

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~111,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#21 among girls
Births in 2025
6,342 305,469 since 1880
Typical age
9 years, median

Hazel popularity over time

Hazel rank by birth year, 1880–2025Hazel ranked #352 in 1880 and #21 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #18, in 1897.#100#1,000#2118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1918: 7,680 births recorded as Hazel. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 62 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #21, with 6,342 births that year. The ten-year change is +47%.

Babies named Hazel per yearPeaks at 7,680 births in 1918.7,680 in 1918018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Hazel?

About 111,300 people named Hazel are alive in the United States today. That is out of 305,469 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Hazel?

Median age among living Hazels: 9. The 2020s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Hazel a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Hazel

Ages of living people named HazelHalf of living Hazels are older than 9 and half younger.median 9020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Hazel is most common

The name is concentrated in Wyoming, at 3.7× the national rate. Vermont, Montana and Alaska follow.

Where Hazel is used more than average5 states use the name Hazel more than the national average.Alaska: 2.9× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 3.6× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: 2.9× the national rateMTNorth Dakota: 2.9× the national rateNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 3.7× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Hazel is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wyoming 136 3.7×
Vermont 144 3.6×
Montana 301 2.9×
Alaska 221 2.9×
North Dakota 307 2.9×

Hazel in England and Wales

ONS recorded 641 births named Hazel in 2025, ranking it #71. That is 97% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Hazel comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from English.

Notable people named Hazel

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman US tennis and badminton player 1886–1974 27
Hazel Brugger Swiss comedian 1993 23
Hazel Keech British actress and model 1987 22
Hazel Abel American politician 1888–1966 19
Hazel Court English actress 1926–2008 19
Hazel McCallion Canadian politician 1921–2023 18
Hazel R. O'Leary Politician, lawyer 1937 18
Hazel Scott American musician 1920–1981 17
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 509 in 1887 to 911 in 1888 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Hazel

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Hazel was in 2025.

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