Hazel

What Hazel means

From the word “hazel”

Source: Wiktionary, “Hazel” (revision 93671614), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hazel?

US: Rising: up from #63 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #219 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1897, when 2,339 girls got the name (#18 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 254 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 397 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 389 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (18.5 per 1,000 girls), VT (12.32 per 1,000 girls), ID (11.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Hazel is #21 in the US and #71 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.6% of US babies named Hazel were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hazley68 US
• Hayzel38 US
• Haizel19 US · 9 E&W
• Hazal14 US · 12 E&W
• Hazlee26 US
• Hazelle20 US
• Hazell14 US
• Hazyl11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hazel

Girls

• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Aria#26“a musical aria”^*
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hazel’s. Rank is US 2025.