Hazel

#21 for girls in 2025, 6,318 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
2023 · 6,193 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
62 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
302,580
since 1880

Hazel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#216,318#4,24924
2024#196,432#2,83545
2023#186,193#4,34324
2022#276,161#3,87928
2021#286,015#3,58231
2020#315,519#4,85519
2019#335,464#10,8036
2018#424,951#5,54016
2017#435,047#5,78815
2016#524,682#5,31817
2015#634,302#6,67612
2014#1052,909#8,7818
2013#1572,057#10,7286
2012#1731,785
2011#2111,481#8,7678
2010#2641,241#9,6937
2009#2931,126#10,9946
2008#345967#9,8717
2007#357909#7,09411
2006#465682
2005#514578
2004#682404#8,9277
2003#680385
2002#767314#10,6675
2001#750319#10,5565
2000#893246
1999#914231
1998#941219
1997#1,007192
1996#1,079171
1995#1,096162#8,8685
1994#1,204146#6,9687
1993#1,180147
1992#1,216143
1991#1,306127
1990#1,180145
1989#1,088154
1988#1,300111
1987#1,081141
1986#1,171121
1985#1,185119#6,5235
1984#1,157117
1983#1,32890
1982#1,160120
1981#1,074131
1980#1,068132
1979#1,178112
1978#1,031132
1977#1,042127
1976#1,066115#4,4187
1975#943134
1974#924136#5,2275
1973#890141
1972#800169#3,9637
1971#772188
1970#675235#4,7245
1969#684212#4,4045
1968#619241#3,6736
1967#594256#3,2317
1966#542301
1965#515343
1964#512363#2,04016
1963#472420#3,0448
1962#457447#1,96217
1961#433514#3,0978
1960#397577#2,68510
1959#391585#2,29513
1958#360658
1957#334746#2,19014
1956#315771#1,94517
1955#286910#1,84518
1954#2561,036#2,20713
1953#2511,041#1,83618
1952#2431,058#1,66521
1951#2261,148#1,83817
1950#2191,182#1,81517
1949#2051,320#1,75418
1948#1991,348#1,61121
1947#1831,558#1,42527
1946#1751,521#1,23632
1945#1641,439#1,34924
1944#1471,659#1,21230
1943#1441,852#1,01843
1942#1391,911#1,22832
1941#1311,981#1,20930
1940#1232,068#96744
1939#1182,101#1,03338
1938#1112,337#91248
1937#1062,346#1,00040
1936#962,512#1,01039
1935#922,694#82257
1934#872,811#98242
1933#823,030#93745
1932#753,340#87453
1931#743,508#84156
1930#713,888#91553
1929#644,164#78867
1928#594,649#1,00347
1927#535,096#98251
1926#485,303#85560
1925#455,778#87159
1924#426,342#79771
1923#406,246#83566
1922#376,757#80969
1921#347,341#78074
1920#347,308#73279
1919#327,430#70479
1918#337,615#80965
1917#317,285#74470
1916#317,214#66279
1915#267,092#71568
1914#295,324#64561
1913#274,589#75938
1912#254,197#59946
1911#253,290#58427
1910#243,032#53728
1909#242,708#51925
1908#242,698#45229
1907#232,530#55919
1906#232,315#75211
1905#252,351#59216
1904#232,301#43124
1903#262,139#55016
1902#252,238#55615
1901#232,097#43319
1900#292,425#64915
1899#262,033#58312
1898#192,439#63512
1897#182,339#51515
1896#222,226#67411
1895#222,252#57913
1894#232,103#66810
1893#222,052#53813
1892#251,897#59712
1891#321,447#49713
1890#371,366#7398
1889#481,056#7228
1888#54898#55413
1887#72504#9215
1886#81429#8456
1885#105281
1884#122209
1883#149123
1882#19073
1881#21650
1880#35221
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hazel was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.

See more about Hazel
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#19#21)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#31#21)
  • 42 spots since 2015 (#63#21)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 2005 (#682#514)
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1976 (#943#1,066)
Rise & fade · girls
143 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2023 at #18 (6,193 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 62 yrs · run 1886–1936
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 100
  • Highest: 1 in 100 girls born in 1897 were named Hazel (1.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 254 girls born in 2025 (0.39%)
  • Its best rank, #18 in 2023, was only 1 in 259 (0.39%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.5% of all girls named Hazel (58,984) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #18 (1897) → #1,328 (1983) → #18 (2023)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,644#48 (1889)#139
1890s20,154#18 (1897)#25
1900s23,802#23 (1907)#25
1910s57,068#24 (1910)#28
1920s58,984#34 (1921)#46
1930s28,567#71 (1930)#91
1940s16,657#123 (1940)#161
1950s9,135#219 (1950)#288
1960s3,674#397 (1960)#523
1970s1,489#675 (1970)#932
1980s1,236#1,068 (1980)#1,161
1990s1,683#914 (1999)#1,112
2000s5,930#293 (2009)#575
2010s33,919#33 (2019)#114
2020s36,638#18 (2023)#24

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hazel in 1957

girls
#334
746 births · 1 in 2,741 girls
boys
#2,190
14 births · 1 in 154,088 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #334Hazel746

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #2,190Hazel14
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 2,741 of them was named Hazel, which outranked 95.2% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hazel
  1. #331Nanette772
  2. #332Lorna758
  3. #333Sonia747
  4. #334Hazel746
  5. #335Leah740
  6. #336Lora737
  7. #337Adrienne731
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 154,088 of them was named Hazel, which outranked 51.9% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hazel
  1. #2,093Winslow15
  2. #2,093Winthrop15
  3. #2,093Zoltan15
  4. #2,190Hazel14
  5. #2,190Abran14
  6. #2,190Armon14
  7. #2,190Arsenio14
  8. #2,274Adelbert13
  9. #2,274Adrien13
  10. #2,274Aldon13

Tied with 83 names at #2,190; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957