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
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 6,193 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 62 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 302,580since 1880
Hazel over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #21 | 6,318 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #19 | 6,432 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #18 | 6,193 | #4,343 | 24 |
| 2022 | #27 | 6,161 | #3,879 | 28 |
| 2021 | #28 | 6,015 | #3,582 | 31 |
| 2020 | #31 | 5,519 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #33 | 5,464 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #42 | 4,951 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #43 | 5,047 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #52 | 4,682 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #63 | 4,302 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #105 | 2,909 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #157 | 2,057 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #173 | 1,785 | — | |
| 2011 | #211 | 1,481 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #264 | 1,241 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #293 | 1,126 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #345 | 967 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #357 | 909 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #465 | 682 | — | |
| 2005 | #514 | 578 | — | |
| 2004 | #682 | 404 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #680 | 385 | — | |
| 2002 | #767 | 314 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #750 | 319 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #893 | 246 | — | |
| 1999 | #914 | 231 | — | |
| 1998 | #941 | 219 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,007 | 192 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,079 | 171 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,096 | 162 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #1,204 | 146 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #1,180 | 147 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,216 | 143 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,180 | 145 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,088 | 154 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,300 | 111 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,081 | 141 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,171 | 121 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,185 | 119 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,157 | 117 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,328 | 90 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,160 | 120 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,074 | 131 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,068 | 132 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,178 | 112 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,031 | 132 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,042 | 127 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,066 | 115 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #943 | 134 | — | |
| 1974 | #924 | 136 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #890 | 141 | — | |
| 1972 | #800 | 169 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #772 | 188 | — | |
| 1970 | #675 | 235 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #684 | 212 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #619 | 241 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #594 | 256 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #542 | 301 | — | |
| 1965 | #515 | 343 | — | |
| 1964 | #512 | 363 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #472 | 420 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #457 | 447 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #433 | 514 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #397 | 577 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #391 | 585 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #360 | 658 | — | |
| 1957 | #334 | 746 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #315 | 771 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #286 | 910 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #256 | 1,036 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #251 | 1,041 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #243 | 1,058 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #226 | 1,148 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #219 | 1,182 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #205 | 1,320 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #199 | 1,348 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #183 | 1,558 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1946 | #175 | 1,521 | #1,236 | 32 |
| 1945 | #164 | 1,439 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #147 | 1,659 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1943 | #144 | 1,852 | #1,018 | 43 |
| 1942 | #139 | 1,911 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #131 | 1,981 | #1,209 | 30 |
| 1940 | #123 | 2,068 | #967 | 44 |
| 1939 | #118 | 2,101 | #1,033 | 38 |
| 1938 | #111 | 2,337 | #912 | 48 |
| 1937 | #106 | 2,346 | #1,000 | 40 |
| 1936 | #96 | 2,512 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | #92 | 2,694 | #822 | 57 |
| 1934 | #87 | 2,811 | #982 | 42 |
| 1933 | #82 | 3,030 | #937 | 45 |
| 1932 | #75 | 3,340 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #74 | 3,508 | #841 | 56 |
| 1930 | #71 | 3,888 | #915 | 53 |
| 1929 | #64 | 4,164 | #788 | 67 |
| 1928 | #59 | 4,649 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1927 | #53 | 5,096 | #982 | 51 |
| 1926 | #48 | 5,303 | #855 | 60 |
| 1925 | #45 | 5,778 | #871 | 59 |
| 1924 | #42 | 6,342 | #797 | 71 |
| 1923 | #40 | 6,246 | #835 | 66 |
| 1922 | #37 | 6,757 | #809 | 69 |
| 1921 | #34 | 7,341 | #780 | 74 |
| 1920 | #34 | 7,308 | #732 | 79 |
| 1919 | #32 | 7,430 | #704 | 79 |
| 1918 | #33 | 7,615 | #809 | 65 |
| 1917 | #31 | 7,285 | #744 | 70 |
| 1916 | #31 | 7,214 | #662 | 79 |
| 1915 | #26 | 7,092 | #715 | 68 |
| 1914 | #29 | 5,324 | #645 | 61 |
| 1913 | #27 | 4,589 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #25 | 4,197 | #599 | 46 |
| 1911 | #25 | 3,290 | #584 | 27 |
| 1910 | #24 | 3,032 | #537 | 28 |
| 1909 | #24 | 2,708 | #519 | 25 |
| 1908 | #24 | 2,698 | #452 | 29 |
| 1907 | #23 | 2,530 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #23 | 2,315 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #25 | 2,351 | #592 | 16 |
| 1904 | #23 | 2,301 | #431 | 24 |
| 1903 | #26 | 2,139 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | #25 | 2,238 | #556 | 15 |
| 1901 | #23 | 2,097 | #433 | 19 |
| 1900 | #29 | 2,425 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | #26 | 2,033 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #19 | 2,439 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #18 | 2,339 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #22 | 2,226 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #22 | 2,252 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #23 | 2,103 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #22 | 2,052 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #25 | 1,897 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #32 | 1,447 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #37 | 1,366 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #48 | 1,056 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #54 | 898 | #554 | 13 |
| 1887 | #72 | 504 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #81 | 429 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #105 | 281 | — | |
| 1884 | #122 | 209 | — | |
| 1883 | #149 | 123 | — | |
| 1882 | #190 | 73 | — | |
| 1881 | #216 | 50 | — | |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2023 at #18 (6,193 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 62 yrs · run 1886–1936
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–1975
- 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
- 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,644 | #48 (1889) | #139 |
| 1890s | 20,154 | #18 (1897) | #25 |
| 1900s | 23,802 | #23 (1907) | #25 |
| 1910s | 57,068 | #24 (1910) | #28 |
| 1920s | 58,984 | #34 (1921) | #46 |
| 1930s | 28,567 | #71 (1930) | #91 |
| 1940s | 16,657 | #123 (1940) | #161 |
| 1950s | 9,135 | #219 (1950) | #288 |
| 1960s | 3,674 | #397 (1960) | #523 |
| 1970s | 1,489 | #675 (1970) | #932 |
| 1980s | 1,236 | #1,068 (1980) | #1,161 |
| 1990s | 1,683 | #914 (1999) | #1,112 |
| 2000s | 5,930 | #293 (2009) | #575 |
| 2010s | 33,919 | #33 (2019) | #114 |
| 2020s | 36,638 | #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 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 293 of them was named Hazel, which outranked 99.8% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 90,846 of them was named Hazel, which outranked 65.5% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,698Zarion20
- #4,698Zaxton20
- #4,698Zevi20
- #4,855Hazel19
- #4,855Aadhav19
- #4,855Aaryav19
- #4,855Aaryn19
- #5,041Aanav18
- #5,041Aaren18
- #5,041Adonys18
Tied with 185 names at #4,855; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.