Girls' name · since 2004

Haizel

282 babies named Haizel in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#16,442 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,265 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
282
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade

Haizel currently ranks #6265 among girls' names in America, with 282 babies recorded since 2004.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haizel has been recorded 282 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #6265 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.

  • #16,442 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,265 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 282 born since 2004
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haizel ranks #16,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,265 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 282 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.

#16,442 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,265 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
282
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%63.7%
Haizel vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Haizel's 282 recorded births place it above 77.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Haizel compares

282 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Haizel's all-time total is 25% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Haizel Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 282 376 567,345
Peak-year births 37 21 19,840

Haizel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Haizel's full recorded timeline at 2017, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Haizel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
37
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
010203040 2004201120142017202020232025 19

Haizel by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (151 births, 54% of the file).

2020s was Haizel's strongest decade.

151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Haizel births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 151 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Haizel by state

Where Haizel concentrates geographically, total births since 2004

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Haizel
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
20 7.1%
#2 California
5 1.8%
Texas share of Haizel's total US births 7.1%
Even split

20 of 282 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Haizel?
Since 2004, Social Security records show 282 babies named Haizel. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #16,442 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #6,265 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2023, with 37 births.
Where does Haizel sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haizel ranks #16,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,265 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Haizel most popular?
Haizel was most popular in the 2020s decade with 151 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
Where is Haizel most popular?
The top states for the name Haizel are Texas (20 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Haizel been used?
The SSA has tracked Haizel since 2004 -- 22 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Haizel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hailey, Hailee, Hailie, Haisley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Haizel's data

  • Texas records the most Haizels (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Haizel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Haizel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.