Hazel
Hazel was given to 6,318 girls in 2025, #21 among girls’ names; 305,469 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 107,000 Americans named Hazel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hazel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hazel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hazel is “a female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.”
/ˈheɪzəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hazel?
#21 among girls’ names, 2025
Hazel rose from #63 in 2015 to #21 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.4 to 3.9 per 1,000.
7,680 babies in 1918, the peak
Hazel peaked in 1918, when 7,680 babies were given it (7,615 girls, #33 among girls’ names). The 6,342 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 83% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,318 | #21 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6,432 | #19 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6,193 | #18 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | 6,161 | #27 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 6,015 | #28 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 5,519 | #31 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 5,464 | #33 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 4,951 | #42 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 5,047 | #43 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 4,682 | #52 | 2.6 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4,302 | #63 | 2.4 |
| 2014 | 2,909 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 2,057 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 2012 | 1,785 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 1,481 | #211 | 0.84 |
| 2010 | 1,241 | #264 | 0.70 |
| 2009 | 1,126 | #293 | 0.61 |
| 2008 | 967 | #345 | 0.51 |
| 2007 | 909 | #358 | 0.47 |
| 2006 | 682 | #465 | 0.36 |
| 2005 | 578 | #514 | 0.31 |
| 2004 | 404 | #683 | 0.22 |
| 2003 | 385 | #681 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 314 | #768 | 0.17 |
| 2001 | 319 | #752 | 0.18 |
| 2000 | 246 | #892 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 231 | #914 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 219 | #942 | 0.12 |
| 1997 | 192 | #1,006 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 171 | #1,079 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 162 | #1,095 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 146 | #1,204 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 147 | #1,179 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 143 | #1,217 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 127 | #1,304 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 145 | #1,176 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 154 | #1,086 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,304 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 141 | #1,086 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 121 | #1,174 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 119 | #1,187 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,162 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,333 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 120 | #1,162 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 131 | #1,074 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 132 | #1,070 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 112 | #1,180 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,034 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 127 | #1,042 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 115 | #1,067 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 134 | #945 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 136 | #926 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 141 | #891 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 169 | #801 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 188 | #773 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 235 | #676 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 212 | #684 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 241 | #619 | 0.15 |
| 1967 | 256 | #595 | 0.16 |
| 1966 | 301 | #542 | 0.18 |
| 1965 | 343 | #515 | 0.19 |
| 1964 | 363 | #512 | 0.19 |
| 1963 | 420 | #472 | 0.22 |
| 1962 | 447 | #458 | 0.23 |
| 1961 | 514 | #433 | 0.25 |
| 1960 | 577 | #397 | 0.29 |
| 1959 | 585 | #391 | 0.29 |
| 1958 | 658 | #360 | 0.33 |
| 1957 | 746 | #334 | 0.36 |
| 1956 | 771 | #315 | 0.38 |
| 1955 | 910 | #287 | 0.47 |
| 1954 | 1,036 | #256 | 0.53 |
| 1953 | 1,041 | #251 | 0.55 |
| 1952 | 1,058 | #243 | 0.57 |
| 1951 | 1,148 | #226 | 0.64 |
| 1950 | 1,182 | #219 | 0.69 |
| 1949 | 1,320 | #205 | 0.77 |
| 1948 | 1,348 | #199 | 0.79 |
| 1947 | 1,558 | #183 | 0.88 |
| 1946 | 1,521 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1945 | 1,439 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1944 | 1,659 | #147 | 1.2 |
| 1943 | 1,852 | #144 | 1.3 |
| 1942 | 1,911 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1941 | 1,981 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1940 | 2,068 | #123 | 1.8 |
| 1939 | 2,101 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1938 | 2,337 | #111 | 2.1 |
| 1937 | 2,346 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1936 | 2,512 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1935 | 2,694 | #92 | 2.6 |
| 1934 | 2,811 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1933 | 3,030 | #82 | 3.0 |
| 1932 | 3,340 | #75 | 3.1 |
| 1931 | 3,508 | #74 | 3.3 |
| 1930 | 3,888 | #71 | 3.5 |
| 1929 | 4,164 | #64 | 3.7 |
| 1928 | 4,649 | #59 | 4.0 |
| 1927 | 5,096 | #53 | 4.3 |
| 1926 | 5,303 | #48 | 4.5 |
| 1925 | 5,778 | #45 | 4.7 |
| 1924 | 6,342 | #42 | 5.1 |
| 1923 | 6,246 | #40 | 5.2 |
| 1922 | 6,757 | #37 | 5.6 |
| 1921 | 7,341 | #34 | 6.0 |
| 1920 | 7,308 | #34 | 6.1 |
| 1919 | 7,430 | #32 | 6.6 |
| 1918 | 7,615 | #33 | 6.6 |
| 1917 | 7,285 | #31 | 6.7 |
| 1916 | 7,214 | #31 | 6.9 |
| 1915 | 7,092 | #26 | 7.2 |
| 1914 | 5,324 | #29 | 7.0 |
| 1913 | 4,589 | #27 | 7.3 |
| 1912 | 4,197 | #25 | 7.5 |
| 1911 | 3,290 | #25 | 7.9 |
| 1910 | 3,032 | #24 | 7.6 |
| 1909 | 2,708 | #24 | 7.8 |
| 1908 | 2,698 | #24 | 8.1 |
| 1907 | 2,530 | #23 | 7.9 |
| 1906 | 2,315 | #23 | 7.8 |
| 1905 | 2,351 | #25 | 8.1 |
| 1904 | 2,301 | #23 | 8.4 |
| 1903 | 2,139 | #26 | 8.2 |
| 1902 | 2,238 | #25 | 8.5 |
| 1901 | 2,097 | #23 | 8.8 |
| 1900 | 2,425 | #29 | 8.1 |
| 1899 | 2,033 | #26 | 8.7 |
| 1898 | 2,439 | #19 | 9.4 |
| 1897 | 2,339 | #18 | 10.0 |
| 1896 | 2,226 | #22 | 9.4 |
| 1895 | 2,252 | #22 | 9.6 |
| 1894 | 2,103 | #23 | 9.4 |
| 1893 | 2,052 | #22 | 9.6 |
| 1892 | 1,897 | #25 | 8.9 |
| 1891 | 1,447 | #32 | 7.8 |
| 1890 | 1,366 | #37 | 7.2 |
| 1889 | 1,056 | #48 | 5.9 |
| 1888 | 898 | #55 | 5.0 |
| 1887 | 504 | #72 | 3.5 |
| 1886 | 429 | #81 | 3.0 |
| 1885 | 281 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1884 | 209 | #122 | 1.6 |
| 1883 | 123 | #149 | 1.1 |
| 1882 | 73 | #191 | 0.68 |
| 1881 | 50 | #217 | 0.54 |
| 1880 | 21 | #356 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Hazel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hazel has been given almost only to girls: 2,889 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Hazel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hazel, and how old are they?
107,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 305,469 Americans ever recorded as Hazel. The median Hazel alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 80,463 people named Hazel (79,885 women and girls, 578 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 85,860 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,770 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 65,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hazel born?
The states with the most babies named Hazel are Texas, North Carolina and California, with 18% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 17,077 | #36 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 14,208 | #26 | 1.6× |
| California | 13,589 | #36 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 10,924 | #15 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 10,080 | #25 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 9,796 | #16 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 9,306 | #20 | 1.4× |
| Virginia | 9,241 | #24 | 1.4× |
| Kentucky | 9,125 | #18 | 1.5× |
| New York | 8,926 | #62 | 0.4× |
Where Hazel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hazel is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hazel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 307,200 babies since 1880, Hazel is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6,342 of their 6,438 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hazel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hazel and names like it
- Compare Hazel and HayzelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHazel peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hazel since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Hazel: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Hazel.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hazel alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.