How Many People Are Named Hazel?
people named Hazel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,144 people in the US has this name
Based on 305,469 babies named Hazel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
โญ Uncommon
Peak Year
7,680 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hรฆsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hazel, 99.4% were girls and 0.7% were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Hazel alive today is about 27 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 59 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Hazel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 7,680 babies. In 2025, 6,342 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Hazel never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #18, in 1897 and 2023, and it was in the top 100 in 62 years between 1886 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #21.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #21 |
| Best rank | #18 (1897 and 2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | 62 (1886 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #44 in the 1920s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Hazel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hazel were born in California than in any other state: about 10,842 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hazel was given 2.1 times as often in Alaska, 1.8 times in Arkansas and 1.7 times in Kentucky.
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