# Hazel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hazel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪzəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Haze |
| Variant spellings | Hasell, Hazell |
| US babies named this | 305,469 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,889 / 302,580 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,599, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,481 | 211 |
| 2012 | 1,785 | 173 |
| 2013 | 2,057 | 157 |
| 2014 | 2,909 | 105 |
| 2015 | 4,302 | 63 |
| 2016 | 4,682 | 52 |
| 2017 | 5,047 | 43 |
| 2018 | 4,951 | 42 |
| 2019 | 5,464 | 33 |
| 2020 | 5,519 | 31 |
| 2021 | 6,015 | 28 |
| 2022 | 6,161 | 27 |
| 2023 | 6,193 | 18 |
| 2024 | 6,432 | 19 |
| 2025 | 6,318 | 21 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 10,055 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,059 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,232 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,084 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,824 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,399 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,898 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,627 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,275 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,921 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,605 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3,929 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,386 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2,845 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,306 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 131 | 362 |
| 2012 | 156 | 308 |
| 2013 | 147 | 318 |
| 2014 | 194 | 252 |
| 2015 | 238 | 219 |
| 2016 | 255 | 207 |
| 2017 | 271 | 195 |
| 2018 | 293 | 179 |
| 2019 | 343 | 148 |
| 2020 | 326 | 153 |
| 2021 | 350 | 147 |
| 2022 | 463 | 108 |
| 2023 | 527 | 90 |
| 2024 | 629 | 75 |
| 2025 | 638 | 71 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Hazel

- Hazel Keech, British actress and model
- Hazel Scott, American musician (1920-1981)
- Hazel Abel, American politician (1888-1966)
- Hazel Court, English actress (1926–2008)
- Hazel McCallion, Canadian politician (1921–2023)
- Hazel Brooks, American actress (1924-2002)
- Hazel Blears, British politician (born 1956)
- Hazel O'Connor, English singer-songwriter and actress
- Hazel Keener, American actress (1904-1979)
- Hazel Henderson, British-American activist & progressive writer (1933–2022)
- Hazel Douglas, British actress (1923-2016)
- Hazel Crowney, British model and film actress, born 1982

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.