Hazael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAZ-ay-el
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
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Hazael is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “God has seen”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Hazael mean?
Aramaic: biblical name of a king of Aram-Damascus
“God has seen”
Hazael was a 9th-century BC king of Aram-Damascus who appears in the Books of Kings.
Is Hazael a girl's or a boy's name?
Hazael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Hazael in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hazael, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hazael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
How popular is Hazael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Hazael, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983. 6 girls were also named Hazael in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Hazael in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Hazael in the US were girls.
Hazael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
Names like Hazael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Huzaifa Abdullah Hamza Mustafa Hammad Habib Ibrahim Haseeb Hamid Musa Mouhamed
Names related to Hazael
More Aramaic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hazael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hazael, updated 20 October 2026.