Hazel
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Hazel is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hazel tree”. In 2025 it ranked 75th for girls in the UK (699 babies) and 21st for girls in the US (6,318 babies).
What does Hazel mean?
English: English plant name, from Old English haesel
“hazel tree”
In Irish legend, the Salmon of Knowledge gained its wisdom by eating hazelnuts.
- Say it
- HAY-zel
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hazel a girl's or a boy's name?
Hazel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 699 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 6,318 girls and 24 boys in the US.
How popular is Hazel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #75among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 699about 1 in 400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 699 girls in the UK were named Hazel, making it the 75th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 163rd. 3 boys were also named Hazel in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Hazel of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Hazel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 71st in England and Wales, 94th in Scotland and 132nd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#69), 1934 (#44), 1944 (#47), 1954 (#73) and 2024 (#75).
Hazel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 699 | #75 |
| 2024 | 683 | #77 |
| 2023 | 566 | #95 |
| 2022 | 486 | #116 |
| 2021 | 380 | #158 |
| 2020 | 353 | #163 |
| 2019 | 376 | #151 |
| 2018 | 318 | #185 |
| 2017 | 301 | #200 |
| 2016 | 289 | #205 |
| 2015 | 258 | #229 |
| 2014 | 208 | #264 |
| 2013 | 170 | #310 |
| 2012 | 171 | #315 |
| 2011 | 137 | #377 |
| 2010 | 139 | #364 |
| 2009 | 122 | #395 |
| 2008 | 135 | #368 |
| 2007 | 152 | #330 |
| 2006 | 152 | #321 |
| 2005 | 164 | #297 |
| 2004 | 108 | #384 |
| 2003 | 118 | #349 |
| 2002 | 81 | #440 |
| 2001 | 99 | #372 |
| 2000 | 130 | #309 |
| 1999 | 107 | #339 |
| 1998 | 151 | #283 |
| 1997 | 138 | #293 |
| 1996 | 189 | #235 |
How popular is Hazel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #21among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6,318about 1 in 250 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6,318 girls in the US were named Hazel, making it the 21st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 31st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 7,615 girls. 24 boys were also named Hazel in 2025 (4,248th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Hazel in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hazel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,318 | #21 |
| 2024 | 6,432 | #19 |
| 2023 | 6,193 | #18 |
| 2022 | 6,161 | #27 |
| 2021 | 6,015 | #28 |
| 2020 | 5,519 | #31 |
| 2019 | 5,464 | #33 |
| 2018 | 4,951 | #42 |
| 2017 | 5,047 | #43 |
| 2016 | 4,682 | #52 |
| 2015 | 4,302 | #63 |
| 2014 | 2,909 | #105 |
| 2013 | 2,057 | #157 |
| 2012 | 1,785 | #173 |
| 2011 | 1,481 | #211 |
| 2010 | 1,241 | #264 |
| 2009 | 1,126 | #293 |
| 2008 | 967 | #345 |
| 2007 | 909 | #357 |
| 2006 | 682 | #465 |
| 2005 | 578 | #514 |
| 2004 | 404 | #682 |
| 2003 | 385 | #680 |
| 2002 | 314 | #767 |
| 2001 | 319 | #750 |
| 2000 | 246 | #892 |
| 1999 | 231 | #912 |
| 1998 | 219 | #940 |
| 1997 | 192 | #1,006 |
| 1996 | 171 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 162 | #1,093 |
| 1994 | 146 | #1,201 |
| 1993 | 147 | #1,178 |
| 1992 | 143 | #1,214 |
| 1991 | 127 | #1,302 |
| 1990 | 145 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | 154 | #1,085 |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,299 |
| 1987 | 141 | #1,081 |
| 1986 | 121 | #1,171 |
| 1985 | 119 | #1,185 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,157 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,328 |
| 1982 | 120 | #1,160 |
| 1981 | 131 | #1,074 |
| 1980 | 132 | #1,068 |
| 1979 | 112 | #1,178 |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,031 |
| 1977 | 127 | #1,042 |
| 1976 | 115 | #1,066 |
| 1975 | 134 | #943 |
| 1974 | 136 | #924 |
| 1973 | 141 | #890 |
| 1972 | 169 | #800 |
| 1971 | 188 | #772 |
| 1970 | 235 | #675 |
| 1969 | 212 | #684 |
| 1968 | 241 | #619 |
| 1967 | 256 | #594 |
| 1966 | 301 | #542 |
| 1965 | 343 | #515 |
| 1964 | 363 | #512 |
| 1963 | 420 | #472 |
| 1962 | 447 | #457 |
| 1961 | 514 | #433 |
| 1960 | 577 | #397 |
| 1959 | 585 | #391 |
| 1958 | 658 | #360 |
| 1957 | 746 | #334 |
| 1956 | 771 | #315 |
| 1955 | 910 | #286 |
| 1954 | 1,036 | #256 |
| 1953 | 1,041 | #251 |
| 1952 | 1,058 | #243 |
| 1951 | 1,148 | #226 |
| 1950 | 1,182 | #219 |
| 1949 | 1,320 | #205 |
| 1948 | 1,348 | #199 |
| 1947 | 1,558 | #183 |
| 1946 | 1,521 | #175 |
| 1945 | 1,439 | #164 |
| 1944 | 1,659 | #147 |
| 1943 | 1,852 | #144 |
| 1942 | 1,911 | #139 |
| 1941 | 1,981 | #131 |
| 1940 | 2,068 | #123 |
| 1939 | 2,101 | #118 |
| 1938 | 2,337 | #111 |
| 1937 | 2,346 | #106 |
| 1936 | 2,512 | #96 |
| 1935 | 2,694 | #92 |
| 1934 | 2,811 | #87 |
| 1933 | 3,030 | #82 |
| 1932 | 3,340 | #75 |
| 1931 | 3,508 | #74 |
| 1930 | 3,888 | #71 |
| 1929 | 4,164 | #64 |
| 1928 | 4,649 | #59 |
| 1927 | 5,096 | #53 |
| 1926 | 5,303 | #48 |
| 1925 | 5,778 | #45 |
| 1924 | 6,342 | #42 |
| 1923 | 6,246 | #40 |
| 1922 | 6,757 | #37 |
| 1921 | 7,341 | #34 |
| 1920 | 7,308 | #34 |
| 1919 | 7,430 | #32 |
| 1918 | 7,615 | #33 |
| 1917 | 7,285 | #31 |
| 1916 | 7,214 | #31 |
| 1915 | 7,092 | #26 |
| 1914 | 5,324 | #29 |
| 1913 | 4,589 | #27 |
| 1912 | 4,197 | #25 |
| 1911 | 3,290 | #25 |
| 1910 | 3,032 | #24 |
| 1909 | 2,708 | #24 |
| 1908 | 2,698 | #24 |
| 1907 | 2,530 | #23 |
| 1906 | 2,315 | #23 |
| 1905 | 2,351 | #25 |
| 1904 | 2,301 | #23 |
| 1903 | 2,139 | #26 |
| 1902 | 2,238 | #25 |
| 1901 | 2,097 | #23 |
| 1900 | 2,425 | #29 |
| 1899 | 2,033 | #26 |
| 1898 | 2,439 | #19 |
| 1897 | 2,339 | #18 |
| 1896 | 2,226 | #22 |
| 1895 | 2,252 | #22 |
| 1894 | 2,103 | #23 |
| 1893 | 2,052 | #22 |
| 1892 | 1,897 | #25 |
| 1891 | 1,447 | #32 |
| 1890 | 1,366 | #37 |
| 1889 | 1,056 | #48 |
| 1888 | 898 | #54 |
| 1887 | 504 | #72 |
| 1886 | 429 | #81 |
| 1885 | 281 | #105 |
| 1884 | 209 | #122 |
| 1883 | 123 | #149 |
| 1882 | 73 | #190 |
| 1881 | 50 | #216 |
| 1880 | 21 | #352 |
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