Hazell
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-zel
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Hazell is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hazel tree”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Hazell mean?
English: spelling of Hazel; English plant name, from Old English haesel
“hazel tree”
In Irish legend, the Salmon of Knowledge gained its wisdom by eating hazelnuts.
Meaning borrowed from Hazel. More on Wiktionary.
Is Hazell a girl's or a boy's name?
Hazell is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hazell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Hazell, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the girls named Hazell in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,406 girls in the US were given Hazell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #32, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Hazell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
Names like Hazell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hallie, Olive, Evie, Lily, Ellie, Violet, Ruby, Ivy, Emma, Harlow, Daisy, Millie
Other spellings of Hazell
Names related to Hazell
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Carter, Harrison, River, Frankie, Grayson, Jackson
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hazell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hazell, updated 20 October 2026.