NameTides

Hazel

Hazel was the #21 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,318 babies), and #71 in England & Wales and #23 in Canada.

Hazel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Hazel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern Ireland
Hazel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#21 (6,318)#71 (638)#94 (46)#132 (15)#55 (88)#23 (597)#8 (259)#3 (325)
2024#19 (6,432)#75 (629)#97 (43)#169 (11)#44 (108)#27 (579)#8 (283)#5 (316)
2023#18 (6,193)#90 (527)#136 (31)#209 (8)#71 (77)#30 (580)#15 (244)#6 (266)
2022#27 (6,161)#108 (463)#186 (23)—#80 (69)#38 (525)#21 (238)#10 (266)
2021#28 (6,015)#147 (350)#174 (25)#298 (5)#76 (78)#41 (560)#27 (210)#16 (236)
2020#31 (5,519)#153 (326)#170 (23)#333 (4)#95 (56)#47 (515)#30 (200)#21 (199)
2019#33 (5,464)#148 (343)#191 (22)#178 (11)#95 (60)#50 (487)#38 (166)#22 (216)
2018#42 (4,951)#179 (293)#225 (18)#238 (7)#99 (60)#53 (471)#40 (154)#32 (156)
2017#43 (5,047)#195 (271)#161 (30)—#84 (71)#66 (400)#52 (117)#35 (149)
2016#52 (4,682)#207 (255)#142 (34)—#105 (56)#68 (386)#65 (108)#43 (97)
2015#63 (4,302)#219 (238)#252 (16)#358 (4)#101 (63)#80 (342)#66 (103)#58 (77)
2014#105 (2,909)#252 (194)#294 (14)—#123 (48)#133 (235)#90 (75)#94 (57)
2013#157 (2,057)#318 (147)#223 (19)#370 (4)#124 (49)#175 (186)——
2012#173 (1,785)#308 (156)#294 (15)—#172 (34)#211 (158)——
2011#211 (1,481)#362 (131)#515 (6)—#145 (42)#227 (141)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1897 at #18.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 400common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 390common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 250common

Next year

On its recent trend, Hazel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 240 to 1 in 250.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hazel by state, 2025Alaska: #18AKMaine: #11MEWisconsin: #14WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #24NHWashington: #14WAIdaho: #6IDMontana: #11MTNorth Dakota: #7NDMinnesota: #10MNIllinois: #29ILMichigan: #16MINew York: #62NYMassachusetts: #43MAOregon: #8ORNevada: #19NVWyoming: #4WYSouth Dakota: #14SDIowa: #11IAIndiana: #11INOhio: #16OHPennsylvania: #15PANew Jersey: #71NJConnecticut: #53CTRhode Island: #19RICalifornia: #36CAUtah: #7UTColorado: #18CONebraska: #12NEMissouri: #18MOKentucky: #18KYWest Virginia: #16WVVirginia: #23VAMaryland: #29MDDelaware: #46DEArizona: #29AZNew Mexico: #26NMKansas: #11KSArkansas: #11ARTennessee: #19TNNorth Carolina: #25NCSouth Carolina: #27SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #14OKLouisiana: #21LAMississippi: #20MSAlabama: #13ALGeorgia: #25GAHawaii: #30HITexas: #36TXFlorida: #45FL
Hazel (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#26250
Quebec2025#29618

Hazel (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HazelCanadaGirls#23597
HazelEngland & WalesGirls#71638
HazelEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
HazelIrelandGirls#5588
HazelNorthern IrelandGirls#13215
HazelNSWGirls#8259
HazelScotlandGirls#9446
HazelUSGirls#216,318
HazelUSBoys#4,24924
HazelVICGirls#3325