Meaning not yet researched.
Hazel: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,318 in 2025. Its best rank was #18 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #18 in 2023; #21 in 2025. About 99.6% of babies named Hazel in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#21 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #18.
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Hazel: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,318 girls in 2025. Peak: #18 in 2023 · most girls in one year: 7,615 (1918).
In 2025, 6,318 US girls were named Hazel, making it the 21st most common girls’ name of the year, down 2 places from #19 in 2024. That is 114 fewer than the 6,432 girls named Hazel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #18, reached in 2023. The most girls given the name in a single year was 7,615, in 1918. For comparison, it was #63 in 2015 and #219 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hazel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 21 babies with the name. In all, 305,469 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 59,627 babies named Hazel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 56,782 US girls were named Hazel; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 6,432. In 2025 that was about 1 in 254 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hazel ranked highest in Wyoming in 2025, at #6 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Haziel (1,719 babies since 1880) and Hayzel (687 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Hazelle, Hazael and Hassel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Hazelle (932), Hazael (698), Hassel (512), Hasel (406), Hazell (381), Haizel (282), Hazyl (222), Hazal (80), Hazzel (79), Hasiel (47), Haezel (15), Haizyl (13), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Hazel in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 15 | #6 | #33 |
| Idaho | 82 | #6 | #29 |
| Utah | 148 | #7 | #7 |
| North Dakota | 29 | #8 | #16 |
| Oregon | 110 | #8 | #15 |
| Minnesota | 176 | #10 | #18 |
| Montana | 31 | #11 | #8 |
| Maine | 34 | #11 | #54 |
| Kansas | 88 | #11 | #69 |
| Indiana | 178 | #11 | #59 |
| Arkansas | 74 | #11 | #63 |
| Iowa | 90 | #11 | #36 |
| Nebraska | 56 | #12 | #32 |
| Oklahoma | 95 | #14 | #97 |
| Alabama | 117 | #14 | #117 |
| Wisconsin | 125 | #14 | #19 |
| Washington | 172 | #14 | #21 |
| South Dakota | 27 | #14 | #16 |
| Pennsylvania | 261 | #15 | #82 |
| Michigan | 204 | #16 | #51 |
| Ohio | 261 | #16 | #86 |
| West Virginia | 45 | #16 | #83 |
| Kentucky | 106 | #18 | #103 |
| Missouri | 143 | #18 | #62 |
| Colorado | 142 | #18 | #22 |
| Rhode Island | 24 | #19 | #110 |
| Tennessee | 178 | #20 | #71 |
| Nevada | 55 | #20 | #74 |
| Mississippi | 49 | #20 | #76 |
| Alaska | 17 | #22 | #12 |
| Vermont | 12 | #22 | #39 |
| Louisiana | 81 | #22 | #76 |
| Virginia | 173 | #24 | #94 |
| Georgia | 188 | #25 | #122 |
| New Hampshire | 31 | #25 | #31 |
| North Carolina | 208 | #26 | #91 |
| New Mexico | 28 | #27 | #96 |
| South Carolina | 88 | #27 | #89 |
| Arizona | 133 | #29 | #71 |
| Illinois | 204 | #29 | #66 |
| Maryland | 95 | #30 | #111 |
| Hawaii | 14 | #32 | #94 |
| Texas | 561 | #36 | #69 |
| California | 584 | #36 | #64 |
| Massachusetts | 109 | #43 | #76 |
| Florida | 290 | #45 | #116 |
| District of Columbia | 13 | #46 | #78 |
| Delaware | 13 | #50 | #210 |
| Connecticut | 48 | #53 | #107 |
| New York | 214 | #62 | #117 |
| New Jersey | 99 | #71 | #138 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,318 | #21 | 24 | #4,306 |
| 2024 | 6,432 | #19 | 45 | #2,845 |
| 2023 | 6,193 | #18 | 24 | #4,386 |
| 2022 | 6,161 | #27 | 28 | #3,929 |
| 2021 | 6,015 | #28 | 31 | #3,605 |
| 2020 | 5,519 | #31 | 19 | #4,921 |
| 2019 | 5,464 | #33 | 6 | #11,275 |
| 2018 | 4,951 | #42 | 16 | #5,627 |
| 2017 | 5,047 | #43 | 15 | #5,898 |
| 2016 | 4,682 | #52 | 17 | #5,399 |
| 2015 | 4,302 | #63 | 12 | #6,824 |
| 2014 | 2,909 | #105 | 8 | #9,084 |
| 2013 | 2,057 | #157 | 6 | #11,232 |
| 2012 | 1,785 | #173 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,481 | #211 | 8 | #9,059 |
| 2010 | 1,241 | #264 | 7 | #10,055 |
| 2009 | 1,126 | #293 | 6 | #11,500 |
| 2008 | 967 | #345 | 7 | #10,269 |
| 2007 | 909 | #358 | 11 | #7,277 |
| 2006 | 682 | #465 | — | — |
| 2005 | 578 | #514 | — | — |
| 2004 | 404 | #683 | 7 | #9,281 |
| 2003 | 385 | #681 | — | — |
| 2002 | 314 | #768 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 2001 | 319 | #752 | 5 | #11,200 |
| 2000 | 246 | #893 | — | — |
| 1999 | 231 | #916 | — | — |
| 1998 | 219 | #943 | — | — |
| 1997 | 192 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 1996 | 171 | #1,081 | — | — |
| 1995 | 162 | #1,098 | 5 | #9,374 |
| 1994 | 146 | #1,207 | 7 | #7,251 |
| 1993 | 147 | #1,181 | — | — |
| 1992 | 143 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 1991 | 127 | #1,308 | — | — |
| 1990 | 145 | #1,180 | — | — |
| 1989 | 154 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,305 | — | — |
| 1987 | 141 | #1,086 | — | — |
| 1986 | 121 | #1,174 | — | — |
| 1985 | 119 | #1,187 | 5 | #6,933 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,333 | — | — |
| 1982 | 120 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1981 | 131 | #1,074 | — | — |
| 1980 | 132 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 1979 | 112 | #1,180 | — | — |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,034 | — | — |
| 1977 | 127 | #1,042 | — | — |
| 1976 | 115 | #1,067 | 7 | #4,604 |
| 1975 | 134 | #945 | — | — |
| 1974 | 136 | #926 | 5 | #5,522 |
| 1973 | 141 | #891 | — | — |
| 1972 | 169 | #801 | 7 | #4,157 |
| 1971 | 188 | #773 | — | — |
| 1970 | 235 | #676 | 5 | #5,016 |
| 1969 | 212 | #684 | 5 | #4,650 |
| 1968 | 241 | #619 | 6 | #3,880 |
| 1967 | 256 | #595 | 7 | #3,376 |
| 1966 | 301 | #542 | — | — |
| 1965 | 343 | #515 | — | — |
| 1964 | 363 | #512 | 16 | #2,067 |
| 1963 | 420 | #472 | 8 | #3,162 |
| 1962 | 447 | #458 | 17 | #1,994 |
| 1961 | 514 | #433 | 8 | #3,204 |
| 1960 | 577 | #397 | 10 | #2,756 |
| 1959 | 585 | #391 | 13 | #2,342 |
| 1958 | 658 | #360 | — | — |
| 1957 | 746 | #334 | 14 | #2,226 |
| 1956 | 771 | #315 | 17 | #1,969 |
| 1955 | 910 | #287 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1954 | 1,036 | #256 | 13 | #2,247 |
| 1953 | 1,041 | #251 | 18 | #1,861 |
| 1952 | 1,058 | #243 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1951 | 1,148 | #226 | 17 | #1,867 |
| 1950 | 1,182 | #219 | 17 | #1,843 |
| 1949 | 1,320 | #205 | 18 | #1,786 |
| 1948 | 1,348 | #199 | 21 | #1,631 |
| 1947 | 1,558 | #183 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1946 | 1,521 | #175 | 32 | #1,246 |
| 1945 | 1,439 | #164 | 24 | #1,357 |
| 1944 | 1,659 | #147 | 30 | #1,225 |
| 1943 | 1,852 | #144 | 43 | #1,026 |
| 1942 | 1,911 | #139 | 32 | #1,236 |
| 1941 | 1,981 | #131 | 30 | #1,219 |
| 1940 | 2,068 | #123 | 44 | #974 |
| 1939 | 2,101 | #118 | 38 | #1,042 |
| 1938 | 2,337 | #111 | 48 | #915 |
| 1937 | 2,346 | #106 | 40 | #1,006 |
| 1936 | 2,512 | #96 | 39 | #1,021 |
| 1935 | 2,694 | #92 | 57 | #824 |
| 1934 | 2,811 | #87 | 42 | #997 |
| 1933 | 3,030 | #82 | 45 | #942 |
| 1932 | 3,340 | #75 | 53 | #880 |
| 1931 | 3,508 | #74 | 56 | #848 |
| 1930 | 3,888 | #71 | 53 | #920 |
| 1929 | 4,164 | #64 | 67 | #789 |
| 1928 | 4,649 | #59 | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1927 | 5,096 | #53 | 51 | #986 |
| 1926 | 5,303 | #48 | 60 | #863 |
| 1925 | 5,778 | #45 | 59 | #875 |
| 1924 | 6,342 | #42 | 71 | #804 |
| 1923 | 6,246 | #40 | 66 | #837 |
| 1922 | 6,757 | #37 | 69 | #813 |
| 1921 | 7,341 | #34 | 74 | #784 |
| 1920 | 7,308 | #34 | 79 | #734 |
| 1919 | 7,430 | #32 | 79 | #710 |
| 1918 | 7,615 | #33 | 65 | #812 |
| 1917 | 7,285 | #31 | 70 | #746 |
| 1916 | 7,214 | #31 | 79 | #664 |
| 1915 | 7,092 | #26 | 68 | #718 |
| 1914 | 5,324 | #29 | 61 | #648 |
| 1913 | 4,589 | #27 | 38 | #765 |
| 1912 | 4,197 | #25 | 46 | #603 |
| 1911 | 3,290 | #25 | 27 | #591 |
| 1910 | 3,032 | #24 | 28 | #543 |
| 1909 | 2,708 | #24 | 25 | #523 |
| 1908 | 2,698 | #24 | 29 | #459 |
| 1907 | 2,530 | #23 | 19 | #570 |
| 1906 | 2,315 | #23 | 11 | #781 |
| 1905 | 2,351 | #25 | 16 | #602 |
| 1904 | 2,301 | #23 | 24 | #438 |
| 1903 | 2,139 | #26 | 16 | #561 |
| 1902 | 2,238 | #25 | 15 | #567 |
| 1901 | 2,097 | #23 | 19 | #442 |
| 1900 | 2,425 | #29 | 15 | #660 |
| 1899 | 2,033 | #26 | 12 | #594 |
| 1898 | 2,439 | #19 | 12 | #646 |
| 1897 | 2,339 | #18 | 15 | #527 |
| 1896 | 2,226 | #22 | 11 | #694 |
| 1895 | 2,252 | #22 | 13 | #587 |
| 1894 | 2,103 | #23 | 10 | #696 |
| 1893 | 2,052 | #22 | 13 | #554 |
| 1892 | 1,897 | #25 | 12 | #619 |
| 1891 | 1,447 | #32 | 13 | #507 |
| 1890 | 1,366 | #37 | 8 | #779 |
| 1889 | 1,056 | #48 | 8 | #744 |
| 1888 | 898 | #55 | 13 | #567 |
| 1887 | 504 | #72 | 5 | #991 |
| 1886 | 429 | #81 | 6 | #897 |
| 1885 | 281 | #105 | — | — |
| 1884 | 209 | #122 | — | — |
| 1883 | 123 | #149 | — | — |
| 1882 | 73 | #191 | — | — |
| 1881 | 50 | #217 | — | — |
| 1880 | 21 | #356 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).