Girls' name · peaked in 1897
Hazel name popularity since 1925
165,547 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Hazel (99.0% girls, 1.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Hazel is about 62 years old in 2026. Hazel peaked in 1897 as the #18 name for girls, and it ranked #21 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 165,547
- Named Hazel, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1897
- #18 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #21
- for girls in 2025 (6,318 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% girls
- 163,918 girls · 1,629 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 2.13× its national share
Peak year is the year Hazel made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Hazel births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 2024. Measured as a share of all babies, Hazel peaked earlier, in 1897.
- Steepest fall: Between 1954 and 1959, Hazel's share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 1,870 to 1 in 3,460.
- Fastest rise: Between 2010 and 2015, it became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 1,430 baby girls to 1 in 415.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Hazel's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Hazel.
Decade by decade
Babies named Hazel in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 24,990 | 284 | – |
| 1930s | 28,567 | 471 | #92 |
| 1940s | 16,657 | 301 | #164 |
| 1950s | 9,135 | 148 | #287 |
| 1960s | 3,674 | 77 | #515 |
| 1970s | 1,489 | 24 | #945 |
| 1980s | 1,236 | 5 | #1,187 |
| 1990s | 1,683 | 12 | #1,098 |
| 2000s | 5,930 | 41 | #514 |
| 2010s | 33,919 | 95 | #63 |
| 2020–25 | 36,638 | 171 | #21 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.0% of babies named Hazel from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Hazel is most popular
The index compares Hazel's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Hazel.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 2.13× | 3,580 |
| North Carolina | 2.00× | 9,243 |
| Mississippi | 1.93× | 3,816 |
| South Carolina | 1.86× | 4,255 |
| West Virginia | 1.85× | 2,659 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Hazel's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Hazel.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Hazel (1897).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data