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Hazel

Pronounced /ˈheɪzəl/

Rank in 2024
#2,856
Born in 2024
45
Peak year
1916 · #668
Origin
English
Also recorded for girls:6,401 in 2024 (#19)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 45 boys were named Hazel, about 1 in every 38,118.
  • It peaked in 1916 with 79 babies, ranked #668.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1886.
  • 2,865 boys have been named Hazel since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Hazel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,264 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 788 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 305 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 42 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 17 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 56 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 227 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
Origin
English
Say it
/ˈheɪzəl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Hazel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Aziel

    Rank
    #253
    Born '24
    1,381
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyRising

    Azael

    Rank
    #656
    Born '24
    419
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024