Hazel

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Hazel is a primarily female given name meaning "hazel", from the name of the tree or the color. It is derived from the Old English hรฆsel. It became a popular name in English-speaking countries during the 19th century, along with other names of plants or trees used for girls.

From Wikipedia

Hazel first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 583 babies (rank #28 that year). In 2024 it was given to 573 girls (rank #27). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Hazel

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hazel yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,321
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
583
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199115#1,119
199213#1,281
199310#1,536
199416#1,024
199515#1,210
199614#1,251
199714#1,237
199821#911
199918#1,034
200016#1,119
200122#907
200222#916
200325#875
200435#677
200555#495
200666#448
200790#346
2008104#314
200984#379
201096#336
2011141#222
2012158#209
2013185#171
2014235#131
2015340#80
2016386#68
2017396#66
2018471#52
2019489#49
2020513#44
2021561#39
2022523#36
2023583#28
2024573#27