Hazel
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Hazel
Hazel has a pleasantly hazy, brownish-green-eyed, old-fashioned image that more and more parents are choosing to share. Former Old Lady name Hazel reentered the popularity lists in 1998 and now is near the top of the charts.
Hazel for girls#21 US
Hazel is a name that comes from the English word hazel, referring to the hazelnut tree. The word was derived from the Old English hæsel of the same meaning. Historically, a wand of hazel symbolized protection and authority.
When Julia Roberts named one of her twins Hazel in 2004, there was a great public outcry against "another one of those nutty celebrity names", though we saw it as the deserved revival of a lovely vintage name with roots in nature. Hazel was one of the botanicals that were all the rage at the turn of the twentieth century, when it was in the Top 25, then fell out of favor, off the list completely from 1976 to 1998.
Other celebrities with daughters named Hazel include Emily Blunt & John Krasinski, and Taylor Neisen & Liev Schreiber.
Hazel Motes is the protagonist of Flannery O'Connor's 1952 novel Wise Blood, and In The Hunger Games, one of the characters is the variant Hazelle. But the most influential Hazel of recent years is the heartrending heroine of Fault in Our Stars.
In a recent year, Hazel featured in the Top 10 in New Zealand and Australia, the Top 20 in the US and Canada, the Top 50 in Ireland, the Top 100 in the UK, and the Top 500 in the Netherlands. Given to 6400 girls in he US, Hazel was also chosen for 45 boys.
Love Hazel but not its popularity? Other nature-inspired vintage names include Myrtle, Sylvie, Goldie, Viola, and Fern, while some vintage leaning sound-alikes include Sybil, Hester, Adele, Zella, Mozelle, and Laurel.
Hazel for boys#4306 US
The charming vintage nature and color name Hazel has become popular for girls, but more than 30 baby boys were named Hazel in the US in a recent year. In fact, it's not a new thing for boys to be called Hazel. It ranked in the US Top 1000 from the late 1800s to the 1930s, peaking in 1891 when it briefly entered the Top 500, and again in 1920 when it was given to nearly 80 boys.
Borne by the hero buck rabbit of Richard Adams' Watership Down series and a character in John Steinbeck's Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday, it could be shortened to the cool Hayes or Haze.
Pronounced HAY-zul.
As of October 2026, Hazel ranked #21 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #18 in 1897, Nameberry popularity #29.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #105 | 2,909 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #63 | 4,302 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #52 | 4,681 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #43 | 5,046 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #42 | 4,951 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #33 | 5,462 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #31 | 5,513 | #4,917 | 19 |
| 2021 | #28 | 6,011 | #3,603 | 31 |
| 2022 | #27 | 6,157 | #3,924 | 28 |
| 2023 | #18 | 6,181 | #4,383 | 24 |
| 2024 | #19 | 6,401 | #2,837 | 45 |
| 2025 | #21 | 6,318 | #4,306 | 24 |
World rankings
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Hazel on lists
Famous Hazels
- Hazel Scott (1920Girl
1981), Black jazz and classical pianist, singer, and actor
- Hazel Anne BlearsGirl
British MP and cabinet minister
- Hazel O'ConnorGirl
English singer,songwriter and actress
- Hazel Mae ClarkGirl
American Olympic athlete
- Hazel Hempel AbelGirl
U.S. Senator from Nebraska
- Hazel Hotchkiss WightmanGirl
American tennis player
- Hazel Jane DickensGirl
American bluegrass singer
- Hazel Keech (born Rose Dawn)Girl
Indian,British actress
- Hazel BrooksGirl
American actress
- Hazel McCallionGirl
Canadian politician from Ontario
- Hazel Mae (Cagulada)Girl
Canadian sportscaster
- Hazel HayesGirl
YouTube personality
- Hazel Lavery (1880Girl
1935), wife and model of the Irish artist Sir John Lavery whose likeness appeared on Banknotes of Ireland for much of the 20th century
- Hazel Gordy JacksonGirl
daughter of Motown producer Berry Gordy; wife of singer Jermaine Jackson
- Hazel Bailey Lessard (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of musician Stefan Lessard of The Dave Matthews Band
- Hazel Patricia Moder (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of actress Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder, twin of Phinnaeus Walter 'Finn' Moder
- Hazel Jane Moody (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of novelist Rick Moody
- Hazel McMurray (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray
- Hazel Krasinski (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt
- Hazel Flora Lieberstein (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of writers Warren Lieberstein and Audrey Wauchope
- Hazel Lucia Castro (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of singer Jason Castro
- Hazel Grace Busby (b.2015)Girl
one of the Busby Quints on TV's "Outdaughtered"
- Hazel Pyatt (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of ice hockey player Taylor Pyatt
- Hazel Nicola Lewis (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of rugby league player Luke Lewis
Hazel in pop culture
- Hazel Grace LancasterGirl
main character in book/movie "The Fault in Our Stars"
- Hazel BurkeGirl
main character on TV's "Hazel"
- Hazel LevesqueGirl
character in the Heroes of Olympus series
- Hazel WassernameGirl
character on TV's "30 Rock"
- Hazel WilliamsGirl
character on TV's "Gossip Girl"
- Hazel AdenGirl
character on TV's "Degrassi : The Next Generation"
- HazelGirl
character in video game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent"
- HazelGirl
male rabbit in book/movie "Watership Down"
- Hazel BellamyGirl
character on TV's "Upstairs, Downstairs"
- HazelGirl
Male character in the “Umbrella Academy”
- Hazel ShadeGirl
character in "Pale Fire" by Vladimir Nabokov
- Hazel StoneGirl
character in "The Rolling Stones" by Robert A. Heinlein
- Hazel FrostGirl
character in X,Men Comics
- Hazel FlaggGirl
main character in 1937 film "Nothing Sacred"
- Hazel CharmingGirl
character in Canadian animated series "Little Charmers"
- HazelGirl
character in manga series Gensoumaden Saiyuki
- HazelGirl
main character in the comic "Saga"
- Hazel WongGirl
main character in the Wells and Wong Mysteries book series
- Hazel CahnGirl
character in game "Dream Daddy"
- Sister HazelGirl
American pop/rock band
- "HazelGirl
" Bob Dylan song
- HazelGirl
main character in the animated series “Infinity Train”
- Hazel “Haze” MotesBoy
Main character of Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood”