Old English haesel, the hazel tree — hazel tree. One of the Victorian botanical names, back in the American top 30 after a century away.
Hazel ranks 21st among American girls in 2025, with 6,342 born that year. Its best year was 1918, when 7,680 babies were given the name, ranking 33rd. The typical living American called Hazel is about 12 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wyoming, where it accounts for 0.79% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.