Hazel
Pronounced HH AE1 Z AH0 L (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Hazel?
Hazel is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 301,970 children — the 145th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1918, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1918, when 7,686 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Hazle and Hazell — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Hazel and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Hazle
- Hazell
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- HH AE1 Z AH0 L · HH EY1 Z AH0 L
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Hazel
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Hazel
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Hazel?
- Hazel ranks 145th among girls' names in US records, with 301,970 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 54,883.
- Is Hazel a unisex name?
- No. Hazel is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Hazel most popular?
- 1918, when 7,686 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Hazel spelled?
- Hazle, Hazell. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.