Name meaning & stats
Hazel
Hazel means “hazel tree” (English origin). 111,235 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“hazel tree”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
111,235 US babies were named Hazel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Hazel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Hazel is the main spelling
- Hazel 98%
- Hazelle <1%
- Hazelee <1%
- Hazle <1%
- Hazell <1%
- Hazlee <1%
- Hazyl <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)