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How popular is the name Hazel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hazels are alive today.
Hazel (female) is currently the 75th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 629 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 1944, when around 900 babies were given the name, the 47th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 469 in 2002 before climbing back to the 75th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 8,800 babies have been named Hazel in England and Wales since 1924. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Hazel you are most likely to meet is around 81 years old - or else around 3: the name has two living generations. Half of all Hazels born in England and Wales are between 41 and 80, and there are at least 31,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 9.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Hazel.
How many babies are named Hazel each year?
Where does Hazel rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Hazel most popular?
Hazel peaked in 1944, when around 900 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Hazel?
At least 31,000 people named Hazel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Hazel?
Most living Hazels are between 41 and 80; the most common age is about 81. There is a second cluster around 3.
Is Hazel becoming more or less popular?
Recovering: it has climbed back after a dip in the rankings.