girls:
55 births since 2016
#5661 (1st percentile)
boys:
561 births since 1983
#4025 (12th percentile)
overall:
616 births since 1983
#7123 (8th percentile)
The name Hazael is the #7,123 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 616 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 7.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,025 (12.2% percentile) for all time with 561 births since 1983. For girls, it ranks #5,661 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 2016.
Hazael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Hazael is available in 35 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 7 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hazael has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Hazael reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #820) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hazael ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 79.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Hazael reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #929) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hazael".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Hazael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.8% confident that Hazael is pronounced as huh-ZAYL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HA-zay-ehl, at 24.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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