girls:
348 births since 1891
#5368 (6th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1926
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
354 births since 1891
#7385 (5th percentile)
The name Hazell is the #7,385 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 354 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,368 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 348 births since 1891. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1926.
Hazell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for girls and 1926 for boys). Birth data for Hazell is available in 42 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (42 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Hazell has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Hazell reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #935) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1893, with 31 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hazell ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 31.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Hazell reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #550) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1926.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hazell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Hazell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.2% confident that Hazell is pronounced as HAY-zuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HA-zuhl, at 20.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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