Hazel

Where Hazel comes from

The dictionaries list Hazel as a given name — a female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #352 among girls — 21 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman born
    US tennis and badminton player
  3. 1993
    Hazel Brugger born
    Swiss comedian
  4. 2023
    Peak, #18
    6,193 babies named Hazel — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The comeback
    Back to #18 after sinking to #1,328 in 1983.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
Namesakes
  • Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman · US tennis and badminton player, 1886–1974
  • Hazel Brugger · Swiss comedian, born 1993
  • Hazel Keech · British actress and model, born 1987
  • Hazel Abel · American politician, 1888–1966
  • Hazel Court · English actress, 1926–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.