Hazael

#3,544 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

God sees

Hazael has been given to 698 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #3,544 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 35 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Hazael, 2025

1 in 104,000

Hazael over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hazael over time

In 2025, Hazael went to 16% girls and 84% boys.

19832025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hazael: meaning, origin, and history

God sees

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hazael means

Hazael means “God sees”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 628 boys were recorded with the name Hazael between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 35 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,101 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,804 in 2020 to #3,544 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,613 in 2015 to #3,544 in 2025.

In the United States, 70 girls were recorded with the name Hazael between 2016 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2021; its best national rank was #8,676 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,162 in 2020 to #13,822 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Hazael?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 104,000; 32 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 53,400; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #3,544; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 71,810 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hazael sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 71,810 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hazael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hazaels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hazael was born before 2012 — so the typical Hazael is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 32.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 83.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 628; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 32.6% of all recorded uses (205).

Is Hazael rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −189; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,260; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +69; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.07×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 91.4%; Peak was 2024 (35)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,101; 2004

Spellings of Hazael

Hazael is not the most common spelling — Rafael is, with 65.4% against Hazael's 0.46%.

Rafael65.4%89,379
Jaziel6.8%9,262
Aziel6.4%8,721
Azael2.9%3,947
Hansel2.7%3,631
Azrael2.3%3,188
Hazel2.1%2,889
Hazen1.7%2,327

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hazael is used

Across 1910–2025, Hazael was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 174,410 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 100,000
2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hazael has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hazael around the world

Where Hazael ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2022–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2012–2025
#3,769
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Hazael by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #3,544
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,260
Best rank ever: #3,101; 2004
Peak year: 2024; 35 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 628
Count in 2025: 32

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #13,822
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 4,660
Best rank ever: #8,676; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 12 that year
First recorded: 2016
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 70
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Hazael

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Haziel Jonael Mizael Ezrael Mykael Micael Samael Hazem Refael Izmael Izrael Itzael Adael Hazen Isrrael Hazaiah Missael Haze Chael Hazim Hazel Mishael Ysmael Natnael

Sibling names for Hazael

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Keren Shoshana Nila Kamilah Eloisa Denisse

For a brother

Evans Caesar Tobin Gray Arvin Leander Jerimiah Jorden

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