Hazal

#7,619 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly gazelle, antelope

Hazal has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #7,619 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Hazal, 2025

1 in 237,000

Hazal over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hazal: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly gazelle, antelope

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hazal means

Hazal may mean “gazelle, antelope”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 girls were recorded with the name Hazal between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,619 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,637 in 2020 to #7,619 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 Hazal?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 237,000; 14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 115,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,619; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 164,137 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hazal sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hazal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hazals were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hazal was born before 2021 — so the typical Hazal is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 68.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 80; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 68.8% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Hazal 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: +3,858; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,018; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (14)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,619; 2025

Spellings of Hazal

Hazal is not the most common spelling — Hazel is, with 87.3% against Hazal's 0.02%.

Hazel87.3%302,580
Hana3.8%13,007
Azul1.3%4,547
Amal1.2%4,141
Hazle0.70%2,442
Hawa0.68%2,373
Hanan0.60%2,081
Hanah0.59%2,057

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.

Hazal around the world

Where Hazal 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
1996–2025
#2,278
in 2025
France
1991–2025
#1,095
in 2025
Canada
2022–2023
#2,973
in 2023
South Australia
2003–2006
#782
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hazal by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,619
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,018
Best rank ever: #7,619; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 14 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: 14

Names similar to Hazal

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

Hazen Hazael Hazyl Hazlie Haze Hazlyn Hazeley Hazlee Hazlynn Hazzel Aizal Haziel Mazal Hazell Hazy Hazely Azal Gazal Anzal Hazelmae Hazley Hazelee Hazie Hazelyn

Sibling names for Hazal

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

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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