The popular name Hazel was the 63rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2015. This top 100 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000. Position 18, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1897. Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1918 with 7,615 occurrences. In any year, the least number of babies named Hazel was 21 in 1880. Approximately during the years 1880-1893, 1911-1915, and 1994-2014, the name Hazel took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1946-1950, 1951-1967, 1968-1973, and 1980-1983.