Hazen
Masculine · “hare”
Hazen is given to both — 2,327 boys and 87 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Hazen is a German and Dutch surname from the hare — Hase — and it is also read as a form of the Arabic Hasan, which makes the origin genuinely split.
How old is the name Hazen?
Hazen first appears in US birth records in 1896 — 129 years ago. The typical Hazen alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 1,600 people named Hazen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Hazen most popular?
Hazen peaked in 1896, reaching #674 nationally. Today it ranks #1778, 1,104 places below that high. See the whole 1896 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Hase to Hazen
The story of Hazen
Hase and Haas were German and Dutch bynames from the animal, and Hazen is their American form. Hazen entered given-name use in the nineteenth century in New England, and appears in the registers steadily. It is in current use, rising with the wider fashion for -en endings.
Meaningscholars disagree
hare; handsome
Two routes. From the German Hase or Dutch haas, 'hare', as a byname for a swift or timid man. Or as a form of the Arabic Hasan, 'handsome' or 'good'. A third route reads it from the Hebrew Hazzan, a cantor. All are documented and none is dominant.
How the name formed
- Hase
- Hazen
Related forms: Hasen · Haas · Hasan
Pronouncing Hazen
HAY-zun
Two syllables, stress on the first. German Hase is HAH-zeh with a different first vowel.
Nicknames for Hazen
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1896
- Most boys named
- 202590 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #674reached in 1896
- Change vs 2023
- +20.0%90 in 2025, from 75
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Hazen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Hasen in German — related form
- Haas in Dutch — related form
- Hasan in Arabic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Utah, Texas, California.
Hazens among us
people named Hazen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 18,979 born in 2025 was named Hazen
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Hazen is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Hazen is headed
Hazen looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 21% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Hazen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Hazen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The hare byname is concrete and characteristic of medieval Germanic naming.
- Haze and Zen are two short forms, both with real currency.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The origin is genuinely split three ways.
- The front clipping is an ordinary English noun.
- It reads as a surname before it reads as a given name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Hazens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Hazen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Hazen in 2025?
- Hazen ranks #1778 among US boy names in 2025, with 90 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Hazen?
- About 1 in every 18,979 US boys born in 2025 was named Hazen — 90 in all.
- Will my child share the name Hazen with classmates?
- Hazen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Hazen
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