The name Hazel can double as a nature name and color name, as it comes from the Old English word hæsel and Modern English word hazel, referring to the hazel tree/shrub or the brown-gold-green color. It was a top-100 girl's name every year between 1900 and 1936 before fading out of the top 1,000 in the 1970s, per the Social Security Administration. Hazel returned to the top 1,000 in 1998 and has now been a top-50 girl's name every year since 2017. The name's resurgence in the United States can be credited to actress Julia Roberts, who named her daughter Hazel Patricia in 2004. Actor John Krasinski and his actress wife, Emily Blunt, also named their daughter Hazel, born in 2014.
