Emma or Hazel

Emma is the more popular girl name in Canada, #3 to #27 in 2024. Hazel is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #71 to #85 in 2025. Emma is the more popular girl name in the USA, #2 to #19 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Emma against Hazel, in that place's most recent complete year.EmmaHazel#1#100#250#500Canada#3 → #27 ↓24England and Wales#85 → #71 ↑14USA#2 → #19 ↓17Alberta#5 → #9 ↓4British Columbia#5 → #13 ↓8Ontario#5 → #26 ↓21Quebec#1 → #347 ↓346
PlaceYear Emma Hazel Ahead
Canada2024#3#27Emma
England and Wales2025#85#71Hazel
USA2024#2#19Emma
Alberta2024#5#9Emma
British Columbia2024#5#13Emma
Ontario2024#5#26Emma
Quebec2024#1#347Emma

Emma and Hazel in Canada, 2020–2024

Emma slipped from #2 in 2020 to #3 in 2024 in Canada. Hazel climbed from #45 in 2020 to #27 in 2024 in Canada.

Emma and Hazel ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#3 Emma#27 Hazel20202021202220232024

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Emma and Hazel in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Emma slipped from #60 in 2020 to #85 in 2025 in England and Wales. Hazel climbed from #91 in 2023 to #71 in 2025 in England and Wales. Hazel passed Emma in 2025.

Emma and Hazel ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#71 Hazel#85 Emma202020212022202320242025

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Emma and Hazel in the USA, 2020–2024

Emma held #2 every year from 2020 to 2024 in the USA. Hazel climbed from #31 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in the USA.

Emma and Hazel ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#2 Emma#19 Hazel20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.