Haze

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 43 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
43
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies

Haze by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Haze. In the US, 43 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 48 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Haze

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Haze. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
  • Halehealthy and strong; dwelling in a hall16 in the US (2017)
  • Haize6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Haze

Names that are said the same way as Haze, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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