How popular is the baby name Hazal in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Hazal.

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Popularity of the baby name Hazal


Posts that mention the name Hazal

Popular baby names in Turkey, 2021

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Turkey is transcontinental: most of the country is located in Western Asia, but a portion is located in Southeastern Europe. Turkey shares land borders with Greece and Bulgaria on the European side, and six other countries (including Armenia and Azerbaijan) on the Asian side.

In 2021, Turkey welcomed 1,079,842 babies — 48.7% were girls, 51.3% were boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Zeynep and Yusuf.

Here are Turkey’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:

Girl Names

  1. Zeynep
  2. Elif
  3. Asel
  4. Asya
  5. Defne
  6. Nehir – means “river” in Turkish.
  7. Azra
  8. Zümra – based on the Turkish word zümrüt, meaning “emerald.”
  9. Eylül – means “September” in Turkish.
  10. Ecrin
  11. Meryem
  12. Lina
  13. Eslem
  14. Masal – means “fairy tale” in Turkish.
  15. Ebrar
  16. Elisa
  17. Ela
  18. Alya
  19. Zehra
  20. Miray
  21. Duru
  22. Hiranur
  23. Buglem
  24. Ada
  25. Yagmur – means “rain” in Turkish.
  26. Esila
  27. Ikra
  28. Öykü – means “story” in Turkish.
  29. Gökçe (pronounced gok-cheh) – based on the Turkish word gök, meaning “sky” or “blue.”
  30. Melek
  31. Günes (pronounced goo-NESH) – means “sun” in Turkish.
  32. Arya
  33. Melisa
  34. Erva
  35. Ipek – means “silk” in Turkish.
  36. Ayse
  37. Nisa
  38. Kumsal – means “beach” in Turkish.
  39. Aysima
  40. Derin
  41. Mira
  42. Fatma
  43. Sare
  44. Ahsen
  45. Eliz
  46. Deniz
  47. Beren
  48. Hümeyra
  49. Ikranur
  50. Yüsra

Boy Names

  1. Yusuf
  2. Alparslan
  3. Miraç
  4. Ömer Asaf
  5. Eymen
  6. Göktug – like Gökçe, based on the Turkish word gök (“sky,” “blue”).
  7. Ömer
  8. Mustafa
  9. Aras
  10. Ali Asaf
  11. Ahmet
  12. Ali
  13. Kerem
  14. Poyraz – means “north wind” in Turkish; ultimately based upon the ancient Greek word boreas.
  15. Hamza
  16. Muhammed
  17. Çinar
  18. Mehmet
  19. Metehan
  20. Muhammed Ali
  21. Ayaz
  22. Emir
  23. Yigit
  24. Mert
  25. Umut
  26. Yunus Emre
  27. Ibrahim
  28. Alperen
  29. Kuzey – means “north” in Turkish.
  30. Miran
  31. Deniz
  32. Berat
  33. Doruk – means “peak” or “mountaintop” in Turkish.
  34. Furkan
  35. Emirhan
  36. Hasan
  37. Hüseyin
  38. Ege
  39. Yagiz
  40. Aybars
  41. Enes
  42. Atlas
  43. Rüzgar – means “wind” in Turkish.
  44. Burak
  45. Abdullah
  46. Muhammed Emin
  47. Ertugrul
  48. Ismail
  49. Ömer Faruk
  50. Eren

The girls’ top 100 included Hazal (55th), Ece (80th), Meva (94th), and Simay (98th).

The boys’ top 100 included Efe (65th), Bugra (75th), Demir (87th), and Cihangir (90th).

Finally, here are Turkey’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources: Turkish Statistical Institute, Birth Statistics, 2021 – Turkstat, Wiktionary, Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of Turkey (public domain)