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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Quetzalli

Quetzalli was the 3240th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,137 places. More babies were named Quetzalli in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,240 girls, up 1,737 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
49girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201050 babies
Total since 1880
860babies recorded

Quetzalli popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#3,24049
2020#4,97726
2010#3,29350
2000#14,5716
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How popular is Quetzalli, counting every spelling?

Quetzalli is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,516 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,240 for Quetzalli on its own. Together these spellings went to 123 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Quetzalli49#3,240215
Quetzaly30#4,636214
Quetzali44#3,508166
Quetzally——25

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Quetzalli?

49 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Quetzalli (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Quetzalli born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 171 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Quetzalli.

Chance of another Quetzalli in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Quetzalli?

About 900 people born in the US named Quetzalli are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Quetzalli mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Quetzalli by state

How common Quetzalli was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (4.0×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesCA0.10Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Quetzalli, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Quetzalli

How popular is the name Quetzalli?

Quetzalli was the 3240th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,137 places. More babies were named Quetzalli in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Quetzalli a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Quetzalli in the US.

Where is Quetzalli most popular?

In 2021–2025, Quetzalli was most common in California (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Illinois.