Aztlan — #11561 US boys' name
128 babies named Aztlan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Aztlan was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Aztlan in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aztlan
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Aztlan between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aztlan currently holds the #11561 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aztlan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aztlan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aztlan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aztlan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 128 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aztlan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Aztlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #11561 among boys.
128 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 13 births in a single year.
Aztlan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 49 births that decade — 38% of Aztlan's all-time total
Aztlan decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Aztlan's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Aztlan by state
Where Aztlan concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.7% |
6 of 128 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.