Girls' name · since 1979
Citlali
Citlali has 4,519 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,380 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,519
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Citlali is the #1380 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,519 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Citlali has been recorded 4,519 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #1380 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #2,746 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,380 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,519 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Citlali ranks #2,746 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,380 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,519 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,380 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,519
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Citlali's 4,519 recorded births place it above 96.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Citlali compares
4,519 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Citlali's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Citlali | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,519 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 272 | 21 | 19,840 |
Citlali's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Citlali's full recorded timeline at 2005, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 272 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Citlali popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 272
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Citlali by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,302 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Citlali's strongest decade.
2,302 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Citlali births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 330
1990s
330 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,302 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,167 births
- 2020s 684
2020s
684 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,302 births (51% of all-time use).
How Citlali compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Citlali's total volume
Citlali by state
Where Citlali concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,751 | 38.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 682 | 15.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 314 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 128 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 127 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 77 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Nevada | | 56 | 1.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 54 | 1.2% |
1,751 of 4,519 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Citlali appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Citlali's data
- Citlali's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,302 total births); usage has since declined to 684 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Citlalis (1,751 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Citlali: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Citlali draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.