Girls' name · since 1988
Citlaly
2,854 babies named Citlaly in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,712 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,614 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,854
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Citlaly currently ranks #3614 among girls' names in America, with 2,854 babies recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Citlaly has been recorded 2,854 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #3614 nationally and more common than 79% 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 1988 to 2025.
- #3,712 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,614 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,854 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Citlaly ranks #3,712 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,614 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,854 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,712 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,614 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,854
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Citlaly's 2,854 recorded births place it above 94.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Citlaly compares
2,854 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Citlaly's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Citlaly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,854 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 222 | 21 | 19,840 |
Citlaly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Citlaly's full recorded timeline at 2007, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 222 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Citlaly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 222
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Citlaly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,741 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Citlaly's strongest decade.
1,741 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Citlaly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 235
1990s
235 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,741 births
- 2010s 682
2010s
682 births
- 2020s 189
2020s
189 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,741 births (61% of all-time use).
How Citlaly 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 Citlaly's total volume
Citlaly by state
Where Citlaly concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 995 | 34.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 502 | 17.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 164 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 95 | 3.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 48 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 42 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 39 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 37 | 1.3% |
995 of 2,854 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Citlaly appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Citlaly's data
- Citlaly's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,741 total births); usage has since declined to 189 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Citlalys (995 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Citlaly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Citlaly 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.