Metztli — #3362 US girls' name
451 babies named Metztli in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Metztli was born in this single decade.
80 babies were named Metztli in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Metztli
The Social Security Administration has registered 451 babies named Metztli between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Metztli currently holds the #3362 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 80 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Metztli performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Metztli shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 211 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Colorado. In total, SSA state-level files list Metztli in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Metztli 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 451 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.
Metztli at a glance
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Current rank
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Metztli popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2023)
- 80
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #3362 among girls.
451 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 80 births in a single year.
Metztli popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Metztli as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Metztli accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Metztli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 240 births that decade — 53% of Metztli's all-time total
Metztli decade highlights
- Peak decade 240 births
- Runner-up 134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Metztli's strongest decade
240 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Metztli by state
Where Metztli concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 211 | 46.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 24 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Colorado | | 5 | 1.1% |
211 of 451 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 46.8% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Colorado 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 46.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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.