Unisex name · since 2004
Quetzal
Quetzal has 89 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,478 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Quetzal is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 2004.
Quetzal has 89 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2022.
- #28,478 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quetzal ranks #28,478 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,478 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Quetzal's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Quetzal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quetzal's full recorded timeline at 2013, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quetzal popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2022
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Quetzal popularity over time - boys
69 total births recorded since 2001 (Quetzal as boys' name)
Quetzal by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Quetzal's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Quetzal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (49% of all-time use).
Quetzal by state
Where Quetzal concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 5.6% |
5 of 89 births nationwide.
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What to do with Quetzal's data
- Quetzal's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Quetzals (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Quetzal: 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 (~18 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, 2004–2022 (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 Quetzal 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.