Quetzali — #3488 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Quetzali

The Social Security Administration has registered 410 babies named Quetzali between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quetzali currently holds the #3488 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quetzali performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Quetzali shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Quetzali in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quetzali 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 410 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.