Girls' name · since 1996
Quetzalli
860 babies named Quetzalli in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,241 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 860
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Quetzalli is the #3241 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 860 recorded since 1996.
Quetzalli has 860 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3241 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, 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 1996 to 2025.
- #8,336 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,241 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 860 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quetzalli ranks #8,336 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,241 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 860 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,241 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 860
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Quetzalli's 860 recorded births place it above 88.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Quetzalli compares
860 Top 35% higher than 65% 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
Quetzalli's all-time total is 129% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Quetzalli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 860 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Quetzalli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quetzalli's full recorded timeline at 2011, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quetzalli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Quetzalli by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (353 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Quetzalli's strongest decade.
353 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Quetzalli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
246 births
- 2010s
2010s
353 births
- 2020s
2020s
241 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 353 births (41% of all-time use).
How Quetzalli 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 Quetzalli's total volume
Quetzalli by state
Where Quetzalli concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 340 | 39.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 45 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 36 | 4.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.2% |
340 of 860 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Quetzalli's data
- Quetzalli's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (353 total births) through the 2020s (241) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Quetzallis (340 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 Quetzalli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Quetzalli 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.