Quetzalli — #3487 US girls' name
811 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.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Quetzalli was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Quetzalli in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Quetzalli
The Social Security Administration has registered 811 babies named Quetzalli between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quetzalli currently holds the #3487 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 50 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Quetzalli performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 353 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Quetzalli shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 326 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Quetzalli in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Quetzalli 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 811 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.
Quetzalli at a glance
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Current rank
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Quetzalli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2010)
- 50
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #3487 among girls.
811 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 50 births in a single year.
Quetzalli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 353 births that decade — 44% of Quetzalli's all-time total
Quetzalli decade highlights
- Peak decade 353 births
- Runner-up 246 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Quetzalli's strongest decade
353 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Quetzalli by state
Where Quetzalli concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 326 | 40.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 40 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 36 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.2% |
326 of 811 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 40.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 40.2% 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, 1996–2024 (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.