Girls' name · since 1955
Xochitl
Xochitl has 6,116 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,101 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,116
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Xochitl currently ranks #1101 among girls' names in America, with 6,116 babies recorded since 1955.
Xochitl has 6,116 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1101 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #2,264 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,101 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,116 born since 1955
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xochitl ranks #2,264 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,101 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,116 born since 1955, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,101 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,116
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Xochitl's 6,116 recorded births place it above 96.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Xochitl compares
6,116 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Xochitl's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xochitl | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 223 | 21 | 19,840 |
Xochitl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Xochitl splits its recorded history at 1993: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1959 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 223 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Xochitl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 223
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Xochitl by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,659 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Xochitl's strongest decade.
1,659 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Xochitl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 104
1960s
104 births
- 1970s 531
1970s
531 births
- 1980s 499
1980s
499 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,042 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,659 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,164 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,103 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,659 births (27% of all-time use).
How Xochitl 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 Xochitl's total volume
Xochitl by state
Where Xochitl concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,754 | 45.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,044 | 17.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 357 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 193 | 3.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 46 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Nevada | | 40 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 36 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Washington | | 34 | 0.6% |
2,754 of 6,116 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Xochitl appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Xochitl's data
- Xochitl's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (1,659 total births) through the 2020s (1,103) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Xochitls (2,754 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Xochitl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Xochitl 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.