Metztli

#3,628 in 2025Girls' name

Moon

Metztli has been given to 499 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #3,628 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 80 recorded.

Babies named Metztli, 2025

1 in 78,900

Metztli over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Metztli: meaning, origin, and history

Moon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Metztli means

Metztli means “moon”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 494 girls were recorded with the name Metztli between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 80 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,305 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,842 in 2020 to #3,628 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,866 in 2015 to #3,628 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Metztli between 2024 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2024; its best national rank was #13,558 in 2024.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Metztli?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 78,900; 42 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 38,300; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #3,628; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 54,713 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Metztli sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Metztli. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Metztlis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Metztli was born before 2021 — so the typical Metztli is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 57.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 494; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 57.3% of all recorded uses (283).

Is Metztli rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −310; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,214; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,238; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.80×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 52.5%; Peak was 2023 (80)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 44.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,305; 2023

Where Metztli is used

Across 1910–2025, Metztli was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 113,432 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 100,000
2Colorado1 in —
3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Metztli has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Metztli by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #3,628
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,214
Best rank ever: #2,305; 2023
Peak year: 2023; 80 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 494
Count in 2025: 42

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,558; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 5 that year
First recorded: 2024
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Metztli

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Metztli

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Tobin Henri Gray Arvin Jerimiah

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