Quetzalli

#3,240 in 2025Girls' name

Feather (from the quetzal bird)

Quetzalli has been given to 860 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #3,240 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 50 recorded.

Babies named Quetzalli, 2025

1 in 67,700

Quetzalli over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Quetzalli: meaning, origin, and history

Feather (from the quetzal bird)

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Quetzalli means

Quetzalli means “feather (from the quetzal bird)”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 860 girls were recorded with the name Quetzalli between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 2010; its best national rank was #3,240 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,975 in 2020 to #3,240 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,376 in 2015 to #3,240 in 2025.

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 Quetzalli?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 67,700; 49 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 32,800; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #3,240; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 46,897 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Quetzalli 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 46,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Quetzalli. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Quetzallis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Quetzalli was born before 2013 — so the typical Quetzalli is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 41.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 860; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 41.0% of all recorded uses (353).

Is Quetzalli 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: +258; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,735; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,136; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.48×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 98.0%; Peak was 2010 (50)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,240; 2025

Spellings of Quetzalli

Quetzalli is the most-used spelling, taking 59.4% of the 1,448 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Quetzalli59.4%860
Quetzaly40.6%588

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Quetzalli is used

Across 1910–2025, Quetzalli was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 113,109 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 50,000
2Illinois1 in —
3New York1 in —
4Texas1 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. Quetzalli has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Quetzalli by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #3,240
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,735
Best rank ever: #3,240; 2025
Peak year: 2010; 50 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 860
Count in 2025: 49

Names similar to Quetzalli

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

Quetzaly Quetzali Xitlalli Aracelli Queenie Citlalli Yanelli Quetzally Nayelli Quenisha Angelli Queena Quentina Janelli Benelli Quentasia Ameyalli Quentin Valli Gabbanelli Quenesha Nyelli Querida Halli

Sibling names for Quetzalli

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

Jordynn Elin Gisele Kinsey Cailyn Lupita Carleigh Bree

For a brother

Jerimiah Konner Tyshawn Jaeden Tobin Chace Braiden Tye

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