Fun Facts About the Name Metztli
- 498 babies named Metztli: U.S. records list 498 babies given the name Metztli from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Metztli - about 1 boy for every 99 girls.
What Does the Name Metztli Mean?
Metztli comes from Nahuatl, the Uto-Aztecan language of the Mexica (Aztecs) and other Nahua peoples of central Mexico, and its established meaning is "moon." The Nahuatl word is mētztli, made of a root mētz- plus the absolutive ending -tli, the suffix that marks a noun in its basic citation form. Because time was counted by the moon, mētztli also meant "month," and the word belongs to Nahuatl calendrical and timekeeping vocabulary.
As a personal name, Metztli is simply the common noun for the moon rather than a separate coinage from it. In accounts of Mexica religion the same word names a moon deity, so the religious association is a use of the ordinary noun, not a second or hidden meaning.
Metztli Name History & Origins
Nahuatl was the language of the Mexica empire and of the Nahua peoples of central Mexico. After the Spanish conquest of 1521, missionaries compiled grammars and dictionaries of the language, and in those colonial Nahuatl vocabularies mētztli is entered with the paired senses "moon" and "month" - the same two senses the word carries in modern Nahuatl speech. The word also appears as an element in Nahuatl place names, where it keeps the moon sense.
The name has passed into Spanish-language and English-language use in Mexico and in Mexican communities elsewhere, generally as a girl's name, alongside other names taken from Nahuatl. Modern Nahuatl writing often marks the long vowel of mētztli with a macron, while Spanish spelling usually leaves it out. The consonant written tl is a single Nahuatl sound, a lateral affricate, so English speakers approximate it with two consonants.
How Popular is the Name Metztli?
Metztli has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,304 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,629 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #3,354 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2023 | #2,304 | 80 | 0.0050% |
| 2022 | #3,198 | 51 | 0.0031% |
| 2021 | #4,147 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,842 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #4,857 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #7,631 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #6,212 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #9,865 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #7,869 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #14,087 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #10,759 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #8,967 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #8,170 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #14,716 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #9,335 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #13,497 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #14,608 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #11,529 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #9,686 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #10,183 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #17,221 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #12,990 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #13,510 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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