Fun Facts About the Name Xochitl
- More than 6 thousand babies named Xochitl: U.S. records list 6,113 babies given the name Xochitl from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xochitl Mean?
Xochitl is a Nahuatl name meaning "flower." Its source is the Nahuatl noun xōchitl, the everyday word for a flower, made from the root xōchi- ("flower") plus the absolutive ending -tl, which marks many Nahuatl nouns in their citation form. The same root appears in other Nahuatl names and place names, such as Xochimilco (roughly "place where flowers are grown") and Xochiquetzal, a goddess whose name joins xōchitl with quetzalli ("precious feather" or "something precious").
In Nahua culture, flowers were tied to song and poetry, and the traditional Nahuatl phrase in xochitl in cuicatl ("flower and song") stands for poetry and inspired speech. That poetic association is a cultural and symbolic layer attached to the word; the name's literal meaning remains simply "flower."
Xochitl Name History & Origins
Nahuatl is a Uto-Aztecan language of central Mexico and the language of the Mexica (Aztec) state. Nahua parents often drew personal names from the natural world, and xōchitl also served as the name of the twentieth and final day sign of the tonalpohualli, the 260-day ritual calendar used across central Mexico. The word and the name appear in colonial-era texts written by Nahua scribes and Spanish missionaries, who recorded both the language and Nahua history in alphabetic writing.
A traditional account preserved in colonial sources tells of a woman named Xochitl in the Toltec era, connected with the discovery of pulque and with the Toltec ruler Tecpancaltzin. This belongs to legendary and dynastic storytelling rather than to independently documented history, and it is distinct from the word's origin as the common noun for "flower."
After the Spanish conquest, Christianization and the spread of Spanish led many Nahua people to adopt Spanish given names, yet Nahuatl names such as Xochitl continued in use, especially in Nahua communities. In modern Mexico it is an established given name for girls, and it has also been taken up by families in the United States, where it is often spelled without diacritics.
How Popular is the Name Xochitl?
Xochitl 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 2024. Its best rank was #1,101 in 2025.
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 | #1,101 | 218 | 0.0136% |
| 2024 | #1,105 | 221 | 0.0137% |
| 2023 | #1,135 | 214 | 0.0134% |
| 2022 | #1,341 | 176 | 0.0107% |
| 2021 | #1,424 | 152 | 0.0093% |
| 2020 | #1,703 | 120 | 0.0074% |
| 2019 | #1,831 | 112 | 0.0067% |
| 2018 | #1,895 | 106 | 0.0062% |
| 2017 | #1,802 | 116 | 0.0067% |
| 2016 | #2,307 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 2015 | #2,059 | 96 | 0.0054% |
| 2014 | #1,921 | 105 | 0.0059% |
| 2013 | #1,772 | 116 | 0.0066% |
| 2012 | #1,490 | 152 | 0.0086% |
| 2011 | #1,779 | 115 | 0.0065% |
| 2010 | #1,419 | 162 | 0.0091% |
| 2009 | #1,378 | 173 | 0.0094% |
| 2008 | #1,388 | 172 | 0.0091% |
| 2007 | #1,325 | 184 | 0.0096% |
| 2006 | #1,380 | 166 | 0.0087% |
| 2005 | #1,306 | 170 | 0.0092% |
| 2004 | #1,179 | 191 | 0.0104% |
| 2003 | #1,241 | 170 | 0.0093% |
| 2002 | #1,385 | 140 | 0.0078% |
| 2001 | #1,249 | 159 | 0.0088% |
| 2000 | #1,394 | 134 | 0.0074% |
| 1999 | #1,308 | 139 | 0.0078% |
| 1998 | #1,339 | 132 | 0.0075% |
| 1997 | #1,433 | 117 | 0.0067% |
| 1996 | #1,411 | 118 | 0.0067% |
| 1995 | #1,464 | 110 | 0.0063% |
| 1994 | #1,606 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 1993 | #1,814 | 81 | 0.0045% |
| 1992 | #1,642 | 93 | 0.0050% |
| 1991 | #1,778 | 81 | 0.0043% |
| 1990 | #1,878 | 76 | 0.0040% |
| 1989 | #2,053 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 1988 | #2,249 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 1987 | #2,655 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1986 | #2,194 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 1985 | #2,747 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1984 | #2,079 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 1983 | #1,885 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 1982 | #1,990 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 1981 | #1,911 | 57 | 0.0034% |
| 1980 | #2,093 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 1979 | #1,660 | 68 | 0.0042% |
| 1978 | #1,745 | 60 | 0.0039% |
| 1977 | #1,537 | 71 | 0.0046% |
| 1976 | #1,354 | 80 | 0.0055% |
| 1975 | #1,934 | 47 | 0.0032% |
| 1974 | #1,758 | 52 | 0.0035% |
| 1973 | #1,804 | 48 | 0.0033% |
| 1972 | #1,973 | 42 | 0.0028% |
| 1971 | #2,034 | 42 | 0.0025% |
| 1970 | #3,205 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1969 | #3,315 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1968 | #3,787 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1967 | #2,961 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1966 | #4,860 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #5,807 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #3,512 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1963 | #4,014 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #4,529 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #6,236 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #4,735 | 8 | 0.0004% |
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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