Citlalic
- Gender
- Girl
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- seet-LAH-leek
Citlalic is a girls' name, meaning “star”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Citlalic mean?
Nahuatl, a form of Citlali or Xitlali, from citlalli 'star'
“star”
Name of Mexican Nahuatl origin, a variant of Citlali, from the Nahuatl word for star.
Is Citlalic a girl's or a boy's name?
Citlalic is a girls' name.
How popular is Citlalic in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Citlalic in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Citlalic in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
Nicknames for Citlalic
- Citlali 159 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Citlalic
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caroline, Julia, Cielo, Sophia, Chloe, Campbell, Madison, Isabelle, Savannah, Lydia, Camryn, Lyric
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Citlalic: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/citlalic, updated 20 October 2026.