Citlalli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seet-LAH-lee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Citlalli is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Citlalli mean?
Native American: from Nahuatl citlalli
“star”
From Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, in which citlalli means 'star'.
Is Citlalli a girl's or a boy's name?
Citlalli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Citlalli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Citlalli, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 413 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Citlalli in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 481 girls in the US were given Citlalli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #612, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
Citlalli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 52 | #3,158 |
| 2009 | 83 | #2,337 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,354 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 98 | #1,908 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 103 | #1,748 |
| 2001 | 413 | #609 |
| 2000 | 281 | #808 |
| 1999 | 226 | #929 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
Names like Citlalli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Kennedy, Mckenna, Teagan, Nayeli, Brooklyn, Kiara, Camryn, Brynn, Brianna, Brynlee, Reagan
Other spellings of Citlalli
Names related to Citlalli
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna, Dakotah, Nakai
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, “Citlalli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/citlalli, updated 20 October 2026.