Citlaly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seet-LAH-lee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Citlaly is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Citlaly mean?
Native American: spelling of Citlali; from Nahuatl citlalli
“star”
From Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, in which citlalli means 'star'.
Meaning borrowed from Citlali.
Is Citlaly a girl's or a boy's name?
Citlaly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Citlaly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Citlaly, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 222 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Citlaly than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Citlaly in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 481 girls in the US were given Citlaly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #612, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
Citlaly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,712 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,720 |
| 2009 | 132 | #1,687 |
| 2008 | 154 | #1,508 |
| 2007 | 204 | #1,224 |
| 2006 | 222 | #1,121 |
| 2005 | 216 | #1,102 |
| 2004 | 184 | #1,212 |
| 2003 | 183 | #1,176 |
| 2002 | 181 | #1,143 |
| 2001 | 177 | #1,168 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,919 |
| 1999 | 78 | #1,996 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
Names like Citlaly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Kennedy Teagan Mckenna Heavenly Brynn Brooklyn Keeley Kiara Kinley Keiry Brynlee
Other spellings of Citlaly
Names related to Citlaly
More Native American names
Dakota Tallulah Nayeli Winona Kenai Cree Xochitl Alaska Talulah Sequoia Denali Tennessee Dakoda Lakota Wynonna Dakotah
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, “Citlaly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/citlaly, updated 20 October 2026.