Itzel
Girl · eet-SEL
Itzel is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 359th for girls in the US (850 babies).
What does Itzel mean?
Mayan, used in Mexico; exact root uncertain
Usually explained as a Mayan name, perhaps related to Ixchel, the Maya goddess of the moon.
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- eet-SEL
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Is Itzel a girl's or a boy's name?
Itzel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 850 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Itzel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #359among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 850about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 850 girls in the US were named Itzel, making it the 359th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 568th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 976 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had more girls named Itzel than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Itzel in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Itzel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 850 | #359 |
| 2024 | 828 | #377 |
| 2023 | 840 | #367 |
| 2022 | 636 | #497 |
| 2021 | 549 | #559 |
| 2020 | 518 | #568 |
| 2019 | 575 | #532 |
| 2018 | 536 | #576 |
| 2017 | 636 | #492 |
| 2016 | 656 | #478 |
| 2015 | 652 | #492 |
| 2014 | 753 | #425 |
| 2013 | 700 | #437 |
| 2012 | 731 | #428 |
| 2011 | 772 | #409 |
| 2010 | 764 | #413 |
| 2009 | 789 | #399 |
| 2008 | 846 | #383 |
| 2007 | 892 | #365 |
| 2006 | 857 | #377 |
| 2005 | 976 | #328 |
| 2004 | 879 | #359 |
| 2003 | 694 | #435 |
| 2002 | 659 | #442 |
| 2001 | 579 | #481 |
| 2000 | 430 | #594 |
| 1999 | 322 | #701 |
| 1998 | 290 | #747 |
| 1997 | 301 | #715 |
| 1996 | 307 | #701 |
| 1995 | 343 | #634 |
| 1994 | 489 | #506 |
| 1993 | 224 | #862 |
| 1992 | 100 | #1,545 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,721 |
| 1990 | 84 | #1,729 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Itzel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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