Ixchel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eesh-CHEL
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Ixchel is a girls' name, meaning “lady rainbow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Ixchel mean?
Yucatec Maya, the name of a goddess
“lady rainbow”
Ix Chel was the Maya goddess of the moon, childbirth and healing, honoured at shrines on the island of Cozumel.
Is Ixchel a girl's or a boy's name?
Ixchel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ixchel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Ixchel, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Ixchel in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ixchel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
Names like Ixchel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Itzel, Ximena, Esme, Solana, Indigo, Dulce, Sol, Alora, Campbell, Bristol, Montserrat, Sawyer
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, “Ixchel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ixchel, updated 20 October 2026.