Metzli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- METS-lee
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Metzli is a girls' name, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Metzli mean?
Nahuatl metztli
“moon”
Metztli is the Nahuatl word for the moon and the name of an Aztec moon deity.
Is Metzli a girl's or a boy's name?
Metzli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Metzli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 137% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Metzli, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Metzli in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Metzli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Metzli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malani, Meilani, Milani, Miyori, Rumi, Kyomi, Remi, Kiyomi, Kaylani, Kailani, Kairi, Yuri
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, “Metzli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/metzli, updated 20 October 2026.