Metztli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- METS-tlee
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Metztli is a girls' name, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Metztli mean?
Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs
“moon”
Metztli is the Nahuatl word for the moon, and the name of an Aztec moon deity.
Is Metztli a girl's or a boy's name?
Metztli 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 Metztli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 143% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Metztli, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Metztli in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Metztli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Metztli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malani, Meilani, Milani, Miyori, Kyomi, Rumi, Kehlani, Kaylani, Kailani, Kiyomi, Zhuri, Remi
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, “Metztli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/metztli, updated 20 October 2026.