Quetzali
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keht-SAHL-lee
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Quetzali is a girls' name, meaning “precious feather”. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Quetzali mean?
Spelling of Quetzalli; Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs
“precious feather”
The quetzal bird's long green tail feathers were prized by the Aztecs, and quetzalli came to mean something precious.
Meaning borrowed from Quetzalli.
Is Quetzali a girl's or a boy's name?
Quetzali is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quetzali in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 186% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Quetzali, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Quetzali in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 123 girls in the US were given Quetzali or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,470, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
Quetzali in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Quetzali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yaretzi, Kaylani, Kyomi, Alani, Milani, Jaylani, Kiyomi, Kailani, Malani, Lorelai, Meilani, Azari
Other spellings of Quetzali
Names related to Quetzali
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, “Quetzali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quetzali, updated 20 October 2026.