Xitlali
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seet-LAH-lee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #1,229 for girls
Xitlali is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 1,229th for girls in the US (183 babies).
What does Xitlali mean?
Native American: spelling of Citlali, from Nahuatl citlalli
“star”
From Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs; Citlali is the more common spelling.
Is Xitlali a girl's or a boy's name?
Xitlali is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 183 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xitlali in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,229among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 183about 1 in 8,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 183 girls in the US were named Xitlali, making it the 1,229th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,241st. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Xitlali of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Xitlali in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 481 girls in the US were given Xitlali or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #612, up from #1,229 for this spelling alone.
Xitlali in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | #1,229 |
| 2024 | 152 | #1,446 |
| 2023 | 136 | #1,557 |
| 2022 | 96 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 80 | #2,241 |
| 2019 | 92 | #2,056 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 98 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 114 | #1,823 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,558 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 98 | #1,983 |
| 2011 | 95 | #2,043 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,783 |
| 2009 | 142 | #1,584 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,940 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,788 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,667 |
| 2004 | 181 | #1,224 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,667 |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,718 |
| 2001 | 95 | #1,847 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
Names like Xitlali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alani Kailani Kalani Kaylani Ximena Nalani Meilani Nayeli Milani Dakota Malani Amari
Other spellings of Xitlali
Names related to Xitlali
More Native American names
Tallulah Winona Kenai Cree Xochitl Alaska Talulah Sequoia Denali Tennessee Dakoda Lakota Wynonna Dakotah Nakai Wynona
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, “Xitlali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xitlali, updated 20 October 2026.