Xitlalli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seet-LAH-lee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Xitlalli is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Xitlalli mean?
Native American: spelling of Xitlali, itself a spelling of Citlali, from Nahuatl citlalli
“star”
From Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs; Citlali is the more common spelling.
Meaning borrowed from Xitlali.
Is Xitlalli a girl's or a boy's name?
Xitlalli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xitlalli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Xitlalli, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Xitlalli in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 481 girls in the US were given Xitlalli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #612, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Xitlalli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Xitlalli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nayeli, Ximena, Alani, Kaylani, Kailani, Kalani, Amari, Milani, Lorelai, Nalani, Malani, Yareli
Other spellings of Xitlalli
Names related to Xitlalli
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna, Dakotah, Nakai
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, “Xitlalli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xitlalli, updated 20 October 2026.