Xitlaly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seet-LAH-lee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Xitlaly is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Xitlaly 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 Xitlaly a girl's or a boy's name?
Xitlaly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xitlaly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,067th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Xitlaly, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more girls named Xitlaly than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Xitlaly in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 481 girls in the US were given Xitlaly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #612, up from #3,067 for this spelling alone.
Xitlaly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 101 | #2,042 |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,770 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,846 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,667 |
| 2004 | 155 | #1,356 |
| 2003 | 109 | #1,732 |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,110 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Xitlaly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kennedy, Avery, Ximena, Cassidy, Emery, Emely, Serenity, Trinity, Ailany, Nayeli, Harmony, Legacy
Other spellings of Xitlaly
Names related to Xitlaly
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, “Xitlaly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xitlaly, updated 20 October 2026.