Xochil
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Xochil is a girls' name, meaning “flower”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Xochil mean?
Nahuatl, a variant of Xochitl
“flower”
Variant of Xochitl, from Nahuatl xochitl, 'flower'; Xochiquetzal was the Aztec goddess of flowers and love.
Is Xochil a girl's or a boy's name?
Xochil is a girls' name.
How popular is Xochil in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Xochil in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xochil in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Xochil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Xochil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xochil, updated 20 October 2026.