Xochitl
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOH-cheetl
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #1,098 for girls
Xochitl is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “flower”. In 2025 it ranked 1,098th for girls in the US (218 babies).
What does Xochitl mean?
Native American: Nahuatl word
“flower”
The Nahuatl (Aztec) word for flower, also found in Xochiquetzal, the Aztec goddess of flowers and beauty.
Is Xochitl a girl's or a boy's name?
Xochitl is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 218 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xochitl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 218 about 1 in 7,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 218 girls in the US were named Xochitl, making it the 1,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,698th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 223 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Xochitl in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xochitl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | #1,098 |
| 2024 | 223 | #1,099 |
| 2023 | 214 | #1,135 |
| 2022 | 176 | #1,336 |
| 2021 | 152 | #1,419 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,698 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,816 |
| 2018 | 107 | #1,878 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2013 | 116 | #1,761 |
| 2012 | 152 | #1,485 |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,772 |
| 2010 | 162 | #1,414 |
| 2009 | 173 | #1,374 |
| 2008 | 172 | #1,386 |
| 2007 | 184 | #1,322 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,375 |
| 2005 | 170 | #1,305 |
| 2004 | 191 | #1,174 |
| 2003 | 170 | #1,234 |
| 2002 | 140 | #1,375 |
| 2001 | 159 | #1,245 |
| 2000 | 134 | #1,385 |
| 1999 | 139 | #1,302 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,328 |
| 1997 | 117 | #1,417 |
| 1996 | 118 | #1,397 |
| 1995 | 110 | #1,453 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,589 |
| 1993 | 81 | #1,797 |
| 1992 | 93 | #1,627 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,760 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,858 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 48 | #2,169 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,049 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,645 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,729 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,526 |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,788 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
Names like Xochitl
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Demi, Dakota, Xiomara, Zuri, Chiara, Remi, Nyomi, Tatum, Kori, Paola, Imani, Chaya
More Native American names
Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna, Dakotah
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, “Xochitl: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xochitl, updated 20 October 2026.