How Many People Are Named Itzel?

21,241

people named Itzel are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 16,090 people in the US has this name

Based on 21,431 babies named Itzel in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,576

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#846

See the top 100

Peak Year

2005

984 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Native American, Mayan
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Possibly a variant of IXCHEL.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.5%
Male
0.5%

Of the babies given the name Itzel, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Itzel alive today is about 15 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 21 in 2025.

Under 30 19,753
93%
30 to 59 1,488
7%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Itzel first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2005, to 984 babies. In 2025, 850 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Itzel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #328, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #359.

Girls
Rank in 2025#359
Best rank#328 (2005)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#409 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Itzel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Itzel were born in California than in any other state: about 7,109 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Itzel was given 2.5 times as often in California, 2.4 times in Arizona and 2.4 times in Nevada.

California 7,109
Texas 4,640
Illinois 1,317
Arizona 1,010
New York 645
Georgia 503
Colorado 477
Florida 413
North Carolina 412
Washington 400
Nevada 339
New Jersey 294
Oregon 238
New Mexico 216
Wisconsin 157
Oklahoma 154
Utah 152
Indiana 152
Kansas 149
Virginia 132
Michigan 126
Tennessee 120
Maryland 107
Arkansas 84
South Carolina 67
Iowa 67
Pennsylvania 65
Minnesota 60
Ohio 51
Idaho 38
Nebraska 37
Missouri 34
Alabama 31
Louisiana 29
Massachusetts 21
Connecticut 16
Kentucky 13

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