Itzel Girl
How popular is Itzel?
#359 girl name in 2025
850 baby girls were named Itzel in the US in 2025, making it the 359th most popular girl name.
Itzel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #359 for girls (▲ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 850 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #492 in 2015, #568 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (976 girls) |
| Highest rank | #328 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Itzel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Itzel family of names ranked #369 for girls in 2025 (#384 the year before), with 864 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itzel | 850 | 98% |
| Itzell | 14 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Itzel is most popular
Babies named Itzel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.4 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- California: 1.2 per 1,000 (1,016 girls)
- Nevada: 1.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Arizona: 1.0 per 1,000 (145 girls)
- Texas: 1.0 per 1,000 (810 girls)
Itzel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1980s | 170 | #2,366 |
| 1990s | 2,544 | #506 |
| 2000s | 7,601 | #328 |
| 2010s | 6,775 | #409 |
| 2020s | 4,221 | #359 |
Girl names about as popular as Itzel
Questions
- Is Itzel a boy or girl name?
- Itzel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Itzel were girls.
- How popular is the name Itzel?
- 850 baby girls were named Itzel in the US in 2025, making it the 359th most popular girl name.
- When was Itzel most popular?
- Itzel peaked in 2005, when 976 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #328 in 2005.
- How many people are named Itzel?
- 21,431 babies have been named Itzel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,265 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Itzel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Itzel was most common in New Mexico, at 1.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.