girls:
89 births since 2004
#5627 (2nd percentile)
boys:
63 births since 2001
#4523 (1st percentile)
overall:
152 births since 2001
#7587 (2nd percentile)
The name Quetzal is the #7,587 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 152 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,627 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 89 births since 2004. For boys, it ranks #4,523 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 63 births since 2001.
Quetzal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Quetzal is available in 21 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023 (14 years for girls and 11 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Quetzal has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (58.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Quetzal were girls. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for boys (57.1% boys from 2001 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (66.0% girls from 2008 to 2023).
For girls, Quetzal reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #933) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Quetzal reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #908) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Quetzal is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #908 (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Quetzal".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Quetzal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Quetzal is pronounced as keht-SAHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KWEHT-suhl, at 31.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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